Finding An Internship In Biotech

Lupirius
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:22:08 +0000

Hello,

I am currently a second year bioengineering student at a top 10 Engineering school. I really want to find an internship for this summer so I can gain some experience. Here’s my worries though.

I don’t really have anything to put on my resume. I am currently involved in one club on campus and have a bunch of things from high school but I was under the impression that once you get to college, everything is whipped out and you have to start clean. I really wanted to do some research in a lab but I am working at my school’s library as part of my work-study to pay for college. The problem is that I am already pretty busy and I am afraid that if I work, do research and take a full course load, my grades would suffer. Can you give me some suggestions on what to do, regarding my resume? What are some thing that I can do to stand out to potential employers? And also recommend some websites for writing a good resume, especially for internships?

I was also wondering if someone could tell me what is the most effective way to apply to companies. I have been to several biotech company websites and all they have is place to upload you resume and they tell you that they will contact you later. However, when I did that last year, I got no replies back. I’ve talked to other people and they seem to be getting internships from their parents or close relatives. I don’t have these types of connections though so how would you go about getting close to people in hiring positions? Any suggestions would help.

Thanks.