For the last job that I had, I was an intern for a company that has the best truck stop in the world. The role that I had was the HR intern. Solely the job title was why I was interested. At the time, I was kind of late to apply for jobs so I was kind of desperate for an internship but I had an interest in HR.
In the job description, it was a very generic HR talent acquisition type of job but it also said I would be in charge of writing a new handbook for the company. At the bottom of the description, I remember it saying that it would prefer a candidate that was affiliated with SHRM. If you don’t know what SHRM is, it is the top HR organization in the world. This organization gives out certifications for HR professionals. Fortunately, I am apart of the Oregon State HR Management Student Association which is affiliated with SHRM. With that being said, it influenced me to apply for the position because I knew I would have a head start over most applicants.
The job application and the duties that were involved were nothing out of the ordinary for an HR intern. Rather my personal situation influenced my decision to apply more than the job application itself. However, the job application was in a professional way, so it was obviously not me blindly applying for positions.
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Hey Faris,
It sounds like you were able to find a good internship that related to your interests. I’m glad the description of the job was aligned with he actual work you were doing, it always sucks when you end up having to do more work than you were instructed to. It’s also very fortunate that you were a part of Oregon State HR Management Student Association, I’m sure you were able to apply a lot of skills you learned through the association in your internship. I have a similar situation with the last job I had, the description itself had no real influence on my decision to apply, I was just looking for any good part-time job. I enjoyed reading your post, thank you for sharing!
I’m glad you were able to find an internship that fit with what field you wanted to work in! I’ve noticed that for a lot of us in this group, the description for our last position didn’t hold a lot of weight on whether we applied for it or not which is really interesting. I’m glad you were able to use your SHRM connection as an advantage! Thanks for sharing!