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Some actual social engineering tips (with sources) Since this subreddit is slowly turning into /r/socialskills, I'll step in and provide some content. This is my throwaway porn account, deal with it. Oh, and *I provide sources*, because what I say is based on facts and scientific research, not PUA speculation. **Intro** So you want an internship. You are just like every other student in terms of experience, attractiveness and social skills. What do you do? People will tell you to network, but you have no *leverage*. To employers, you are pretty much worthless. The goal here is one of those two: * Make you seem like you are not worthless * Make you worth more than other students **Getting leverage** Since you have very little experience, we'll cheat a bit. This starts with a few obvious things: * Get a few pairs of eyes on your resume. Your university has people whose only job is to get you hired, and nobody ever pays them a visit. Get your resume reviewed by as many professionals as you can, and come back often. Once the content is good, get in touch with a graphic designer. You have no idea of what good spacing and a nice font selection can do. There are two reasons to do this: The [mere exposure effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect) makes these professionals favour you to unknown candidates, and [people prefer attractive things, regardless of their content](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01909.x/abstract). That's on top of the tremendous advantage of having professional help. * Network even without leverage. Even if you are not a special little snowflake, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect by contacting people on LinkedIn to ask them questions. Connect with them saying that you had a lot of interest in the company and consider applying for internships. Ask them questions, converse with them and get them to refer you to someone in HR. This way, you can say "John Doe from the accounting tea

Some actual social engineering tips (with sources) Since this subreddit is slowly turning into /r/socialskills, I'll step in and provide some content. This is my throwaway porn account, deal with it. Oh, and *I provide sources*, because what I say is based on facts and scientific research, not PUA speculation. **Intro** So you want an internship. You are just like every other student in terms of experience, attractiveness and social skills. What do you do? People will tell you to network, but you have no *leverage*. To employers, you are pretty much worthless. The goal here is one of those two: * Make you seem like you are not worthless * Make you worth more than other students **Getting leverage** Since you have very little experience, we'll cheat a bit. This starts with a few obvious things: * Get a few pairs of eyes on your resume. Your university has people whose only job is to get you hired, and nobody ever pays them a visit. Get your resume reviewed by as many professionals as you can, and come back often. Once the content is good, get in touch with a graphic designer. You have no idea of what good spacing and a nice font selection can do. There are two reasons to do this: The [mere exposure effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect) makes these professionals favour you to unknown candidates, and [people prefer attractive things, regardless of their content](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01909.x/abstract). That's on top of the tremendous advantage of having professional help. * Network even without leverage. Even if you are not a special little snowflake, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect by contacting people on LinkedIn to ask them questions. Connect with them saying that you had a lot of interest in the company and consider applying for internships. Ask them questions, converse with them and get them to refer you to someone in HR. This way, you can say "John Doe from the accounting tea

Some actual social engineering tips (with sources) Since this subreddit is slowly turning into /r/socialskills, I'll step in and provide some content. This is my throwaway porn account, deal with it. Oh, and *I provide sources*, because what I say is based on facts and scientific research, not PUA speculation. **Intro** So you want an internship. You are just like every other student in terms of experience, attractiveness and social skills. What do you do? People will tell you to network, but you have no *leverage*. To employers, you are pretty much worthless. The goal here is one of those two: * Make you seem like you are not worthless * Make you worth more than other students **Getting leverage** Since you have very little experience, we'll cheat a bit. This starts with a few obvious things: * Get a few pairs of eyes on your resume. Your university has people whose only job is to get you hired, and nobody ever pays them a visit. Get your resume reviewed by as many professionals as you can, and come back often. Once the content is good, get in touch with a graphic designer. You have no idea of what good spacing and a nice font selection can do. There are two reasons to do this: The [mere exposure effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect) makes these professionals favour you to unknown candidates, and [people prefer attractive things, regardless of their content](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01909.x/abstract). That's on top of the tremendous advantage of having professional help. * Network even without leverage. Even if you are not a special little snowflake, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect by contacting people on LinkedIn to ask them questions. Connect with them saying that you had a lot of interest in the company and consider applying for internships. Ask them questions, converse with them and get them to refer you to someone in HR. This way, you can say "John Doe from the accounting tea

Some actual social engineering tips (with sources) Since this subreddit is slowly turning into /r/socialskills, I'll step in and provide some content. This is my throwaway porn account, deal with it. Oh, and *I provide sources*, because what I say is based on facts and scientific research, not PUA speculation. **Intro** So you want an internship. You are just like every other student in terms of experience, attractiveness and social skills. What do you do? People will tell you to network, but you have no *leverage*. To employers, you are pretty much worthless. The goal here is one of those two: * Make you seem like you are not worthless * Make you worth more than other students **Getting leverage** Since you have very little experience, we'll cheat a bit. This starts with a few obvious things: * Get a few pairs of eyes on your resume. Your university has people whose only job is to get you hired, and nobody ever pays them a visit. Get your resume reviewed by as many professionals as you can, and come back often. Once the content is good, get in touch with a graphic designer. You have no idea of what good spacing and a nice font selection can do. There are two reasons to do this: The [mere exposure effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect) makes these professionals favour you to unknown candidates, and [people prefer attractive things, regardless of their content](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01909.x/abstract). That's on top of the tremendous advantage of having professional help. * Network even without leverage. Even if you are not a special little snowflake, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect by contacting people on LinkedIn to ask them questions. Connect with them saying that you had a lot of interest in the company and consider applying for internships. Ask them questions, converse with them and get them to refer you to someone in HR. This way, you can say "John Doe from the accounting tea

Some actual social engineering tips (with sources) Since this subreddit is slowly turning into /r/socialskills, I'll step in and provide some content. This is my throwaway porn account, deal with it. Oh, and *I provide sources*, because what I say is based on facts and scientific research, not PUA speculation. **Intro** So you want an internship. You are just like every other student in terms of experience, attractiveness and social skills. What do you do? People will tell you to network, but you have no *leverage*. To employers, you are pretty much worthless. The goal here is one of those two: * Make you seem like you are not worthless * Make you worth more than other students **Getting leverage** Since you have very little experience, we'll cheat a bit. This starts with a few obvious things: * Get a few pairs of eyes on your resume. Your university has people whose only job is to get you hired, and nobody ever pays them a visit. Get your resume reviewed by as many professionals as you can, and come back often. Once the content is good, get in touch with a graphic designer. You have no idea of what good spacing and a nice font selection can do. There are two reasons to do this: The [mere exposure effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect) makes these professionals favour you to unknown candidates, and [people prefer attractive things, regardless of their content](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01909.x/abstract). That's on top of the tremendous advantage of having professional help. * Network even without leverage. Even if you are not a special little snowflake, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect by contacting people on LinkedIn to ask them questions. Connect with them saying that you had a lot of interest in the company and consider applying for internships. Ask them questions, converse with them and get them to refer you to someone in HR. This way, you can say "John Doe from the accounting tea