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Work experience

13. September, 2011 Getting started, How to guides, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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How I found work experience at the last minute

by Hannah Bass

How I found work experience at the last minute It was an impromptu gap year that set me on my improvised route to becoming a journalism student. Last summer the prospect of an empty year yawned ahead of me like a blank sheet of paper half an hour before deadline.
12. September, 2011 How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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The Intern’s tips and tricks on how to impress at your work experience placement: part two.

by Emily Handford

The Intern’s tips and tricks on how to impress at your work experience placement: part two.   Be Polite The most important part of work experience you could say is to…make tea and lots of it! It may be tiresome, but a warm mug of brew can go a long way. Your colleagues will think you’re
6. September, 2011 How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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The Intern’s tips and tricks on how to impress at your work experience placement: part one.

by Emily Handford

After undertaking work experience at several women’s magazines, you could think of me as a “serial intern”, so here are a few pointers to help you avoid the pitfalls and, most importantly, stand out from the crowd at your next
6. September, 2011 Magazine, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Introducing The Intern: The next exciting chapter.

by Emily Handford

Introducing The Intern: The next exciting chapter. Well, hello there fellow hacks.   I was thrilled to find out just a week ago that I am now one of the new Wannabe Hacks. Lots of responsibility, as well as quite a bit of time juggling between the day job
19. August, 2011 Comment, Debate, Digital and online, Finding a job, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Grazia is inspiring our younger journalists in the only language they speak: Celebrity

by The Freelancer

Grazia is inspiring our younger journalists in the only language they speak: Celebrity The Maverick and I spoke yesterday about Grazia’s latest intern – Made in Chelsea’s most normal resident, Millie Mackintosh – and while the Maverick has shared her side of the chat, I thought I’d share my own because it’s the
19. August, 2011 Comment, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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The rise of the celebrity intern isn’t doing wannabe hacks any favours at all

by The Maverick

[Update - see the Freelancer's response to this piece here...] It was the reason I couldn’t watch The City. It was the reason I would ruin my flatmates’ hangover viewing of Running in Heels by squealing at the TV during
16. August, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Training schemes, Work experience
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Jan Murray’s journalist apprenticeship: the pros and cons

by The Student

Jan Murray’s journalist apprenticeship: the pros and cons Today Jan Murray, the experienced freelance journalist, has written a piece for the Guardian announcing how she is advertising for an apprentice to work alongside her. Her main reason for doing so is that she has been turning down work due
11. August, 2011 Advice, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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How I’d be better at work experience now

by The Maverick

How I’d be better at work experience now As we near the end of our year as the Wannabe Hacks (have you heard we’re looking for Hacks 2.0? You can apply here if you want to be considered!), we’re all getting a little contemplative. The Chancer’s looked back
5. August, 2011 Advice, Applications, CVs, Digital and online, Finding a job, How to guides, Industries, Interviews, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Television, Work experience
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How to work casual shifts as a freelance journalist & add your own

by The Freelancer

Given the Maverick’s freelance update (or should that be, revelation) this morning, I thought I’d also treat you to a little first-hand insight to the world of freelancing… Let’s call it a freelancing Friday shall we?… shall we? Anyone? For
18. July, 2011 Advice, Finding a job, How to guides, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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How to handle the summer break as a wannabe hack

by The Maverick

If you’re a student, chances are you’re making the most of those paradisical summer holidays round about now. But while road trips, festivals and part-time work are all for the undertaking, these long breaks offer the perfect distance from curricular
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