Course 1

Landing the Role: Your Internship Blueprint

Unlock the blueprint to securing your dream internship with strategies for crafting standout applications, acing interviews, and showcasing your unique strengths. Learn how to position yourself as the ideal candidate, build a compelling personal brand, and navigate the hiring process with confidence. This blueprint provides the tools to land the role that sets the stage for your professional journey.

  • 6 Sections

  • 11 Videos

  • 54 AI Prompts

  • 4 Worksheets

Key Learning Outcomes

Understand the Value
of Internships

Learn how internships provide hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to build a professional network, making them a critical step in career development.

Master the Internship Application Process

Gain practical skills to find industry-aligned opportunities, tailor your application materials, and confidently navigate interviews to stand out as a strong candidate.

Overcome Common
Internship Challenges

Develop strategies to address career uncertainty, bridge experience gaps, and handle rejection with resilience, ensuring a successful and rewarding internship journey.
Meet the instructor

Virtual Internships

This curriculum was developed by Virtual Internships, a global leader in internship access and career readiness. With over 25 years of combined experience across two companies, our co-founders have supported 20,000+ learners through both in-person and remote guaranteed internships. Our globally distributed team collaborates across time zones to connect educators, employers, and learners, bringing real, world insight into every lesson. Trained coaches and mentors contributed feedback to ensure the content is practical and impactful.

Lead author Jillian Low, Chief Strategy Officer at Virtual Internships, is a global workforce development expert with 15+ years of experience designing career programs and work-integrated learning strategies. Her background in education and coaching helps make complex topics clear, engaging, and actionable.
Patrick Jones - Course author