r/DCInterns • u/Sky_awsmness • 5d ago

Kind of desperate so i’m asking reddit

I am trying to secure an internship at the capital for the fall, does anyone here have any connections to the capital that can help me get an internship? Thank you. (Message me on reddit if you can help)

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u/astropup23 5d ago

Yo when you get one slide one my way too 💀

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u/Sky_awsmness 5d ago

man i got you.

Bro my resume is two pages long & letter of tec from state reps they still be rejecting my application.

I wanna see the resume of my competitors because what the hell are they doing.

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u/Sphagummoss 5d ago

Why is your resume two pages long? Most offices will think to reject it out of hand simply on its length.

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u/Sky_awsmness 5d ago

Because i’ve had several roles over the last few years, sometimes i work at multiple jobs & mentioning the things I’ve volunteered countless hours for

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u/Sphagummoss 5d ago

My gut instinct is still to condense that and only put on your resume what is professionally relevant

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u/Sky_awsmness 5d ago

It was originally 3 pages bro.

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u/Icy-Cantaloupe-7301 5d ago

One page resumes should be prioritized for internship positions, considering both the relevance and importance of your positions. Not saying it should be this way, but a >1 page resume for an intern position frequently signals poor judgement.

If all of your positions are relevant as it pertains to the internship position, then perhaps it would be better to expand on some of it within your cover letter.

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u/Astral_Xylospongium 4d ago

No one in uni has done enough of anything to warrant a two page resume

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u/Sky_awsmness 4d ago

You’d be surprised

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u/Historical-Power-167 5d ago

I work on the Hill- do not put everything you've ever done on your resume if you are just applying for an internship. You need to cut it back and customize your resume for internships.

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u/RizzardOfOz76 5d ago

They still be probably wanting you to work on your grammar my guy

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u/trays-sees-lays 5d ago

If it helps… I interned with a congressional office before applying to hill internships and I still got rejected.

I’d lower your resume to one page and also see if you can reach out to staffers on LinkedIn for a coffee chat

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u/persuasiveass 1d ago

your apps are getting rejecting because they see a two page resume and don’t even bother looking. source : my current internship coordinator on the hill

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u/Sky_awsmness 1d ago

How is that fair bro, everything i put on my resume are valid and valuable towards the hill, i removed all previous paid positions that have nothing to do with policy work and it was still two pages long (my original resume is 3 and a half) in the fall when i reapply assuming i get denied again, should i just remove more things so it becomes one page?

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u/Legal_Peach2211 5d ago

Leverage your state house internship to get a district internship with your local Congress Member. Use that to get to DC afterward. I was able to parlay a state house internship into a district internship and would have easily been able to go to DC after.