Tillyard Guides
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Short guides on finding a first internship, writing a résumé with little on it, and writing to people you have never met.
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Getting your first internship with no experience
What you already have, where fewer students look, and what to ask before you say yes.
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Writing a résumé when you have little to put on it
One page, a simple layout, and lines that say what you did and what came of it.
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Cold emails and informational interviews
How to ask a stranger for twenty minutes, what to ask, and how to say thank you.
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A guide for first-generation students
The unwritten rules of college and early work, written down, with where to ask about money.
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How to use what you do here on a résumé
The section, the line and the link for everything you can do here, and what to keep off the page.
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When things open, field by field
The usual months for five kinds of work, and what to do if you missed them.