We also recommend that if a candidate has several unanswered questions, they contact the company and ask them before even submitting a resume and cover letter. This way the candidate can certainly pre-determine whether a job offer is an unpaid internship or not.

Often times, proven experience can be “relative.” For example, if a candidate organized sorority events or duties for the campus press office, that is “proven experience” often equal to that one would experience in an agency. It comes down to crafting a well-written cover letter and resume.

Cover letters can be one paragraph – if the writer covers the basics and is a good communicator – certainly not longer than a page! A one-page resume with career and experience highlights should also do the trick. There are quite a few formats that work, I suggest you look online for some that are interesting, a bit different but patently functional and easy-to-read. Don’t go overboard on colors and wacky fonts – you want to be interesting and intriguing as a candidate, but also plain spoken, easily understood, and grammatically correct. Feel free to comment again and hope this was helpful.