How to Find Summer Internships on LinkedIn

How I would go about finding a summer role as an international student First, you need to know it’s not too late to find a summer internship! I know how challenging it can be to find an internship as an international student, but with the right strategy and a proactive approach, you can still land a role. Here’s how I’d go about it: 1️⃣ 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 Not all companies can or will sponsor visas, so start by targeting those that do. Use platforms like: ⭐ MyVisaJobs.com (for sponsorship trends) - https://lnkd.in/eC7W8Bsu ⭐ H1BGrader (to check past sponsorships) - https://h1bgrader.com/ ⭐ Simplify and Handshake (filter for visa-friendly employers) - https://lnkd.in/eveZBcg2 ⭐ FrogHire.ai (helps international students find companies open to sponsorship) - https://lnkd.in/eEubGzFR 2️⃣ 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 & 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 Many roles have rolling deadlines, so apply ASAP! Don’t wait to mass apply. Apply within 7 days of the job posting going up. It’s not a hard rule, but it’s a good way to stay competitive. 3️⃣ 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 & 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 Your friend group can be a great resource for job leads and company insights. Back in college, my friends and I would recommend each other to recruiters and share our knowledge of companies that sponsored international students. If you don’t know someone at the company yet, a warm referral can really help your application stand out. 4️⃣ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 & 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ⭐ Engage with company recruiters on LinkedIn. ⭐ Find professionals in your field (working for the company of interest) and ask for informational interviews. ⭐ Join community centered or professional networking groups like ColorStack for additional support. 5️⃣ 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 If traditional internships are limited, consider: ⭐ Research assistant roles at your university or other universities. ⭐ Micro-internships with Parker Dewey - https://lnkd.in/ekQxh6_E. ⭐ Summer research programs. See list here: https://lnkd.in/eJWieBN9 To get you started, here are some non-FAANG companies known to hire international students:  🌸 Salesforce 🌸 Bandwidth Inc. 🌸 Eli Lilly and Company 🌸 EBSCO Information Services 🌸 Cisco 🌸 EY 🌸 Deloitte 🌸 Dell Technologies 🌸 HubSpot 🌸 Duolingo 🌸 IBM 🌸 Slack 🌸 Amgen 🌸 The Home Depot 🌸 ServiceNow 🌸 DEKA Research & Development You can also follow Put Me On to see new roles that opened recently. 💬 If you know other companies open to hiring international students, drop them in the comments. You never know who you’ll be helping. If you’re an international student still searching, don’t get discouraged! Roles keep opening daily. Stay proactive and remember, I’m rooting for you 💙 #putmeon #internationalstudent #hiring #internships #college #studentsoflinkedin #jobs

Summer 2026 internship recruiting is already moving FAST. don’t let it catch you off guard. I remember the stress of last season. so many roles, so much noise, and advice that rarely works in real life. So here are the exact strategies and tools I used to survive (and thrive) during recruiting: 1. Apply ASAP like, within HOURS of postings. I set up calendar reminders for application drops. Why? Because roles at top companies fill up fast and early birds really do get the interview. - intern-list from Jobright.ai: This is my favorite all-in-one board for finding open roles, sortable by role. intern-list.com - Internships Repo from Simplify : Updated daily by students. Refresh this religiously for the latest drops: https://lnkd.in/guntbVEt 2. Automate the busywork let tech do the heavy lifting. Simplify automatically fills out internship applications to save hours and cut down on mistakes. Seriously, I wouldn’t apply without it. simplify.jobs 3. Method to find the freshest postings. Go to LinkedIn, search for your desired role, filter by "Date Posted." Now, in the URL, change 86400 (last 24 hours) to 7200 (last 2 hours). This shows only just-posted jobs. Sounds small, but I landed interviews this way that most people missed entirely. 4. Don't ignore the behavioral Exponent & Interview Prepper Exponent: Role-specific question banks for behavioral and technical interviews, especially for PM/SWE. Insanely useful for real interview prep. https://lnkd.in/gnzGVf2V Interview Prepper: An all-in-one platform for personalized interview plans, company guides, daily prep games, and a new AI coding evaluator. I made this so people wouldn’t have to piece together 50 different resources. now everything’s in one spot. www.interviewprepper.co 5. Track everything don’t let any opportunity slip. After every application, I recorded: company, date, position, what I sent, and when to follow up. Tracking helped me follow up at the right times and see what actually worked for me. 💡REMEMBER: Recruiting is tough and rejection is normal, but you only need one yes. If you have questions or need help starting out, drop a comment or DM me. I’ll respond to every single one. You’ve got this. Don’t let the early crowd run laps around you. lock in, prep smart, and shoot your shot.

This is how I landed my very first internship interview as a 17-year-old freshman studying CS at a non-target school ➡️ No, this is not clickbait. I did, in fact, land my first SWE internship interview during my first semester at school, studying CSE at the University of Nevada, Reno [with a Cyber Defense Federal contractor that later got acquired by Accenture Federal]. So how did I do it? I optimized my LinkedIn profile, and it helped this recruiter find me. Let me just set the record straight ~ I did NOT have a following or even a good network back then (fall 2020). I think I had about 600 connections/followers at the time. And now's the moment you might be saying, "This isn't new. Everyone says to optimize your LinkedIn profile." You're right, but very few people actually explain *how* specifically for internships. So here are 5 ways to optimize your profile for recruiters on LinkedIn to find you and bring internship opportunities to YOU ~ ✅ Flip that "open-to-work" toggle! I know there is a bit of debate and taboo around the "open-to-work" setting and green banner. It does NOT make you desperate or look desperate. It's telling recruiters you're open to opportunities! ✅ Keyword Optimization If you've ever heard of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), these same principles apply to LinkedIn! Figure out what keywords are relevant to the role you're searching for (i.e. "internship," "product management," "Agile") and splash them all over your profile ~ specifically your About section & Skills section. This is what helped recruiters find me! ✅ Update your headline. Most people have short attention spans, and we'll glance at a LinkedIn profile or a resume in a few seconds. Your headline is the "headline" for a reason. If you're header says "Seeking/Open to SWE Summer '24 Internships," the person will immediately know whether or not you fit the profile of what they're looking for. ✅ Completely fill out your Experiences section. Sit down and take a full inventory of everything work or experience-related you've ever done. Put it all out there! Personal story/example ~ I included my pageant experience as a titleholder for the Miss America Organization. Later, a startup founder who reached out for another internship interview mentioned that was something that caught his attention! ✅ Update your Featured section. Use the Featured section to show off your highlight reel and get recruiters to notice you! You can include your resume, project links, news/press articles, publications, etc in this section! I actually used to put my resume (in .PDF form) in my Featured section, and it worked pretty well for me! #earlycareer #internships #summerinternship #jobsearchtips #jobsearch

I was rejected not one, not two, but DOZENS of times when applying for internships going into my junior year of college. To be honest, I had given up. I was discouraged, heartbroken, and in extreme distress😭 I vowed that I would NEVER receive rejections like that again. Sure enough that next Summer not only did I receive multiple internship offers, but I had my dream internship offer. Here’s what I did differently: 1️⃣Turned on job notifications on LinkedIn When I tell you all this made finding internships 5x easier! Because I was looking for internships in DEI at the time, I went to the LinkedIn jobs tab searched “DEI Intern” filtered the experience level specifically by “internships” and “entry level” roles then toggled on the “get job alerts for this search” button at the bottom of the page. After that, every time a new role was added to LinkedIn that matched my search, I was notified! 2️⃣Created a company fast facts sheet This was SO helpful! I wrote down everything that I needed to know about the company from their core values and mission to their current initiatives and projects. I also did a deep dive into the LinkedIn profiles of my interviewers and compiled key points of their roles and responsibilities. I studied this sheet daily so I would be able to leverage some of the information during my interview P.S- It helps if you make the sheet fun and decorative 3️⃣ Tailored my resume and my cover letter to each role As soon as I learned how applicant tracking systems (ATS) work, I did whatever I could to try and beat the system. I found that the cheat code was aligning my resume and cover letter to match key words in the job description. When I tell y’all that this hack changed my life! Tailor those resumes y’all! 4️⃣Came prepared with solutions The goal is always to be one step ahead of your interviewer. When prepping for your interview, keep track of industry trends to find ways that you think the company could improve against their competitors. Then take it a step further and show how you could use your skills to help make that improvement. When asked if you have any questions at the end of the interview try saying something like this: “When doing my research I noticed that Company X doesn’t have [fill in the blank with a process, system, program, etc]. I have skill X, Y, Z relevant to implementing this. Is this something that is in the works or an idea that your team would potentially be interested in?” 5️⃣Tracked my applications This was a game changer! I created an excel sheet that I used to keep track of when I applied to internships so I could monitor the timeline of the process as I proceeded (or didn’t lol) to the next rounds. ——————————————————————- What are some things you’ve done in your internship search that have made a difference? #tipswithtaylor #internships #dreaminternship #internships2024 #collegestudents #intern #techinternship

Most international students apply the traditional way - find a job, submit the application, and wait. But there’s a better way to get noticed - here’s how! 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 1: 𝐔𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧 Type “Hiring Data Analyst” (or your target role) into LinkedIn Jobs. Switch to "Posts” → "Latest." This shows posts directly from recruiters or hiring managers. These posts often have fewer likes or comments, meaning less competition. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 2: 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 Saving the post helps LinkedIn understand your interests. While it’s not guaranteed, this might make LinkedIn show you similar job posts in your feed, giving you more opportunities. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 3: 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 Tailor your resume to match the job description. Highlight your skills, projects, and experience that make you a great fit for the role. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 4: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 Send a short, personalized LinkedIn message to the person who shared the job. Example Message: Hi [Name], I saw your post about the [Job Title] opening. I have 2+ years of experience in [Field] and recently worked on [Relevant Project]. I’d love to bring my skills in [Skill 1, Skill 2] to your team. I’m attaching my resume and would appreciate any advice you can share! 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 5: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 Find 4-5 other people working in similar roles or departments. Introduce yourself and mention how your skills align with the company’s needs. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 6: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 Use this approach to apply for 10-15 roles every week. The more you practice, the more confident and effective you’ll become. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 7: 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐩 After a week or two, follow up with the people you reached out to. Keep it polite and friendly. Most people apply through job boards and wait. This proactive approach helps you build connections, showcase initiative, and increase your chances of landing interviews. Have you tried this strategy? What worked best for you? If you found this helpful, feel free to ♻️ repost it with others who might benefit. Follow Mohammed Wasim for more job search tips, resources, and advice tailored to international students!

Most people go about job searching on LinkedIn the wrong way. They apply through job boards, submit their resume, and wait. By the time they hit “apply,” they’re competing with hundreds of other candidates, and their application gets buried. But there’s a better way to find jobs before they even get posted. Instead of searching for open roles, search for people who are hiring! 1. Go to LinkedIn’s search bar and type phrases like: # We’re hiring a data scientist # Looking for a business analyst # Hiring a marketing intern # Our team is growing, looking for engineers 2. Then, filter by posts. This will show you real-time updates from hiring managers, recruiters, and employees talking about open positions. These are often jobs that haven’t been posted on job boards yet, meaning you have a chance to get in early. 3. Once you find a post that interests you, don’t just send a cold DM. Engage with the post first. Leave a comment, ask a thoughtful question, or add value to the conversation. Then, send a message referencing their post and expressing interest in the role. 4. If you’re applying to a company where you don’t know anyone, look up employees who work there. Find someone in the department and reach out. Instead of asking for a referral right away, ask for insights about the team and culture. People are much more likely to help when you approach them with curiosity rather than just asking for something. This approach works because most hiring happens before a job posting even goes live. The more visible you are and the more proactive you are in engaging with hiring conversations, the better your chances of getting noticed. Have you ever found a job through LinkedIn networking? Would love to hear your experience!

Stop wasting time on LinkedIn Jobs.   As a founder, I see this mistake every week from job seekers:   Scrolling endlessly through the Jobs tab, sending 300+ applications… and hearing nothing back.   Here’s the truth: Many of those listings are “ghost jobs.” They’re posted to show activity, not to hire.   And the real opportunities? They’re often hidden in plain sight—buried inside regular posts from employees. Posts with almost no engagement, but real openings.   So here’s what I tell my own team and students:   1. Search smarter. Go to LinkedIn’s search bar and type phrases like:“We’re hiring” “Team is growing” “Open roles” “Gig alert” (Pro tip: use quotation marks for precision.)   2. Add your role. Example:“We’re hiring” + “Brand” “Team is hiring” + “Full stack engineer” “Open roles” + “Partnerships”   3. Filter. Select Posts (not Jobs, not Companies). Filter by Past Week.   What you’ll find is gold: Fresh roles. Direct from employees.   If you want results, stop playing the same game everyone else is playing. Shift the strategy. Play smarter.   At InternUp, we help job seekers discover smarter job-hunting strategies and land real opportunities. If you’re starting your career journey, let’s talk. #recruiting #hiring #careers