Tips for your Covering Letter

Tips for your Covering Letter

A cover letter is a one-page advertisement about yourself. It gives an outline of your past, present and future work to the person whom you don't speak  face to face (Initially). In this context, it is related to human resource/ concerned department etc.  In order to start with the same, give a one or two line introduction about the post and your starting date. Followed by your studies, experiences which is relevant to the field you apply, end with your extra-curricular activity and a thank you note. [Make your cover letter neat, crisp and Max 11-13 lines on the whole]. Do's  Your purpose of the cover letter should be clear in your mind before you start writing it. Define a proper template Address the cover letter to the concerned person. If the name is not mentioned, call the number given and converse with them and get the name of the concerned person. Try to use the words given in the post...
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Wohnungssuche in Germany

Wohnungssuche in Germany

As soon as you get your admission next thing you need to look upon is for accommodation. It is very difficult to get accommodation in Germany, especially in cities like Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Hamburg. In these cities the prices are too high which is very difficult for a student to afford. Note while looking for accommodation : If your university is providing the accommodation kindly take it because you don’t have the burden of searching , checking the accommodation etc. The university will mostly provide in a Studentenwerk which might or might not be near the university, but still take it if you have good transportation facility. Even if you get it for 6 months take it because once on coming to Germany you can judge the situation on arrival and act accordingly. If you’re not getting in Studentenwerk start looking for private WG – Wohngemeinschaft in websites like WG-gesucht.de, Studenten-wg.de, Facebook pages and immowelt.de. If you’re fine with the WG...
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TIPS for your Internship and Thesis

TIPS for your Internship and Thesis

Once you get your  admission for Masters in Germany and reach here you will have to get started searching for  your internships and thesis. Things you must know before we get started : Companies will never approach you in Germany. You will have to go company's website and check in their career portal and apply. But the positive thing is , they will respond to your application. When you're looking for internship there are two types of internship one is voluntary internship (In German Freiwillig praktikum) and the other is compulsory internship (In German Pflichtpraktikum).Compulsory internship  is part of your course work. Most of the masters programs have only voluntary internship. Your German Langauage Certificate does not matter :You do not need to show any proof that you have done A1 or A2 level etc. But make sure while writing a Resume and cover letter , write it with the German knowledge you possess. My experiences and some tips: First select the field in which...
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INGOLSTADT – WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE ?

INGOLSTADT – WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE ?

WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE IN INGOLSTADT?  - SOCIALISING, ENTERTAINMENT, HOTELS etc Personal Experience,  I am Anoop Krithvasan living in Ingolstadt. Having stayed for 6 months in Ingolstadt, I would like to share things that I have done to socialise and to spend your free time on arrival at Ingolstadt . I personally enjoy socialising , learning new things and making myself feel comfortable across all genres of activities.  For e.g spending time with international community. Few things one could do at Ingolstadt are: I am part of international students club where we organise movie nights (english / german ) , board game night ,etc. These are for students part of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. Through this you get know to people from different countries , culture s, languages etc.These usually happen once a month. For students who are travelling to my city for internship / thesis etc , you will have associations like International students in Ingolstadt, Indische Deutsche Verein etc where...
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