Literally the next day I took initiative and called every person on that list, I realized very soon that this would not really work. So I created personalized e-mails for them all. Here’s an Example:
“Mr. Vargas,
It’s a pleasure to write this, as this is my first internship opportunity, Enclosed is my resume, I hope my work ethics and ambition can radiate from the work I’ve produced and the places I’ve been employed at. We spoke this morning and I hope the excitement resonated through my voice. I hope we can work together in the future and in any instance I wish you success in all your future endeavors.
Best Regards,
Latimel Rodriguez
Website- www.latimel.com
Cellular- (XXX)-XXX-XXXX”
To my satisfaction my first choice called me back right away and I was scheduling an interview for the City Tech in House design studio.
Of course as things are going great at this point I have my scheduled interview for 10am I get hit with food poisoning and have to miss my interview with Mr. Vargas. I’m completely scared at this point because I’m thinking, “ if i don’t get an internship how in god’s name can I take internship class”. I took initiative and spent the whole morning calling Mr. Vargas back, he didn’t answer. This is when I emailed every other company in the list. Three of them ended reaching back to me, to schedule interviews, plus a representative from Ogilvy and Mather but fortunately by the time they had reached me Mr. Vargas was finally available and answered the office phone. He understood what happen and rescheduled the interview for the following day at the same time.
The following day I head over to meet Al Vargas and the interview is pretty standard, He’s extremely polite but there’s a sternness and passion to him. He concludes the interview with “do you have any questions for me” I say ,” when do I start”. Al looks down for what seemed, to me, like ten years. He looks back up and says can you start today at 2pm. Absolutely, I say !
We ended up meeting at one two places, the first stop was DBGB, Daniel Boulud’s, where C.U.N.Y. was writing a paper on an apprenticeship program for the culinary department. I’ll let you read up on that, but my role as an intern was to assist Mr. Vargas with lighting, serve as a model for certain shots, for referencing. All and all Mr. Vargas provides a very comfortable atmosphere for creativity, speaking your mind and ideas feels very comfortable and natural. It was a very pleasant first day and an exciting one, I took my first step into the field of design and it feels right.
Dear Luigi,
I think most readers will respond positively to your energy and enthusiasm. However, I strongly suggest you work on polishing your writing more. For example this sentence—He concludes the interview with “do you have any questions for me” I say ,” when do I start”.—should be written as: He concluded the interview with “Do you have any questions for me?” I replied, “When do I start?”
Keep on writing!
Professor Mason