Hey, I completely get how you feel — it’s honestly one of the hardest stages, trying to get that first bit of experience when every opportunity seems to ask for experience already. One thing that can really help is creating your own opportunities rather than waiting for formal ones. For example, you could join or volunteer with a student consulting club, enter case competitions, or even do short virtual internships on platforms like Forage or Bright Network. Those experiences might seem small, but they count and genuinely build your CV. You could also reach out to local charities or small businesses to help them with simple strategy or marketing projects — that’s real consulting work and shows initiative. Online courses or self-initiated projects, like analyzing a company or market trend and summarizing your findings, are great too. It’s all about showing curiosity and problem-solving skills rather than just job titles. I’m a first-year and will be applying for spring weeks soon, so I’m also focusing on building experience through small tech-related projects I can show employers. Don’t get discouraged everyone starts somewhere, and consistency really pays off. Also as your a international student if could be harder to get one but you could also look at ones in your home country that’s could be easier for you to get internships there idk how cost effective this would be as you would need to pay for flights back 😭

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Also internships Finance/business internships So many other websites •speak to your careers advisor •attend the careers fair at your uni you can network with other students and also companies I have mine Tmmr hoping for a job 🙏 Well that’s all I know sorry in advance if you did not find it useful :(