Tailor your cover letter and resume to each individual and company. Do not send a letter to ACME Forestry and then refer to your eagerness to work for Smith Brothers, Inc.

Follow up your resume with a phone call to reinforce your interest

Develop specific goals related to the job opportunity; be prepared to state specific skills you offer

Indicate specific areas of interest and expectations

Be honest on your resume

Make sure your resume includes experience as well as your education on the day you graduate

Start looking for summer internships in early spring

Be within half an hour commute of the internship location, or have housing arranged