Gain the Right Experience to Kickstart Your Career

Learn how to gain experience for jobs that will set you up for success and show employers you’re the best fit for their opening. This self-paced, online course on ways to gain job experience features actionable, step-by-step training from iHire.

Learn How to Get Job Experience

"Be open, be malleable, and forever strive to learn more."

- Hannah Rose, Founder & Clinical Director Rose Wellness

What’s in the Gaining the Right Experience Online Course?

Get tips on how to gain job experience the right way in the form of videos, articles, and downloadable worksheets, and earn a certification for your LinkedIn profile.

Your work experience is one of the most important aspects of your job search – but you can’t take just any old internship or volunteer opportunity. Having the right experience will set you apart from the other candidates and instantly make you a front runner for the job. Knowing how to find a good internship or volunteer work for experience is key to starting your career.

In this online course, you’ll learn:

Strategies and approaches to finding internships
Four ways to get the most out of your internship
How to land an internship with little to no experience
Why volunteering can help you discover your passion
Other ways to build experience
How to match your skills to what the employer needs
And more

This course includes:

14 videos
10 articles
5 podcasts
2 worksheets
Time to complete: 3-4 hours

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Who Is the Online Course for Soft Skills For?

Students

Get job experience early to impress employers right out of school and hit the ground running.

Young professionals

Advance your career by understanding what employers are looking for and building your experience around it.

Don’t Waste Time Building the Wrong Work History

Get expert tips and strategies for gaining job experience

This online course from iHire is part of the Student Game Plan, a college class taught at campuses across the U.S. You’ll learn all the great information from that class… but at your own pace and for a fraction of the cost.

Our 20+ years of job search expertise is here to help you gain the experience employers are looking for and land your dream job.

Praise for the Student Game Plan

Everything in the course was eye-opening! You’ve certainly changed my perspective and have helped instill confidence into my journey. I have a plan now!

Dustin H.

The presenter’s knowledge of resume tracking devices was very helpful. Overall, I thought the webinar was engaging and helpful.

Anita C.

Nice, focused presentation. The agenda and QA were insightful and contained many takeaways. Thank you.

Edward P.

Great webinar with relevant and useful information

Anonymous

Set Yourself Up for Success with the Gaining the Right Experience Online Course

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About Us

Brian Clapp has worked for over 25 years in the sports industry and is now the Director of Brand and Content Marketing at iHire and host of the WorkInSports podcast. He provides thought leadership and advice to those who desire entry into the sports world and to employers utilizing the power of online recruiting.

Lori Cole is a Certified Career Coach and Advisor, Brand Ambassador, and Content Creator with over 20 years of experience in staffing and recruiting in the online world. She's always looking for ways to make life easier for iHire's job seekers.

iHire is a leading career-oriented platform that powers a family of 57 industry-focused talent networks, including iHireVeterinary, iHireDental, iHireConstruction, and iHireChefs. For more than 20 years, iHire has combined advanced job matching technology with our expertise in the talent acquisition space to connect job seekers with employers in their desired sector. iHire's unique, Premium-only tools like iScore Resume Match, career coaching, and personalized job recommendations, help students find great opportunities – right out of college.

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