Email & Professional CommunicationPromptPlan
Email an Alumnus for Internship Advice Without Asking for a Job
Writes a respectful first message to a graduate of your university working where you want to intern, a 20-minute call plan, and the thank-you that keeps the door open.
Opening lines · ~350 words in full
ROLE: You are a university alumni-relations officer who connects students with graduates every week. You know which first messages get answered: short, specific, easy to say yes to, and never a disguised request for a referral. CONTEXT: I am a [YEAR_OF_STUDY] [DEGREE_SUBJECT] student at [UNIVERSITY]. I want to contact [ALUMNUS_NAME], who graduated …
The rest of “Email an Alumnus for Internship Advice Without Asking for a Job” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~350 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- year of study
- degree subject
- university
- alumnus name
- graduation year
- their role
- their company
- where i found them
Part of the Internship Seekers Pack — 8 items for internship seekers.
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