How to get an internship anywhere in the world

Decide where you want to work and what kind of firm you want to learn from, for example boutique investment banks in Singapore, independent law firms in Melbourne or design studios in Berlin. Small firms answer their own email, which is why they reply far more often than a graduate scheme portal.

Search the open web and the maps for firms matching that brief rather than browsing advertised vacancies. GEN-MAX does this live in 33 countries, reads each firm's own website and keeps only the ones that genuinely match, with the reason attached.

Email a named person where you can rather than a generic inbox. GEN-MAX reads team and about pages, and on Pro plans looks up the founder or managing director's verified direct address, sending a copy to the firm inbox too so nothing slips through.

Never send the same paragraph twice. Open on something specific and true about that firm, connect it to one real thing you have done, and end with a small concrete ask such as a day of work experience. GEN-MAX writes each email from your own CV and fact-checks it, so nothing is invented about you or them.

Send from your own Gmail, spaced out so it reads as human rather than a blast, and follow up a few days later if there is no reply. GEN-MAX paces the send, sends up to three follow-ups and stops the moment somebody replies.

Apply directly to firms rather than through job portals. Choose the country and city you want to work in, build a list of small and mid-sized firms in your sector there, find the person who decides, and send each one a short personalised email that says something true about their firm and one relevant thing you have done. GEN-MAX does all four steps for you in 33 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and every major European market. You pick the country in Settings and the search, the currency and the AI all follow it.

Set your country in GEN-MAX to the one you want to work in and search there directly. The search is biased to that country's own map and web results, so "Cambridge" or "Richmond" resolves where you mean, and the emails are written in the language you choose. Small firms abroad rarely advertise internships in English-language job boards, so a direct, well researched email is usually the only way in. There is no visa or eligibility check in the product, so confirm you can legally work in that country before you send.

Most outreach tools are built for sales teams: you buy a contact database and send the same sequence to everybody on it. GEN-MAX is built for the person doing the reaching out. It finds firms live rather than serving a bought list, reads each firm's own website, and writes a different email for every single one from your real CV. A free account gets 25 credits, so you can find and email 25 firms before paying anything.

Keep it under 120 words. Open with something specific and true about that firm, not a compliment. Give one line of evidence from your own experience that connects to it. Ask for something small and concrete, such as a day of work experience or a fifteen minute call, rather than "any opportunities". Send it from your own address to a named person, and follow up once after a few days. GEN-MAX writes every email to that shape and checks each one against your CV so it never invents a fact about you.

Yes. The same process works for part-time and weekend work: pick the type of business and the area, and GEN-MAX finds independent cafes, shops, studios, agencies, clinics and other local employers and emails each one personally. Independent employers hire far more often from a direct approach than from an online form.

Usually not. GEN-MAX does not read job boards. It finds firms, not vacancies, which is the point: the roles that come from a direct email are created because somebody liked the email, so you are not competing against the hundreds of applicants an advertised role attracts.

Direct cold outreach is the most reliable route: identify boutique firms in your target sector and email the decision-maker directly with a short, genuinely personalised message tied to what the firm does. GEN-MAX automates exactly this - it finds the firms, finds their email address, and writes a unique CV-based email to each one, sent from your own Gmail - so you can reach dozens of firms that never advertise public vacancies. Signing up is free and includes 25 welcome credits, with paid plans from £39 per month.