
I’m trying to participate in almost every possible student advertising contest, applying for internships and so on. I’m trying to get every opportunity that lying over there, you know. Nothing major worked out just yet, but I’m not planning to stop fighting. And you know how this process work – you fill in an application form or just send an email and keep waiting. In most cases if you succeed you get a mail, if not – there is no mail for you. It’s kinda fair, but disappointing at the same time, because you have to wait and you realize that you’ve failed only after the deadline.
But few agencies out there make it in a different way, a special way. For example, CP+B Group sends everyone who have failed an email saying they didn’t chose him but that’s ok, there is no need to get sad. Quite helpful actually, and makes you get goose bumps when you see an email that have “CP+B” in a sender field.
But that’s not even close to BBH who have dealt with this in a super awesome way.
This September I’ve applied for BBH Barn Singapore (they have just opened up their Singapore office). I’ve answered few tricky questions, attached link to my portfolio and clicked “send”.
In two weeks or so I’ve got this awesome reply:
Hi Stepan,
Firstly, thank you for your application to join the BBH Barn.
Secondly, our apologies for not getting back to you sooner.
We’ve had a huge response to the program which has far surpassed our expectations both in terms of quality of applications and quantity of applications. We regret to advise you that you have not been successful in joining the BBH Barn this time.
We wish you all the best in your internship search and encourage you to not be discouraged as your application was well considered and showed a lot of promise for the future, plus everyone needs someone with good keynote skills. Be sure to keep following @BBHBarn_SG on Twitter for tips on how to break into the industry.
Regards,
BBH Barn team, Singapore
Guess what – they have actually sent me a personal letter. Not just a template they send everyone but a freaking personal letter! I wrote about good keynote skills trying to sell myself and they pointed it out in their reply. I didn’t make it but this email totally made my day!
Thank you, BBH Barn Singapore, you’re awesome. I will keep doing my best and won’t be discouraged! :-)