Hello everyone.
So, I know there are 2 topics on this subject (at least), however I didn't wanted to revive old topics and there is some differences.
I really need some advice because at this point I don't know if I am doing anything wrong or not!
I will give some background story for you to see if there is anything dragging me down or what...
So I am about to finish my bachelor studies, I am 27 years (I went late to university because I had to work a couple of years to pay for it...). I am focused on design/art and I have done some projects on my own (games).
Since I need to apply for internship to finish my studies, for the last month I have been sending mails for companies listed on http://gamedevmap.com/ at a rate of 40 per day and until now, no luck. I am sending mostly for Germany and UK because I think its the best places for game industry inside Europe (my internship must be done in Europe only).
I don't know if I am doing something wrong... I am sending links for my games as well as CV, cover letter and other links like Behance and LinkedIn.
Besides this, I have some questions:
1. When a company asks for your desired salary, whats the best or avoidable answer?
I only care to pay for my basic living costs because I am undergraduate after all, so I said around 800-1000€.
2. I've read that it is good to embrace network I mean, send messages to people inside companies asking for advice or if by any chance we can offer our "work" to their company and be part of the team but... would it be weird to do this?
3. Is it true that being a foreign to UK is a big obstacle to find a position at their companies? Or Germany... I've found more companies from Germany that were offering relocation packages and seemed pretty generous for foreign people.
4. Stating all of this, Is there any region for me to avoid? Places or companies that might mark my cv in a bad way?
5. Does age really matters? Weird question but it does bothers me somehow. Isn't it odd for companies for someone with 27years to be looking for a internship position instead of a regular job position? Because I seriously have no experience at all in this field.
6. Last question... I am seriously starting to think if it is me or just bad luck and a matter of trying and trying so... Should I just focus on trying or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you all in advance! And sorry for the long post!
edit: so sorry for the incorrect counting, yes I was editing some of them and forgot about changing numbers *facepalm*
edited also to attach my cv and cover letter... But I did change many times the cover letter depending on which company I was applying... So...