You can skip to the tips below; regardless, let me share a personal story first.
Getting Into Writing
As a university freshman studying in an economy-torn Greece, I made “getting a job” a primary professional goal. Apart from some summer gigs handing out flyers, I didn’t know how having a stable job was like. I wasn’t that certain about what I was supposed to do in life, but I felt that an experience like that will help me later on.