College, Covid, and Questions by Suzy Beamer Bohnert

Author:Suzy Beamer Bohnert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B&B Publishing
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

How do I learn about internships?

What are the best ways to learn about internships while you’re at college?

The first place you want to start is with your college or university career center because most college career centers will work with students to help them identify opportunities for internships, and a lot of employers will post their opportunities with the career center.

By contacting the career center, students will learn what resources and tools are available to them. Rather than trying to figure out how to find an internship on their own, the university staff can help walk them through the process and make it less confusing and advise students about dates and deadlines for internships.

As for helping students find internships in their major, Mariaelena Marcano said she and others in her role as an internships coordinator at California State University, East Bay know when companies market opportunities that are open.

“Connect with the career center once you get to campus, especially if you are a transfer student. Your time at the college is so limited because you have transferred from one college to the next. The expectation is that you won’t be on campus much longer as you finish your upper-level courses and then graduate,” she says.

Marcano suggests transfer students work with the career center during the summer they transfer over to their new school, with the mindset that they want placement in an internship that following summer or the following year.

Some schools may organize internship career fairs. These career fairs can be in-person events; however, in the age of Covid-19, these could be virtual career fairs.

When students go to the college career center, what kind of things should they ask?

The professionals at the college career center work on career development with students. For many students, an internship is a part of that process. The questions a student would ask really depend on the student and what point they are at in their college career. For instance, many students may do an internship because they want to explore a field and see if they are interested in pursuing that for a career. Other students may look to an internship to gain some experience in the field they have decided they want to pursue. Others may seek an internship to connect with a specific employer.

“Many employers, especially those who offer paid internships, use those to feed full-time hiring. The employers will typically bring in students in their junior summer and have them work on things. Then, when the students go back to school in the fall, often employers will make a job offer to them for when they get out of school, typically in May or June,” says Mimi Collins, with the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Are there typical requirements of students to receive an internship? For instance, they may need a certain number of semester hours or a minimum grade-point average to qualify?

That depends on the school and the type of internship. You may do an internship for academic credit hours, which your college’s academic department sets up requirements for to receive credit.

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