Working with seasoned professionals and gaining on-the-job experience is truly a win-win situation for all involved. Finding internships can be difficult, but the InternshipPrograms.com service can help.
InternshipPrograms.com
Internet:
http://www.InternshipPrograms.com/home.asp
This site is filled with sponsors, but all the information useful to career professionals is free. Even the companies that post internships can do it for free.
Easy accessibility results in a large selection of internships from a wide range of companies. The home page is well laid out. The visitor is welcomed and shown how to register. You may register as a student, an employer or a career center.
The Search Internships tab will take you directly to the internship search engines without registering. The site doesn't do a good job explaining the registration advantages for students and career centers.
Registering provides access to their newsletter and a terrific feature called Internship Experiences that will be discussed later. There are a series of links at the bottom of the page to such topics as resume tips, college essays and research tools.
Take a look at the Article link. These articles might be useful to introduce the topic of internships to your students. The City Interns link is filled with practical information about major American cities where internships might take place.
On the Inside
The main purpose for accessing this site is to search internship information.When you reach this service, you will notice that the information can be searched in four different ways. A search can be conducted by city. Or if that's too specific, you can search by state and region.
You may also search by job category or by company name alphabetically. This is an impressive range of options and one of them is sure to meet the needs of career planners.
To get an idea of the type of information you can expect, look at ABC News Nightline. Highlight the title and click the Browse by Company bar.
Now go to the Internship Title link. Detailed information about this internship will appear. You will notice that a contact person is named and any specific requirements for the placement are mentioned.
As well, students will be able to view the company's profile, any other internships offered within that company and a printable version of the information. You can even pass the information on to a friend.
If you have registered, you may access the Internship Experiences link. Here, students who have done an internship answer a series of questions and rate the experience. Look at the Walt Disney World profile to get a good idea about this feature.
There weren't too many match-ups with current internship offers, but just reading about the realities of internships offers an idea of what to expect.
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