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Identifying Internship Opportunities

By Penny Loretto, About.com Guide to Internships

Here are a multitude of online resources that are just loaded with internship opportunities. Learn more about the the types of internships and how to make your internship count. Conducting informational interviews, networking, and attending careers fairs are also ways of finding internships. Exploring careers and checking out corporate internships and internships abroad will also yield added results.

  1. Types of Internships
  2. Finding an Internship & Making it Count
  3. Informational Interview
  4. Networking
  5. Career Exploration
  1. Exploring Career Fields
  2. Internship Resources
  3. Internships Abroad
  4. Corporate Internships

Types of Internships

Learn more about the types of experiential education, internships for credit, paid internships versus unpaid, transcript notations, and the overall importance of completing at least one internship experience.

Finding an Internship & Making it Count

How to find an internship, top tips for interns, frequently asked questions about internships, making the most of your internship, developing internship goals, the value of doing an internship.

Informational Interview

How to conduct an informational interview, informational interviewing tips, sample informational interviews.

Networking

How to network, tips for successful networking, the importance of establishing professional connections.

Career Exploration

The career planning process, researching companies and organizations, researching career options.

Exploring Career Fields

Exploring your personal interests, gaining experience in a career field, identifying career options that are right for you.

Internship Resources

Online internship search engines, top internship sites, books on internships.

Internships Abroad

The value of doing an internship abroad, overseas opportunities, college students share their experiences abroad.

Corporate Internships

Developing an internship program, employer best internship practices, internship study reveals important facts on internships.

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