Internships.com

Internship Resources

Internships.com offers regionally focused guides on internships, part and full time career-related internships and jobs in both the non-profit and private sectors. “By focusing solely on the world of interns and the support services that are required to optimize this fantastic source of talent, we’ve been able to structure our pricing and services to scale with the needs of businesses large and small,” states C. Mason Gates, founder of InternDirect and President of Internships.com.

The Pro's:

I often use Internships.com for finding all kinds of internships. I really like the fact that I can enter my criteria and usually locate a good number of relevant opportunities. I find that Internships.com provides listings on specific internships that I can't find anywhere else. I like the fact that it's easy to use and once you have selected your major and location you're provided with a long list of internship opportunities. In addition, I also like that students can specify the type of compensation they prefer (paid, college credit, stipend, scholarship, travel expenses, tuition assistance). For internships abroad, you can select a continent and then one or more countries to receive a listing of internships in that particular region.

Another feature I like are the educational aspects such as the articles that discuss various topics on internships.

The Con's:

There are times when I do use Internships.com and get internship listings that don't match the criteria I entered. Although Internships.com offers a plethora of internship listings, there are definitely certain career fields that tend to be underrepresented. Another problem that I find with Internships.com is the Application Deadline that appears at the top right corner of each listing. Many times it says "Application Deadline: None" only to find a deadline listed somewhere in the internship description below.

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Internships.com recently announced (March 2008) two key partnerships with The Internship Institute, founded by Matthew Zinman, based in Newtown, Pennsylvania and with Intern Bridge, Inc., founded by Richard Bottner, based in Acton, Massachusetts. The Internship Institute works directly with employers and shows them how to develop successful internship programs within their organization.

The Internship Institute provides turnkey products for employers to operate an intern program regardless of size. These products include an instructional DVD of best practices called The Blueprint for Internship Success and a staffing management system called Intern Toolkit™ along with the newer Intern Supervisor Guidebook. They are the works of Matthew Zinman, founder of The Internship Institute. InternBridge recently completed their second student survey on internships and they work directly with employers offering webinars and workshops to help them better understand the millennial generation.

Internships.com has an Internship Management System to assist employers with their individual internship programs. This system will allow employers to track and keep detailed information on all interns and will give them the ability to create valuable reports for all departments within the organization.

For employers Internships.com offers workshops to educate them on best internship practices. The have partnered with Profiles International to assist employers with the assessment, recruitment, and training of qualified candidates.

Internships.com is a technology-based company that works hard to match, track, and report internship opportunities and statistics to students, educators, and employers. It was developed in cooperation with Radford University.

Check with your college's Career Services Office to see if they offer this resource for free. A private one month subscription is $4.75, a premium one month subscription costs $9.75, or you can purchase a 3 month premium subscription for $28.75. Due to Internship.com's sole focus on internships, they are able to provide listings of thousands of internships to college students all over the world.

Interview with C. Mason Gates, President of Internships.com.

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