An internship represents a learning experience to try out a career idea, define your career goals, and learn more about yourself and the world of work. The following web-sites provide information about internships opportunities. They are listed under general internship information, internships specific to different majors, internships for diverse populations, and for those who would like to get international experiences. You also may want to visit Internship-USA. Click on the "internship series on line" and call your OSU Career Services Office to obtain the user-id and password information. You may also want to contact your career services office to learn more about internship opportunities within your college.
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| Internship Programs.com |
You can access to a comprehensive internship database to learn more about different companies and how your career can be enhanced. |
| InternJobs.com |
National database of internships for students and recent graduates. Search our database by keywords or location |
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| Monstertrak |
One of the best sites for locating information about current internships opening. Primarily includes internships in the private sector. Select Students & Alumni from the home page, then View Jobs, the Ohio State University from the listing of colleges and universities, then Intern from the job type menu. You can then specify a geographical location, choose from 30 plus work categories, or use a keyword search. |
| JOBWEB |
Includes postings for co-op, internships, and summer work positions. Searchable by geographic regions and keywords. Compared to JOBWEB's postings for full -time employment, the postings for co-op, internships, and summer job openings are scant. Provides helpful tips on conducting keyword searches, though. |
| Smithsonian Internship Opportunities |
Each of the Smithsonian's museums and many of it's research institutes and offices offer college-level and post graduate internships. This web site coordinates a centralized internship application referral service to all Smithsonian internship programs and also a fellowship program on museums practices. |
| Summer Jobs |
Search a database with more than 3000 summer camps and academic and travel programs. Some of these camps recruit internationals students. |
| Experience.com |
Online job and internship searching engine. |
| Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Sciences |
| Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Paid Internship Program |
Select paid internships from the main menu. This section lists openings by US regions and provides good descriptions of the internship duties. The programs that list their openings with ECO vary in their eligibility requirements. Some prefer college students, other prefer recent graduate or graduate students. |
| Communications and Journalism |
| The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
This program provides in-depth exposure to professional television production facilities, techniques, and practices. Undergraduates, graduates students, and recent graduates are all eligible. |
| Lists internship programs available with daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. Some of the programs have been reviewed by past interns and their evaluative remarks are included with the program descriptions.
| TV Internships |
List television stations from across the U.S.. The user can link to the stations' home pages to learn about their internship programs. |
| Entertainment and Hospitality |
| Walt Disney College Intern Program |
This sites describes the College Program and the Advanced Internship Program, which is only available to those who have successfully completed the College Program. Both programs are designed to increase knowledge about the entertainment and hospitality industries, and are limited to undergraduate students. |
| Government/Non-Profit |
| Action Without Borders |
Includes public policy, social service, and education ad health agencies internships. Select Nonprofit Internship from the home page to access the database, which is searchable by area of focus, location, skills needed, language needed, and compensation type (i.e. paid versus unpaid). Or, you can browse through the listing of all the internships, which is organized by U.S. states. |
| AmeriCorps |
AmeriCorps participants receive education awards in exchange for services. This site includes program descriptions, lists of benefits, and examples of the work performed by AmeriCorps. |
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| Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship |
The Scoville Fellowship provides stipends for college graduates to spend four to six months working for a non-profit organization in Washington D.C. on a range of issues involving nuclear and conventional arms control and disarmament, international security and related issues. This site details the application process and selection criteria. |
| Internship in Youth Development |
Maintained by The National Assembly. List over 2000 and unpaid internships in more than 500 non-profit, human service. organization nationwide. Features 25 plus types of internships including administrative, events planning, arts and crafts, budgeting, and community relations. Select "Internships and Jobs" from the main menu. |
| The Ohio Governor's Community Service Council Internships |
Internships are unpaid. Academic credit can be negotiated with your college or university. Ohio governmental agencies offer internships in a variety of fields-English, Communication, Biological and Physical Sciences, Business, law, Computer science, and Social Sciences to name a few. |
| The Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC) |
Sponsors a legislative intern program for over thirty years. The LSC sponsors twenty-seven paid thirteen-month legislative internships designed to provide college graduates with practical experience in the legislative process |
| The Washington Center |
Describes the Washington Center internship program, a competitive program for those interested in 10 week (quarter) or 15 week (semester) internships with government agencies. According to the homepage text, "at least 80% of the internship duties is substantive and equivalent to that of an entry level professional." |
| U.S. Department of State |
Describes the programs available to those in foreign affairs. Some interns work in Washington D.C. while others work at embassies overseas. Includes both paid and unpaid positions. |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Summer Research Opportunities for Sciences and Engineering majors |
Lists research opportunities positions for undergraduate students interested in a wide variety of fields: Astronomy; Biological Sciences (biology, biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, ecosystems studies, molecular biology, natural resources, neurobiology, ocean studies, plant biology, socio-biology, and zoology); Chemistry; Computer Sciences; Earth Sciences; Engineering, Math, and Physical Sciences. No automated search mechanisms are provided, resulting in a time-consuming search for the user. |
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| Research at Mayo Clinic |
Describes the Mayo program, which is for those interested in biomedical research. Admission is limited to 65 to 70 interns a year for this paid, 10 week program. |
| Research and Training at the National Institutes of Health |
It describes the summer internships for college and graduate students interested in administrative as well as research experience. Also includes information about average stipend amounts, summaries of the research being conducted at the NIH organizations, and an on-line application feature. |
| Recreation, Leisure, and Sports |
| Health Promotions |
Programs are listed by geographical region (U.S. and international) and detailed program descriptions are included. |
| International |
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| Best Bets for Work Abroad |
Maintained by the University of California at Irvine's International Opportunities program. Posting representing a wide variety of fields are divided into three categories: short- term work programs, general work abroad, and country-specific work abroad. |
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| Intern Abroad Program |
Use Intern.StudyAbroad.com to search a country directory for a program that suits your needs. Follow links, graphics or e-mail buttons and request more information |
| Volunteer and Work Abroad |
i-to-i has been at the forefront of the growth in volunteer travel. Volunteer, teach and work abroad teaching English, conservation, media, health, building and care work projects in more than 19 countries. |
| Internships for Diverse Populations |
| Inroads |
The purpose of INROAD is to place talented minority youth in business, engineering, science, and food service, retail, or health care management positions. Preference goes to African-American, Hispanic, and Native American high school and college students with grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Describes the application process and lists the addresses for the 60 plus INROADS Affiliates across the US. (The affiliate administer the application process and oversee the internship assignments for their regions.) |
| Saludos Web |
Describes 15 plus internship programs for Hispanic/Latino students, most of which are located in the Eastern and Western regions of the U.S. as well as internationally. |
| Volunteer Opportunities |
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VolunteerMatch
Community Connection |
There are hundreds of ways to help out. With VolunteerMatch, it's never been easier to find a rewarding way to give back and make a difference.
It's easy to volunteer at The Ohio State University. Click on "Faculty and Staff" or "Student" and then click on find "volunteer opportunities" and fill in your preferences. Choose an opportunity and sign-up using your OSU username. Set the details for orientation and scheduling with your community site. |
