Saturday, December 11, 2010

Where to look for an internship

Internships are a huge part of the college process. They enable us to get real life experience in order to advance our career, but where do we begin? I know that was a question that seemed like many people tended to ask. I am going to give you a few places in which I think you should begin your search for the perfect internship.

1) Go directly to the source. If you know the place you would like to intern at, go to their website. Most companies have a link to different careers on their homepage. This is typically found at the bottom of the website. Many of the ones that I looked at were Disney.com, CBS, Universal, NBC, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and the like. I found it on all of them. With just a few clicks, I'm sure you can find it too.

2) Career networks! The college that I attend has one of these. You can usually specify that you are looking for an internship in the search box, and many internships may come up that you never realized even existed. From smaller companies that you haven't really heard of to ones that you may have just forgot about. Career networks are a great place to look.

3) Monster.com - This can be a very helpful source and many people use it for internships as well as a job search tool. You can put in key words and for the most part this website is self explanatory. If you are having trouble finding the right internship for you, I would recommend going here as well.

4) Finally, Internqueen.com is one that I have used. This one is nice because you can look through all the internships you would like, upload your resume and then have it sent to all of them. You don't have to go through and do each one individually, but you can cut out hours of typing in tedious information, and just do it all at once.

I have used every one of these for internships that I have applied for and I have gotten call backs and internships from them. I highly recommend applying so that you can start getting the training necessary for your future career. Good luck!