With the semester ending and the summer coming, many students are looking for an internship position, hoping to gain some real-life experience and even land a job placement. Your student may be frustrated by the amount of the internship information from the campus career office, the internet and even his social groups. Naturally, as a parent you’ll have some questions of your own: Where should my student and I be searching? How can I help ease some of my student’s internship stress? How can I give constructive advice but give my student the space s/he needs? What’s a good timeline for my student’s internship preparation?
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- How can my student find an internship? Start with Internships.com, choose from more than 49,000 internship positions from over 18,000 companies, for FREE!
- What are other veteran interns talking about? What can my student learn from their experience? Read Eye of the Intern, a blog that covers all aspects of career development, including intern stories, interviews with cutting-edge employers, advice on marketing yourself, employment trends, useful social media tools and tips for using Internships.com.
- A suite of resources that parents need to help your student find and land a great internship.
- Why your student should consider an internship. What exactly is an internship? Why are internships so important?
- How to help your college student use the summer month wisely. What are my student’s work-related summer options? What kind of adjustment do both you and your student need to make?
- Finding (and funding) an internship for junior. Paid vs. unpaid internships. Should you fund your student as she interns for free?
- Don’t settle when choosing an internship. Reasons why a great internship is so valuable and guidelines to help your student find an internship that will pay off.
- Are internships the new entry-level jobs?
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