About

Workshops/Events

Search The CRL Collection

Choose Career eResources ABI/Inform Business Source Premier CA$H CareerLink Career Search Global Market Information Global Road Warrior H1BVisas Industry Surveys - S&P Internships USA Massachusetts Newsstand Vault Wall Street Journal

Career Guides Quick Links

• Career Resources By Discipline
• Graduate School Planning
• Green Careers
• Internships
• Job Searching
• Market Trends
• Resumes and Cover Letters
• View All Career Guides

Career Guides for:

• ALANA Jobseekers
• Alumnae/i
• Faculty and Staff
• Graduate Students
• International Students
• Jobseekers with Disabilities
• LGBT Jobseekers
• New Graduates
• Undergraduates
• Women and Careers

Related Resources

• Career Education Center
• Alumnet
• Study Abroad Office

Recent News

• Hopeful Time for Libraries
• Spotlight: CareerSearch Database
• Check Out New Career Books @ the Career Resource Library
• Looking for a Job? Consider an Internship.
• The Globe 100: The Best of Massachusetts Business 2009
• Do You Ever Stray from Your Comfort Zone?
• LIS Students and Professionals! New Improved Internet Job Search
• College to Career: Resources for Surviving the Real World
• Communication Counts in Landing a Job
• Rejection? Don’t take it too hard.

RSS Feed  (what's RSS and how to subscribe?)

Who Will You Be This Summer?

Filed under Internships
Posted by Libraries, February 14, 2008
View all posts for February 2008

Who Will You Be This Summer? By Lisa Belkin, Columnist. The New York Times; 01/06/2008 Section 7: Column 0.

Here’s an article that discusses the popularity of summer internship programs amongst College students. Internships have the potential to provide more substantial experience and generate more valuable connections than the average summer job. Although potentially an opportunity for getting a real taste of an industry, it is now necessary for students to make internship arrangements earlier than ever.

One career counseling center warns that recruitment for the most coveted positions happens 10 months in advance. Some internship programs at companies like Google or XM Radio have their positions filled by New Year’s Day. So, if you are considering spending your summer as a fabulous intern, you might want to get things rolling now. Other obstacles include the matter of large numbers of applicants compared to number of available spots, as well as heightened qualifications amongst competitors. The article has some creative and resourceful ideas to combat these. And of course, some students do not have the luxury of working for free. Find out how to find alternative programs that do offer compensation and how to go about lining up one of those.

To get a fuller appreciation of the internship wave that hits every summer, read this article!