Your Internship Summer Job Search
Step One
Identify the type of work you want to do and begin to investigate websites and organizations. You may want to make an appointment with a career counselor (236-1611).
Step Two
Start doing some online research. Develop a schedule or spreadsheet, with application information required and deadlines.
Step Three
Prepare a brief explanation of the type of work/job/internship you would like to find.
Step Four
Develop the tools: resume, etc.
Step Five
Apply
Step Six
Follow up
Step Seven
Tell people you know that you are looking (using your brief explanation)
Useful links for your online research
Local, Berkshire Area Companies and Organizations, some with internship programs, others summer jobs
Mass MoCA, Jan. 18 deadline, North Adams, Arts, Education
http://www.massmoca.org/opportunities.php
Berkshire Theatre Group, Colonial Theater, BTF
http://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/education/internships.html
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Jan 22 and Feb. 19 deadlines
http://www.jacobspillow.org/education/internships/internships/summer-intern-program.php
General Dynamics
http://www.gd-ais.com/Careers/Students
Internships.com with our zip code
Crane & Company
2013 Internship Program to be announced this week. Students are advised to keep an eye on their site, but you might also meet with the career counselor to learn the contact person and how to investigate even before the posting is made public.
Interprint
http://www.interprint.com/en/jobs/next_generation_IP/internship.html
SABIC
Look at their site too. See Career Counselor for contact information
Mass DOT Highway Division, Generally engineering oriented
https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/index.do
Summer Horticulture
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
http://naada.associationcareernetwork.com/JobSeeker/JobDetail.aspx?abbr=NAADA&jobid=181
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood
http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/contact-us/jobs.aspx
BSO at Tanglewood hires hundreds of students for the summer, some pre-professional.
Talk with career counselor about contacts
Berkshire Health Systems
http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/
Mass Life Sciences Internship Challenge
http://www.masslifesciences.com/grants/challenge.html
Mass Aububon
http://www.massaudubon.org/Jobs/index.php?type=Internships
State Government
Governor’s Office Internship
http://www.mass.gov/governor/internship
See Berkshire Creative for jobs and internships (mostly jobs)
http://berkshirecreative.org/find-a-job-2/
National Internship Programs
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9358
Student Conservation Association
Federal internships, all fields
http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalinternships/co-ops.shtml
Science.gov internships
http://www.science.gov/internships/undergrad.html
Marine Careers
http://www.marinecareers.net/links_internships.php
Science News Writing Internship, Washington DC
http://www.aaas.org/careercenter/internships/science.shtml
American Association for the Advancement of Science, other, several, writing, IT, etc.
http://www.aaas.org/careercenter/internships/
Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/about/internships.html
U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife (has Massachusetts jobs, many Mass sites, internship program currently being developed. Contact career counselor)
http://www.fws.gov/humancapital/HR/exc_svc_opp.html
Science Opportunties
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/search/scienceopp/index.php?view=s4squeryform
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/education/forstudents.html
General Internship (or jobs and internships) Sites
https://jobs.hrd.state.ma.us/recruit/public/3111/index.do
look here for resume templates too
Internships.com
Beware of some of these unpaid internships…make an appointment, 236-1611 to talk with a counselor
Hire Culture
Sports, all
http://www.workinsports.com/sports-jobs-2012.asp
Networking
We will talk about this idea today. You may want to make an appointment with the career counselor to develop your own strategy, including companies and organizations to approach, and how to approach them to learn of internships and jobs. Many, if not most, jobs are found by talking to people.
Professional Associations and Job Sites
If your interest is not represented here, simply Google your career field and look for the appropriate site.
www.alliedhealthschools.com/healthcareers
www.apta.orgPhysical therapy
www.amtamassage.org massage therapy
www.acefitness.org physical fitness trainer
www.therespiratorytherapist.com respiratory therapy
www.allnurses.com nursing
www.criminaljusticecareerguide.com criminal justice
www.earlychildhood.org early childhood education
www.nationalhumanservices.org Human services
(National Association of Broadcast Journalists)
http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html
(American Bar Association)
http://www.aafpe.org/AAFPE/American_Association_for_Paralegal_Education.asp
(American Association for Paralegal Education)
(Central Intelligence Agency)
(American Foreign Service Association)
(American Association of Arts Educators)
(American Library Association)