Internship

[Anonymous]

At what age did your child get their first internship and how did they get it? Please only respond if it was not a family business, connection, great wealth.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Both of my kids had one after freshman year in college. One was with my company I will confess but the other was a congressional internship.

[Anonymous]

Just applying online, no personal connection to the company, although it turned out they hired a lot from Virginia Tech.

[Anonymous]

Regular job after freshman year, internship with small company (but in the field of major) after sophomore year, internship with bigger company after junior year.

[Anonymous]

Summer after freshman year college was the first internship. Applied to like 50 opportunities. It came together late too, like end of April. It’s possible OP and a huge lesson about tenacity and perseverance for your kid. Lots of applications lots of video submissions lots of interviews.

[Anonymous]

Mine got one after freshman year by responding to a posting on Handshake - contract work through a university research center. His backup, though, was an internship with the company his dad works for.

[Anonymous]

In college, and during their first year after college (when they did not get into grad school right away)

[Anonymous]

College research assistantship during sophomore year - a professor mentioned during class, I went for interview, and was chosen.

Summer non-profit internship after graduation while looking for a job - a professor was contacted about an opening and brought it to my attention. I was interviewed and chosen.

I had another business internship that came through my dad's rich friend after junior year and a retail clerk job I found myself after freshman year.

So 3 of the jobs didn't involve having special connections. I was a top student in my major. The economy was good for 3 years of my college attendance and crashed during my senior year.

[Anonymous]

Grad school assistantship after prof mentioned it in class. Worked for him for 2 semesters. Coauthored a research report. Then he was "too busy" to advise me on a master's thesis related to that topic. Had to scramble to find someone else.

[Anonymous]

Congressional internship in HS (through Girl Scouts of all things)

Nonprofit internship after freshman year (cold applied)

Internship at college sophomore year onwards that was a paid job throughout college.