Internships
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Anonymous
The people saying internships where a shtshow are just saying that because their kid didn’t get one. There were students working in every industry and for all top firms. Yes, many were virtual, but the students that would normally secure an internship did so. |
Anonymous
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My kid had an amazing NOAA internship this summer, despite being virtual. In addition to the (incredibly well run) paid research opportunity, it includes a partial scholarship for the last two years of college.
I know this does not apply to OP's child, but if you a college student who wants to do meterology or oceanography (and the like), tell them to check out the Hollings Scholars program. It is incredible. You have to apply as a sophomore though. Check it out: https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/hollings-scholarship |
Anonymous
That is not true, my son had one but most his friends in Radio Television and Film, or communications (TV) or performing arts (stage work), overseas (international business) or medicine ... all their internships were cancelled. You live in a little tiny bubble, you are also an a$$. |
Anonymous
| OP make sure your child checks out whatever resources are available through career services plus make sure they have a Linkedin and Twitter account. Child should reach out to alums on Linkedin. It will take hustle. Good luck! |
Anonymous
Politics most are unpaid and worthless Performing Arts I have no idea, but my guess would be plenty of summer camp internships that are performing arts camps. OP most internships are business majors, engineers etc... in terms of being paid. Most require at least 3.0 gpa or much higher. Also depends on the college. Dartmouth should be able to direct your student. Ask them to get in touch with the career center. Otherwise, it's luck of the draw internet applications to companies that your student has to search out. Ie one of mine was very interested in snowboarding so he got an internship in product development at Burton during college but he applied himself not through his college. Enterprise rental cars used to have a great program. Don't poo poo this people corporations all know the Enterprise program creates great workers. Same with Marriott they used to have internships that were great. |
Anonymous
| I left my kid alone. I haven’t had to update my resume in years so I can’t even advice my kid on resume writing. Kids connect with classmates who are going through the same process. Especially at ivies, they are relatively well connected. |
Anonymous
I think 2020 was a disaster, but there were very, very few internships that were canceled for summer of 2021. TV and stage is a tiny bubble that has been impacted more than others |
Anonymous
They definitely do. Multiple offices with incredibly experienced staff who are well connected to employers and alumni. It all means beans if her kid doesn't get on Handshake and make an appointment with the office. |
Anonymous
My kid was in person this past summer and was a hybrid of in-person and virtual last summer. Both jobs in DC. |
Anonymous
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My political science major daughter has had four paid internships in the field:
Summer 2019: Finance internship with Democratic Party of [State] (fundraising, event planning, donor research) -- $15/hour Fall 2019: Legislative internship with a state rep in her college state -- $10/hour Summer and fall 2020: Campaign organizing intern for Joe Biden campaign and other Democratic candidates in college state - $15/hour Summer 2021: public policy intern with big corporation in DC area, $25/hour It takes a little more digging to find paid ones than say, the engineering field, but they are absolutely out there. |
Anonymous
+1 my dd had no issues whatsoever finding an internship for this past summer. (the one she took ended up offering her a full time position for this summer after she graduates - yeah!!!) and she is at a regular ol' state school and (not to sh*t on my daughter) isn't some amazing superstar with ridiculously rare/noteworthy qualifications- just a hardworking kid. |
Anonymous
| For $80,000/year, I would have guessed that Dartmouth had potential employers lined up. |
Anonymous
I did both unpaid and paid political internships, and both orgs offered me jobs upon graduation. So, not sure "worthless" is the best adjective here. |
Anonymous
The major is the problem |
Anonymous
Most juniors never got internships in 2020, so schools worked with seniors to get those internships. Twice as many students less internships, do the math. Many dropped internships due to finances. Not everybody is in finance (thank god). |