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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your student is in college, you need to be looking for a job for Summer 2026 in Fall 2025. I run our internship program and we do all of our hiring in September/October. If we don't have our roles filled by end of October, we are late and missing out on the best talent. I work for a consulting firm and I know we take a more competitive approach than most companies. Realistically, there are still good roles and good talent until about January, but everything after that is pretty late.

Students looking for a job right now for this summer will seem like they are leftovers who weren't strong enough to get a job during prime recruiting season.

If your student is in High School, most intern roles in this professional space (cybersecurity) will be taken by college students. If you have a connection to get your student a job (through what I call the "friends & family program") that's probably your best bet.

But know that this is *not necessary* in high school. When I look at college student resumes I don't think it makes a student more impressive to have had H.S. internships. I look at GPA, and what coursework/program they are in. Bonus points for learning any coding language on a self-taught basis (not in school, or any kind of academic program). That tells me you can learn on the job and be self-directed.

Tell your kid to spend the summer learning Python, R, C#, or any object oriented coding language (if you know one, you can quickly pick up others). This will be more impressive on a resume later, assuming he can answer interview questions to demonstrate capability.

Udemy, Coursera, Codeacademy, and YouTube are good places to start. Reddit has groups for this to get help from people who are also learning.

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Very good advice, OP.

-IT company owner[/quote]

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