Internships / Co-ops
Internships and co-ops are a great way to earn and learn. You can earn money, credit, and increased marketability for the permanent job search while learning more about a specific field and applying classroom knowledge in a corporate environment.
"Internship
experience is the key to putting yourself ahead of the competition. To
a prospective employer, prior employment experience illustrates
initiative on the part of a student, a sense of career direction, and
confirms that he or she has been exposed to work in an office
environment."
Gina Vaglia, Towers Perrin
An internship (semester experience) or a co-op (two semester experience) helps to give you the experience needed to obtain a full time job. Start out researching the careers you are interested in, then use Symplicity (online job posting system) to review and apply to over 600 internship/co-op postings.
