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The Quintessential Guide to Finding and Maximizing Internships
Chapter 2: Finding Internships that Meet Your Needs and Fulfill Your Goals
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- Company Websites. If you have already identified a specific set of companies
where you would like to intern, you should consider going straight to the source by visiting
the career section of each company's Website. Try our
Quintessential Directory of Company Career Centers.
- Internship Websites. There are a few general internship Websites, as well as a number of
industry-specific Websites. A good resource, but internship sites have lagged behind the development of
job sites, so don't depend too much on these resources. Where do you find the best internship sites?
Go to our Internship Resources for College Students.
- Books and Periodicals. There are some great print sources of internships. First, there are annual
directories of internships, which you can find in our College
Internship Books section. The other print source is trade magazines and newspapers published for your
major or career field. If you are a member of a student organization, you may already have a subscription to
at least one of them. Your college library should also have subscriptions to these publications -- as should
some of your professors. These publications often publish information about internship programs.
- Cold Contact. If none of these other internship sources work for you, or if you have a specific geographic location you want to target for your internship, consider using the cold calling method to find your internship. This process involves identifying a list of companies and writing them asking for an internship. Where can you get information about companies in a specific geographic location? Consider contacting that region's chamber of commerce for a list of member companies -- or just get your hands on a phone book for that area. What are some other sources? Go to our Guide for Researching Companies. And consider reading our article, Cold Calling: A Time-Tested Method of Job-Hunting.
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