Internships

The Top 9 Things Employers Value In Recent Grads

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Experience Inc., Hiring Trends, Liberal Arts Majors, Internships, Engineering Majors, Finding a Job, Millenials, Employers, Job Hunting, Recent Graduates, Survey, Millennial Branding, Slidepollajax, College Graduates, College News

A new survey holds some good news for liberal arts majors. It has certainly been said that a liberal arts degree is impractical for this economic c...

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Young Entrepreneur Council: 15 Ways to Recruit the Best Candidates as Summer Interns

Scott Gerber | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Internships, Summer Internship, Intern Hire, College Internships, Intern Recruitment, Interns, Small Business News

College is almost out for summer. How do you attract the best and brightest college interns to a new summer intern program?

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The Best Internships In America

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Google, Internships, Microsoft, Business News, Unpaid Internships, Best Internships, Top Rated Companies for Interns, Business News

Interns are willing to do a lot for little (or sometimes no) money and a chance to add a bit of prestigious experience to their resume. But at some co...

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Holy Grails! The 20 Best Internships (And The Dollars They Pay)

Posted 05.04.2012

Who says internships are nothing more than unpaid slave labor? A new report from Glassdoor details 20 of their highest rated companies which not on...

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How to Follow Up on Internship Applications

Her Campus | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Jobs, Internships, Job Interviews, Applying for Internships, Job Interview Tips, College News

As summer internship season rolls around, keep the faith! With these tips, you are sure to score your ideal internship.

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Measuring Happiness

The Morningside Post | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Internships, Jeffrey Sachs, Bhutan, Gross National Happiness, United Nations, General Motors, Unemployment, Millennials, Unpaid Internships, College News

The failure of our degrees to have the same value as 60 years ago reflects how in our current age, the Information Revolution has again changed the way society invests in its youth.

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How to Get the Most Out of Informational Interviews

Her Campus | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Internships, Jobs, Interviews, College News

Knowing how, why and when to have informational interviews might be the one thing between you and your dream job.

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The High Cost of Nostalgia

Dina Gachman | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Internships, Job Market, Jobless Rate, 80s Nostalgia, Economy, Health Insurance, Sallie Mae, Nostalgia, Student Loans, Culture News

This brand of nostalgia feels much more real than the fleeting daydream of recess, as if twenty-two year olds truly do want to crawl back into their TVs and live safely tucked inside their favorite 80s sitcoms forever.

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Skip College, Go to Work in a Hot Startup

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Apprenticeships, Post-Secondary Education, Internships, Higher Education, College News

The much vaunted American higher education system coasts on the reputation of the top three dozen schools which themselves gain much of their stature ...

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Guide for Graduating Seniors

Catherine Seraphin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Networking Advice, Internships, Graduation, Grad School, Entry Level Jobs, Career Advice, Job Search, College Graduates, College News

Hey, seniors. How was spring break? Did you go totally crazy? Steal a street sign for your dorm room? I hope it was fun, because the real world is going to hit you like a bag full of bricks. And stones. And cement.

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Help Us Judge The Joe Jr. Awards!

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Internships, College Journalists, Contest, Huffpost Media, Huffpost College, Slidepollajax, Joseph Pulitzer, Award Entries, College Journalism, Paid Internships, Joe Jr, Joe Jr. Awards, College News

You waited for months and now the Joe Jr. Awards are finally here! The entries are in from some awesome college journalists around the country and...

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How To Put Internships On Your Resume, From Tory Johnson

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Resume Advice, Mondays With Marlo, Tory Johnson, Internships, Video, Resume Tips, Job Search, Women News

Tory Johnson, CEO of Women For Hire, discusses whether or not it's okay to put a job title on your resume for an internship. Part of the series Monday...

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Hollywood Internships: Racket or for Real?

Gina Hall | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Internships, Film Industry, Unpaid Internships, Hollywood Internships, Hollywood, Entertainment Industry, Entertainment News

If you intern on a show, will you get to help put together a call sheet? Make sure to ask this in the interview. Yes, internships will consist of fetching lunch orders, answering phones and making copies, but a good internship will come with perks that you need to advance your career.

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WATCH: Can I Intern After 40? From Kelly Cutrone

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Job Advice, Marlo Thomas, Internships, Jobs, Careers, Kelly Cutrone, Video, Women News

Kelly Cutrone answers one viewer's question about interning after forty. Click here to purchase Kelly's books, Normal Gets You Nowhere and If You Hav...

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A Senior's Guide to Job Searching

College Lifestyles | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Internships, How to Find a Job, Social Networking, Job Searching, Alumnae, Career Advice, Careers, Career Center, Senior Year of College, Networking, College News

Interviews can be scary, especially the first, oh, one or five times. See if your career center has someone who can practice with you. You can also practice with professors and family members.

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Intern Sues Major Publisher

Daily Intel | Noreen Malone | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Intern, Xuedan Wang Unpaid Intern, Internships, Unemployment, Xuedan Wang Hearst, Hearst, Xuedan Wang Intern, Hearst Magazine, Unpaid Internships, Xuedan Wang, Media News

Life as a media intern is rough. You make minimum wage if you're one of the lucky ones, nothing if you're not, and sometimes, you're even out a pretty...

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How to Break Into the Fashion World

Louise Roe | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Breaking Into Magazine, Instyle, Internships, Magazine Career Advice, Conde Naste Traveller, Magazine Jobs, Career Advice, Magazine Internships, Elle, Fashion-Careers, First Jobs, Fashion Week, Magazines, Fashion Career Advice, Style News

I always knew I wanted to write -- and more specifically -- for a magazine. My dad is a travel journalist, so from a young age I saw the excitement, passion and fun involved with creating something from scratch.

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Get Ahead! 5 Internships Open To High School Students

| Jessica Salerno | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Internships, High-School-Internships, Social Media Internships, Sports Journalism Internships, Communications Internships, College Prep, Marketing Internships, Internships for High School Students, Summer Internships, High School News, Her Campus, High School News

Looking to get some experience in a subject you love but frustrated that all the internships you find are meant for college students? Don’t give up ...

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10 Ways to Have the Best Interview Possible

Her Campus | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Internships, Jobs, College, Interview, Hercampus, College News

Interviews are stressful. And awkward. And intimidating. They also happen to be that one thing standing between you and your dream internship or job. ...

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The 10 Companies College Students Should Want to Work For

Her Campus | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: College Students, Internships, Jobs, Hercampus, Best Jobs, Best Companies to Work For, Best Internships, Best Corporations to Work For, College News

From state-of-the-art gyms to free lunches and great healthcare programs, these 10 companies are the cream of the crop when it comes time for students to choose a place to work!

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It's Cold Outside... and I'm Thinking of Summer (Jobs)

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Internships, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Summer-Jobs-Initiative, Jobs, Summer Jobs, Recovery Act, U.S. Department of Labor, Teen Employment, Youth Summer Jobs, Youth Employment, Teen Summer Jobs, Business News

My parents were first-generation Latino immigrants. I had six siblings. My family didn't have a lot of money. So to get ahead, we had to work twice as hard. And to find a summer job, we sometimes had to look twice as hard.

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10 Winternships You Can Apply for Right Now!

Her Campus | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Careers, Internships, College, Hercampus, College News

Short internships that take place during winter break allow college students to work for a company full-time, gain valuable experience and skills, and possibly even earn college credit.

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Industrial Policies for Economic Development

Stan Sorscher | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Apprenticeships, Export-Import Bank, Globalization, Internships, Public Good, Industrial Policy, Economic Development, Market Failure, Tax Incentives, Social Investment, Third Industrial Revolution, Business News

When a company comes to government, we should have conditions that encourage production to stick in our local economy. We should see a clear public good that raises the standard of living for workers and communities.

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Millennials Find Consensus

Lila Nordstrom | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Internships, Occupy Wall Street, Millenial Unemployment, Millennials in the Workplace, Youth Unemployment, Millennials Internships, Consensus Building, Millennial Activism, Impact News

For a generation raised on post-9/11 fear and a rampant excess of leadership, creating a consensus movement initially seemed somewhat laughable, but as it turns out Millennials thrive in consensus environments.

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The Best Schools For Getting Internships

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Internships, College Internships, National Universities Internships, Paid Internships, College Intern, US News, Students Internships, Free Internships, Top Schools for Internships, College News

We've long passed the era where learning in college was confined the classroom. Between 1992 and 2008, the number of students who've had internships w...

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