How to find Internships?

anovice
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:41:20 +0000

Check local companies… some have programs for high school students. A local but fairly large company that I worked for had a program for high schools students and they rotated them around the office in different engineering/construction/surveying/IT type positions. Also, just call places. Get a resume together and get out and sell yourself!

Also… from my experience, the competition isn’t that great as an earlier poster stated. I literally had 5 offers for internships the summer after my sophomore year. 2 after my freshman year. It’s all about how aggressive you are in contacting places and getting in there for an interview. This year I called probably 12 companies and asked if they had any internships available and if so who could I send my resume to. I sent like 8-9 resumes, got called for 6 interviews(mostly phone because I don’t go to school in the area), got 5 offers. You may have to broaden your specific engineering field of interest but I’m sure you can find something.

Good luck!