Summer internships - not too late?

jmmom
Tue, 22 May 2007 18:39:35 +0000

Just a heads up for college students (or their parents) who think it’s too late to even think about finding a good summer internship position if you don’t already have it locked up by now.

DS had been working with one of the few local tech firms (his field) since January on a possible summer internship. Didn’t come together - the door never closed, but things never got firmed up either; just floating around in limbo unresolved.

So… he went online Thursday to the jobs website of another local tech firm. Found the one summer internship available; applied online and uploaded his resume. Friday morning, got a phone call. Hired on the spot to start yesterday.

Lesson: it ain’t necessarily so that you have to find all internships starting in the fall/winter. And for all of us old fogeys who doubted that internet job searches could possibly really get you a job? 'Nuf said.

Just wanted to post a word of encouragement to others who might not have found a summer job yet.