Internships:
How to Find
How Do I Find Advertised Internship Opportunities?
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See the listings on SMG's MiTRAC.
Go to mitrac.bu.edu and then log on with your username and password. MiTRAC contains information on companies recruiting on campus for internships (see "Calendar" for resumé submission deadlines), as well as other internship listings that the Feld Career Center receives (use "Find Jobs" and search by "Internships").
- Visit the university-wide Office of Career Services at 19 Deerfield Street.
Check its BU Career Link site (accessible through its web site at www.bu.edu/careers) for companies that may be recruiting on campus through the office, and consult the internship listings located in binders in the library.
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Check the listings on Student Link under the Work tab.
Student Employment periodically gets listings for internships that are posted here.
- Visit the Pardee Library
and locate the National Directory of Internships, America's Top Internships, Internship Bible, and Peterson's Internships.
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Consult internship resources on the Internet.
Check www.bu.edu/careers and look for the "Internships" section under "Web Resources."
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Attend Open Company Information Sessions
at the Feld Career Center (as listed in the Calendar on MiTRAC) or at the university-wide Office of Career Services at 19 Deerfield Street; ask company representatives how to apply for internships.
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Conduct informational interviews
with industry professionals to gain insight about your field of interest, as well as how to plan and execute your internship search. This is a great way to make contacts in the field.
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Consult CAN (Career Advisory Network),
the database of alumni from BU who have volunteered to talk to current students about their jobs. CAN is located on the Alumni Link at www.bu.edu/alumni/careers/can. (See the Networking section of this Guide for more information.)
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Talk with SMG seniors or GSM MBA students
who had previous internships and can advise you about how they found their internship.
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Network
with your family, faculty, friends, fellow students, former supervisors, co-workers, and neighbors to get information and job leads. Let them know where (company, type of job, or industry) you are looking for an internship and ask them for referrals to contacts or potential openings. Many companies fill their internships through employee networking.
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Create your own internship proposal.
Get into the habit of reading business and industry publications. You might uncover an article about an organization trying to solve a problem that its current staff does not have time to handle. If the key contact's name is not readily available, find out who manages that area from your network, call the company and ask for the person's name, or send a cover letter and resumé to that department head proposing to volunteer your time. You would be surprised how favorably employers respond to having a talented business student work for relatively little or no cost!
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