Benefits of internships include:
- Test potential career paths without a permanent, full-time commitment.
- Develop competencies and gain knowledge that employers seek when hiring college graduates.
- Explore and clarify your major and career goals with professionals in your field.
- Establish a network of professional contacts and mentors who may serve as references and assist you with your professional, full-time search.
- Increase your marketability for your full-time employment and admission to graduate school.
- Take responsibility for your own learning and create a more rewarding college experience.
Career Services is offering an Exploring Internship Workshop a few times throughout the semester. Anyone curious about internships will benefit from this workshop, so come find out anything you would want to know about how to get an internship.
To begin the process of interning, you will need to attend an Internship Registration Workshop, offered every Tuesday at noon in Career Services, Bonds room 104. Pre-registration isn't necessary.
The following resources can help you locate an internship:
- Office of Career Services
- B-W Career Network
- ClevelandIntern.Net
- Annual Career & Internship Expo
- Family, friends, faculty, and staff contacts
Remember that you must have at least Sophomore status, carry at least a 2.0 GPA, and meet the criteria established by the specific department/division and the Office of Career Services.
Examples of places B-W students have interned in the past include:
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- The FBI
- The Cleveland Clinic
- The Cleveland Indians
- The Cleveland Cavaliers
- The Cleveland Browns
- The Cleveland Orchestra
- The Great Lakes Theater Festival
- FirstEnergy
- Earth Day Coalition
Further information and guidelines about internships can be found on the B-W Career Network, the Career Services website, and by calling or stopping by the office of Career Services, located in Bonds room 104. Start planning for this terrific opportunity!
