Intern Web sites worth checking out
By Lip Board
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 2:17 pm in Joseph Natividad.
Monster and CareerBuilder aren’t your only options when scouring the Web for any prospective internships out there. Below are some noteworthy sites aimed at getting you started on your job-hunt. If you don’t end up landing your dream internship soon, these will at least give you some insight on preparing for your next big chance.
The Web site’s crowded format shocks you a bit at first. Design isn’t their strongsuit, but links to internship opportunites are what the site is for and they do it quite well. Pairing you up with US and Canadian companies, BuddingUp has a long list of possible internship opportunities that range from Genentech to Haliburton.
Started by Action Without Borders, this website focuses on linking you with opportunities that don’t necessarily involve the corporate world. Instead, you will find internships and full-time jobs with nonprofits that deal with environmental and global issues. In a downsized economy, volunteerism has become quite an important option to consider.
It’s not entirely straightforward at first when you’re looking for prospective internships on the site’s main page. You have to type in the word “internship” in the search box before you actually receive results, which leads you to believe that it’s geared more towards jobseekers with work experience and a college degree under their belts. However, the message board feature is quite helpful in offering insight into a given industry. It also gives some interesting facts and statistics on over a hundred companies in terms of employee numbers and salary amounts. In order to get the full service, though, you have to pay $70 for three months.
This site leads the pack as it gives you company reviews and feedback from previous interns who interviewed for jobs at various companies. There are also internship listings that are easily accessible if you would like to learn more information on a specific listing. And if you already have a Facebook account, simply use your login information through FacebookConnect and you can zip right through those annoying signup forms.
Looking for greener pastures outside America’s borders? This website will pair you together with internship opportunities from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It doesn’t match you up with a specific internship but gives you results on listings from each country.
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October 26th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Great listing, I could give this to my friend who’s looking for something to get into. I feel she can fit from one of this websites you have. Sharing this to her could give her the big step towards her vision and mission in life.