Internships
Internships differ greatly from one organization to the next. However, the term traditionally refers to real-world work experiences in which students fill short-term positions within a company or organization to gain hands-on experience and develop career-specific skills. Companies or organizations generally work with the student to meet specific learning goals and provide special mentoring or networking opportunities. In exchange, the intern helps the employer meet overall work goals. Internships may be paid or unpaid, with or without academic credit, and are of varying lengths (a semester, a summer, a year, etc.).
How to Use the Gadaa.com Internship Guide
Each internship opportunity is listed once under a major category for which the company or organization is looking for candidates to fill positions. However, many of these companies or organizations may have positions in other categories; therefore, check out as many of the listings as you can (even if they are not listed under the major category you are interested in.)
General Links
ACM Crossroads Internship Database - A number of technology-oriented internships
Career Development Resource - Numerous career development and internship search links
Federal Student Internship Programs
Governmental and Non-governmental Internships - @ Student.gov
Internships in or Related to Africa
The Princeton Review Advanced Internship Search
Tips for Interns - from monsterTRAK.com
Business, Finance & Accounting
Amazon.com - also good for software development engineers
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Health
Minnesota Department of Health
World Health Organization - WHO - Graduate students only
History
Minnesota Historical Society - most internships are unpaid
National Museum of American History
Human Rights
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Worldwide opportunities
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Southern California
Mercy Corps - Unpaid international opportunities
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Journalism and Communications
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.
Jobs at KFAI - Radio Without Boundaries
National Association of Black Journalists - an internship placement service
Public Policies, Public Services, Legal and Politics
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Apply your science, technology, journalism, etc skills to shape various public policies
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Delegation of the European Commission to the USA
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - Help shape the telecommunications market
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Minnesota House of Representatives
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
United Nations (UN) - The A-to-Z of UN organizations and internship opportunities for the youth
US African Development Foundation
United States Department of State
Science, Technology and Mathematics
USDA - Foreign Agricultural Service
Sports and Entertainment
