The Career Center: Internships

Internship Services For Students:

“Internships are new professional learning experiences where students are supervised by a mentor and contribute meaningfully to an organization”

There are two types of internships that are offered. Those would be credit internships and non-credit internships.

Credit internships:

A credit internship requires a longer process then a non-credit internship. A credit internship is open to matriculated students with good standings and has completed 54 credits. These students are usually juniors and seniors. The student must attend internship counseling sessions with the Career Center  internship coordinator. There is a learning agreement that must be signed by the student, the site supervisor, the internship faculty adviser, and the internship coordinator. Thirty-eight hours of work will give you one credit. a student can earn 1-6 credits. Usually three credits equal about ten hours of work a week. To receive the credits they must be approved by the internship coordinator. The site supervisor must provide an evaluation that is worth seventy-five percent of the students grade. The student must write a paper that is required for the internship faculty adviser, which is worth twenty-five percent of the students grade. The internships can be paid or unpaid. They must be completed within each semester, and must be set up one semester in advance.

Non-Credit Internship:

A non-credit internship is much simpler then a credit internship. This type of internship can be completed by any student. It has very flexible arrangements. Most information, such as hours, pay rate, and length of internship, are all arranged directly by the students and employer.

http://stamford.uconn.edu/careercenter.html 

–Samantha Horne

The Career Center

Career Center: University of Connecticut at Stamford

The Career Center offers help to current undergraduate students, alumni, and employers.

 

 The Career Center offers  individual or group career counseling. They also hold numerous career workshops on resume writing, interviewing, job search, and a variety of other career development topics. The Career Center also offers help with resume and cover letter preparation. There are members of the Career Center who help with career assessment. They also will help you prepare for interviews. To do this the Career Center holds mock interviews. The Career Center is also very up-to-date with the on-line job search. They will train you for Internet job searches. The Career Center has on-line job postings on monstertrak.com. Besides the on-line postings, the Career Center  also displays information on bulletin boards throughout the campus.

The Career Center provides a Four-year career planning guide. I found this guide very helpful for planning my next four years as an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut. The guide is the following:

Freshman Year                                                                                          

• Think about a major

• Experiment with different classes

• Visit the Career Center 

• Schedule a career assessment session

Sophomore Year

• Explore career possibilities

• Explore experiential Learning opportunities

Junior Year

• Obtain an Internship

• Take courses that expand your skills

• Enhance your leadership experience

• Take the GRE

Senior Year

• Complete HuskyCareerLink Registration for access to on-line job postings

• Explore job listings at monstertrak.com

• Attend career workshops

• Start networking

• Consult job listings regularly and attend the Career Fair

 

The Career Center  also holds annual career fairs. These fairs led to internships and possible job offerings.

 

To arange meetings with the Career Center contact Halina Hollyway:

Telephone:(203)251-9549 Fax:(203)251-9596 Email: halina.hollyway@uconn.edu

http://stamford.uconn.edu/careercenter.html

 

–Samantha Horne