Internship Opportunities
An internship is a work-related learning experience that helps you gain valuable career knowledge and skills. The goal of an internship is to become familiar with a particular industry in a real-world professional environment. Internships can be both paid or unpaid, but they must be supervised and involve training.
When looking for an internship one should make sure that a significant amount of assigned tasks will be professional work, not just getting coffee or running errands. When selecting an internship opportunity, consider not only the rate of pay, but more importantly, the quality of the experience. Internships can be a great way to jump start a career and make valuable long-term contacts.
An internship can help you:
- Apply what you learn in class to real world situations
- “Try on” a career to see if it’s a good fit
- Work alongside professionals
- Develop valuable career contacts
- Build your resume
- Learn useful skills
- Gain confidence and experience
- Obtain a full-time job
To learn about internship opportunities available to CCC students, please log into CCC’s Career Network.
Additionally, learn about internships through your campus’ Office of Career Planning & Placement.
