Where can a college student studying finance/accounting, look for an internship for the summer with a GPA 3.6?

Question

Are there websites for college students looking into a business field, to go to, in regards to trying to find a paid internship, with one year left of the four year education, and some that would sponsor them to continue working for them after graduation.

Answer 1

My university had a notebook filled with different internships so perhaps yours does as well. You might check with your advisor.

You could also contact associations that deal with the area you're looking to enter. For example, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants if you were going to be a CPA. They have a website http://www.aicpa.org/. You can also call companies in your area to see what they offer. Talk to someone in Human Resources and ask their procedures.

You could also look through your local newspaper, check out the job boards (like Monster & CareerBuilder) for internships. Try a web search on business internships. I found one site that might interest you: http://www.rsinternships.com/.

Good luck.

Answer 2

My wife has her bachelors degree in biology, and seems similar in personality to you. Generally if you want a decent job in whatever field you graduate in, it is almost expected that you have an internship to pick up some experience. I would recommend that you try to get a research internship with a local university, or perhaps a job as a grader, lab instructor, or something like that. Such a thing will give you at least some experience in your field. BTW, jobs for bio graduates are fairly limited to lab stuff -- my wife hates it. For a job in chemistry, the prospects are similar, but the instruments you use are much cooler, and you may have more interesting things to do in the lab. A job in physics would be a lot like in chemistry, but probably closer to engineering than just lab testing. Employers get loads of applications from people ages 16 - 24 for non-degree jobs. Chances are they won't even look at yours. What you have to do is be more proactive with your specific choices. Try to find places that say specifically that they are hiring, and go back a few times until you can talk directly to a manager and schedule an interview. While they get dozens of applications, they are likely to hire the ones that are motivated, and putting in an application says nothing about that. I know because that's how I have gotten every job I've ever had. HS diploma generally helps, since HS graduates are generally more motivated than non graduates. Age doesn't matter so much, but often for jobs where you interact with people they will go for people 18-24 who are outgoing and semi-attractive. Having a reliable method of transportation is also really helpful, but for local jobs it's not really necessary. Having definite hours to work really helps -- if you know exactly when you're available, that makes it easier to schedule you, and being assigned specific hours is helpful to being able to keep track of when you work.

Answer 3

I was surprised by your question- your college or university School of Business should be a pleura of opportunities for you. Just about any college campus offers a career guidance office or center in which they help tune up your resume, provide leads, job fairs and list internships they are affiliated with in placing deserving students.

There are lots of web sites: fastweb.com is one that comes to mind about Internship opportunities. There internships especially for minorities were pretty amazing opportunities.