Many Joyce Ivy Foundation Summer Scholars alumnae suggest that summer internships during their undergraduate college years add value to their career exploration. Internships allow a student to explore and test a career field as well as provide an experience to gain valuable professional skills.
At Johns Hopkins University, a Summer Scholars program partner university with the Joyce Ivy Foundation, the Career Center website provides the following tips:
At Johns Hopkins University, a Summer Scholars program partner university with the Joyce Ivy Foundation, the Career Center website provides the following tips:
- Start looking for summer internships in the Fall semester using the college or university career center
- Internships with the Federal Government, internships requiring outside funding and international internships usually have Fall deadlines
- Alumni of a specific colleges or universities often partner with their alma mater to support internship and job shadowing experiences; use the career center at the college or university to review this opportunity
- Research during the summer is another successful step to define or refine an area of academic interest; start connecting with specific faculty in an academic department during the Fall semester
Continue to learn about successful internships through future interviews with two talented female college students who will describe an off campus internship and an on campus university internship.
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