Interning Around

I remember back when I didn't have to think too much about graduating college and applying for a job or grad school. Instead, I freaked out about getting the right internship - somewhere that would pay me, teach me new things, and look good on my resume. But hey, finding an internship like that is pretty tough, and if I don't get a job I might be on the lookout for one of those myself. So I figured this evening I would spend a few minutes giving you guys some suggestions on where to start looking for that elusive internship.

1. The Institute for Alternative Futures (www.altfutures.com) is a small think-tank that approaches health, education and environment issues from a kind of consulting-angle. They are action-oriented, and a big part of their mission statement is about changing the future. Anyways, you can research more about them on their website, but they offer a pretty sweet internship deal, especially for graduate students. If you work there full time you get $2,000/month, and if you work part-time you get $1,000/month. That is what I call a sweet deal. As a warning, I get the impression that they vastly prefer graduate students as interns.

2. The Department of Energy. Check out: http://www.energy.gov/scholarships&internships.htm
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It seems like they have a variety of internship program going on, and keep in mind that the Department of Energy has tons of money to go around, although it looks like one of the programs is unpaid. But they also have a "career interns" program and a "diversity program," as well as research opportunities available at DOE labs around the US. So check it out.

As more and more summer internships begin being posted, I will keep you guys posted.