where will your experiential path take you?
Employers are looking for well-rounded candidates with quality experience on their
resumes. Quality experience doesn't only refer to full-time work, but also applies
to opportunities like the ones below.
Cooperative Education*
Cooperative education (or co-op) is a formal experiential learning method of education that combines alternating periods of full-time classroom-based education with structured full-time work experience. Co-ops are almost always paid and for academic credit.
Externship
An externship is a less formal training program that is intended to give you a short, real-life preview into your prospective career. Externships offer the opportunity to observe, explore and ask questions.
Graduate Assistantship
Students pursuing a graduate degree can gain experience through a graduate assistantship. Graduate assistantships provide an excellent learning environment, exposing students to what it is like to be in the workforce (and also helps in financing graduate school).
Internship*
An internship is a formal work-and-learn program that offers temporary employment with an employer. Internships are most often full-time when conducted during the summer months but can be part-time during an academic semester based on your class schedule and proximity to the work location.
Job Shadowing
Job shadowing provides the opportunity to observe someone doing a specific job. The experience can be as little as an hour, but is more commonly a day-long activity shadowing one or more employees performing a specific job of interest to you.
Micro-Internship*
A micro-internship is a short-term, usually paid, professional assignment to build and demonstrate skills, similar to those given to interns or new hires. Unlike traditional internships, micro-internships can take place year-round, ranging in the amount of hours, and are completed within a week to a month.
Part-Time Student Employment
Both on-campus and off-campus student jobs are available to assist students in obtaining employment, so they can earn money for college, develop new job skills, build a resume and gain valuable professional experience. Search for part-time jobs in Handshake.
Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a classroom approach that involves creating a real product, performance or event, or solving an authentic or simulated real-world problem.
Doing an Internship/Co-Op for College Credit
*Please Note: To earn academic credit requires advanced planning
with your academic department.