Career Chasse

It’s not too late to find a summer position! Visit these 4 sites!

Are you worried there are no summer positions left? Have you been too busy with class projects to make time for looking for a summer internship? Well, you can put your concerns to rest, because many employers still have openings.

Recently, Sarah, a marketing major wanting to work in Richmond, VA this summer, checked four key resources where she found many opportunities. Read more about these online sites here:

First, Sarah visited Hokies4Hire where she found 22 listings. She completed an advanced search where she listed the keyword intern and the location of Richmond, VA, where she connected to 22 listings. Hokies4Hire is the Career Services site for intern/co-op/job listings, employer contacts, and a site where you can upload your resume. Earlier in the semester, she could also have used this site to access schedules of employers coming to campus to interview and applied to meet with them.

A second resource Career Services makes available to Hokies is Internships.com. When Sarah visited that site she uncovered a total of 68 listings by doing a location search for Richmond, VA.

Still another helpful resource is Career Shift. A key benefit of this site is that Sarah was able to set the specific location of Richmond, VA and the key type of position she was seeking. She found 49 internships during a recent search. An added plus of this site, is Sarah could target contacts at local hospitals where she is interested in working in a hospital marketing department. She found over 130 marketing contacts working in hospitals/clinics. Talk about a gold mine! Even if Sarah doesn’t find internship listings using this site, she can inquire about an internship with some of those contacts she found in CareerShift.

A final tool Sarah checked out was Going Global. This site has over 40 US City Guides with all kinds of information about each city. When Sarah visited the Richmond Guide, she found 11 different Richmond-specific job listing sites to visit, as well as links to nonprofit organizations, networking groups, and key Richmond employers. Sifting through this information will take a bit of time, but there is plenty there for Sarah to consider.

Still not convinced there are opportunities out there for you this summer? Come visit us in Career Services and we’ll talk about your particular search for a summer internship. Call 540-231-6241 today to meet with a Career Advisor.