<p>Why can't I find one??</p>
<p>Ask a professor or advisor if they know of anything, do a Google search, check job boards around your school, go to a local career fair, etc</p>
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<li>Student Career Center On-Campus Interview Database</li>
<li>Networking (Family, Friends, Alumni, Professor)</li>
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<p>Those are the methods I used</p>
<p>my Ds both got informal internships, which then became Formal ones, they jsut went and asked- one at a radio show, the other, a magazine....make a list of all the places that interest you, figure out who is the person to talk to, and go for it</p>
<p>what area are you interested in?</p>
<p>I'm interested in Business although Im not sure what type of Business exactly. I do go to UCR so I'm not really sure where to start looking. I'm not familiar with the area and the only places I can really think of are business such as target and best buy and places like that.</p>
<p>Ask the right person and tell them you'll do anything such as: Get coffee, clean and organize the office, take phone calls, basically be the b**** and do the b**** work.</p>
<p>Tell them you only want to learn. Don't forget to do a TON of research about the place and tell them why you want to learn there. Kiss their a** and because CEOs, Managers, and the like have big egos it's not hard to get them to like you if you suck up.</p>
<p>The career services offices at your university probably has a listing or something (that said, I found my summer internships by using Google). You can ask your professors. If there's an honor society for the business majors, they might be a good place to start. Get yourself on every listserve that's remotely applicable as well. A lot of notices go out to mailing lists.</p>
<p>can you get summer internships as a freshman?</p>
<p>Yes, but more likely an unpaid internship with a local business than a paid internship with a fortune 500 company.</p>
<p>everyone's looking for someone to do accounting work. that one should be fairly easier to find.</p>
<p>Definitely go to your university career services and fastidiously scroll through internship listings. Submit your resume to as many companies as possible, be willing to do whatever work possible. It is possible to get an internship as a freshman.</p>
<p>Yup- I got a prestigious internship as a freshman all because I talked to the right people. Talk to everyone around you- go to your parents' dinner parties or talk to different professors in other fields and see what you get. Just give them an idea of what you'd like and where you'd like to live. If anything, it's more effective than any other strategies :)</p>
<p>It is very hard to get a prestigiuos business internship as a freshman unless you know people and your parents do as well.... not all our parents have dinner parties. but networking will not hurt.....Good luck....My advice is just to do something, dont sit on your ass... if you cant get a prestigious internship durring the summer look for ones in the spring and fall..I got an internship during the year at Citi Bank because not as many people were trying for it, summer internships are very competitive... it is very good to get a nice looking bank on your resume if you are looking in the field of business</p>
<p>atmosphere makes a very good point about doing an internship during the school year. Another option is to take a coop job for a semester, where you work full-time for pay (and sometimes get academic credit, too). It may delay graduation, but when you're 30 will it really matter if you finished college at 22 or at 23?</p>
<p>One of the savviest persons I know had a string of impressive summer internships and companies that are household names. I asked him how he did it, especially since he went to a Cal-State school that is not very prestigious. What he did is start with a coop. He got one at a great company because not that many people are willing to take a semester off for the coop, so it wasn't hard to get. Back in school and applying for internships the following summer, he stood out because he already had experience at one top company (and great references, too).</p>
<p>Also the OP should read thru the classic book "What Color is Your Parachute" for more ideas about getting internships and creating opportunities. Another great book is "Major in Success" by Coombs which talks about college students turning their interests into experiences and then careers.</p>
<p>mikemac props. you win in this thread.</p>