<p>The way I understand it is that internship can be useful for entry level employee to have in their first formal resume...
I would like some help with advices on where to look for internship living in SoCal (near West Covina) and attending Mt. SAC.
I have absolutely no engineering background except for taking Introduction to Engineering Graphic class, which I have generally forgotten.</p>
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<p>I've got no SoCal specific info since I'm not in the area but I am pretty good at getting internships. It's a little late to try and find one for this summer although there's always a chance... What you have to remember is that your internship experiences are going to build on eachother. Maybe you'll have to take a crappy one this year, but sweat it out and then next summer it'll be much easier to find one since you have experience. And after that even easier.</p>
<p>Contact your local Division of Highways and Corps of Engineers. They hire a lot of freshmen engineers as interns around here so they might over there too. You'll probably be doing some boring work but hey, it going to look really good on your resume. Get on the website and look up the HR person's email address, and email them your resume along with a cover letter about how excited you'd be to get to work with them this summer blah blah blah. Don't lay it on too awfully thick though. Also, cold call pretty much every engineering type company in the area asking if they're looking for any summer help. You'll probably get 1000 "no"s but it'll be worth it for the one "yes."</p>
<p>What's your situation that you've forgotten the only engineering class you've taken though? Did you just finish up your freshman year?</p>
<p>Perhaps you could find a list of companies that attended any job fairs your college hosted. Then just email resumes to everybody. I understand that companies actually prefer emailed resumes because they can more easily share your information between HR and other department heads.</p>
<p>Another idea is to contact your freshman advisor, as he/she may have leads on some available positions.</p>
<p>First of all, what is your engineering major?</p>
<p>As said, try to talk to your career advisor; if your college has a website where they can connect students with companies (job employment website, try that).</p>
<p>Other than that, it's very unlikely that you will and a position this summer. For next year though, be aware of the infosessions that your school puts on. Attend those, and submit a resume each time you can. Same thing for career fairs. </p>
<p>I know Mt.SAC being a juco may be a little disadvantage in terms of resources. I know your profile in engineering may be shallow now, but try to list as many engineering activities / projects that you were involved in on your resume.</p>
<p>I know that my son is still getting emails from his school informing students of internships that are still available (usually smaller companies and usually not the best pay...but far better than nothing...maybe some great experience). Your college advisor or department secretary might be a resource. Start there, then ask for redirection if he/she cannot help you.</p>
<p>Monster and monstertrak are good starts too. You can find small companies from all over, and I just saw a few from SGV this morning.</p>