<p>hi,
i am a freshmen and i was wondering if i could get some internship job or a job in engineering related field.i m currently working in a mall and thant job kind of sucks.any form of advice will be helpful.</p>
<p>Companies usually like to hire juniors and up for interns, but it never hurts to try.</p>
<p>Yes, it's possible but you'll have to work at it more than a junior. Go to career fairs and make contacts, send out emails to people who you'd like to work with, submit your resume to companies, and use family connections! You're going to have to be pretty proactive to get a position at this stage, but it's certainly possible.</p>
<p>Here comes the bomb (the good bomb):
So I got an internship at JPL after my junior year of high school. I worked with various engineers and technicians doing support for DAWN, a spacecraft that will be launched very soon.</p>
<p>Last summer, after my freshman year of college, I went back to JPL for another "internship" although technically I was an engineering assistant in the Propulsion/Thermal Group (3533). I also did design and consulting for Caltech. (And I'm still consulting for them) At the end of the Summer, the section manager, T.O. offered me a position permanantly at JPL. I didn't accept.</p>
<p>So, now I'm a sophomore in college. I am working with 5 people from JPL in a newly-formed company with which I consult part-time. </p>
<p>In a nutshell, of course you can get an internship. If you are talented (or ambitious) don't sell yourself short. Work your way in...try going through the engineers rather than the normal application process. If you can talk it up with some engineers and convince them you will be helpful, they will go to the management and request that you get hired. From there, you'll get the job.</p>
<p>If you are interested in doing an internship for NASA, check out Space Grant. (Although, I just went in for an interview on my own.)
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/grants/Space_Grant.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/grants/Space_Grant.html</a></p>
<p>Just to add to that -- depending on the area where you're from (east/west coast, etc), NASA Goddard has a space club scholars program specifically for HS kids. Check out the education pages at your nearest nasa center.</p>
<p>hi,
i am actually from new jersey and wondering if i could get some hand ons over a biochemical or chemical company who may be intrested in me.</p>
<p>The above posters are right most companies look for Juniors and Seniors when recruiting though I know a few (like the CIA) that actually look for younger applicants in order to create retention.</p>
<p>With that said, don't give up! Search the web and shoot some resumes at various companies--at worst they can say you are too young but at the very least, you showed interest.</p>
<p>I highly recommend that you talk to your professors since they can usually hook you up with something and if you can't obtain an internship position, why not try undergraduate research?</p>
<p>I'm doing paid lab research this summer as a freshman, so you can probably find something in your college if you look hard enough and talk to professors involved in research.</p>