<p>i am a student who is looking for a good summer internship. i am open to any field and type of work and am willing to work without pay. i am looking for experience in a field and would really enjoy some help to find some work. this summer i will be a rising junior. i have good grades and would consider myself smart and in the top 5 to 10 percent of my high school. any kind of help in finding a summer internship would be helpful. like I said before i am willing to work in just about any field but technology, marketing, and pharmaceuticals particularly interest me. If you have any sites or resources that i could use to land an internship it would be really helpful. i also would not find it if i was private messaged so that i could provide a little more detail and a resume if wanted. This internship would have to be in the bay area and close to the San Francisco area.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Your first stop should be at your high school or college career center. The counselor there will have useful ideas for you.</p>
<p>You also need to consider the transportation issue. Will you have a car available for your sole use, or will you need to use public transit? Think about how much time you are willing to spend commuting each day. That will help guide your search.</p>
<p>What you need to do is identify organizations and companies that do work that interests you and which are within commuting distance of your home. Once you’ve done that:</p>
<p>1) Use your personal and family’s network to find people who work at those companies/organizations. Your network can give you advice about whom to approach and possibly provide an introduction, tell you about possible opportunities, help you present yourself effectively, etc… </p>
<p>2) If the organizations are nonprofits that take volunteers, you can go directly to the volunteer coordinator and express your interest. </p>
<p>3) Have a generic resume and a cover letter ready to go, that can be customized depending on what kind of internship it might be and what skills you have to offer. (Marketing, computer, languages, etc…)</p>
<p>4) Go where the recruiters are. If there are job fairs in your area, if employers come to recruit on a nearby college campus…it takes chutzpah, but what do you have to lose? And you might impress someone with your initiative.</p>
<p>The fact that you don’t need to be paid is a big plus because good internships involve quite a big investment of a supervisor’s time. It helps if you can say that you’re available during the school year too, not just over the summer, if things work out - something to think about…Don’t get discouraged if you get rejections - there’s a lot of serendipity in looking for internships, especially when they aren’t part of a formal program.</p>