<p>Hello all, </p>
<p>I'm a sophomore - declared in Computer Science - at Michigan, and I was wondering when and how we start searching for summer internships. Do employers usually come to campus to give info on internships, or do we usually have to go online and look for them? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>-ab2013</p>
<p>When: Now. How: Start with your school’s Career Center and all related resources. I use my son’s school as a guide here. Many companies posted their summer internship request before the start of the Fall Term. Most postings allow students to submit their resume about a month and a half into the Fall Term. You might want to check out any internship postings as far back as the beginning of August. There is still time to submit your application but you need to do it now. You shall also attend your school’s Fall Career Fair (usually in September or October) to meet with companies that come to recruit at your school. Good luck.</p>
<p>Now? Crap. This gives me plenty of time to worry over the weekend! 
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<p>How interested are employers in sophomore college students? </p>
<p>My school has a fall career fair, but for some strange reason they’re only allowing seniors to attend. It’s explicitly stated on the registration site. 
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<p>Do not need to worry. You just have to start taking steps to search for internships. Most colleges have Career Center/Office to help you with resume writing, interview preparation, etc. You shall take full advantage of what they have to offer. Check out job postings and apply for those that you qualify. Most employers who look for interns will accept application from a sophomore. It is hard for me to believe that only seniors are allowed to attend a Career Fair.</p>
<p>get on that now. get some type of internship this year so you can get a very prestigious one next year. thats what i am doing myself. bang out a resume/CV so u have something to work with when you meet you career planning service advisor</p>
<p>Crap, this is my first post on here in months.</p>
<p>Anyway, start looking now. Don’t get too frustrated or stressed…you’re just scanning the field for opportunities. Most applications for summer internships are due in January/February. I knew this and started looking in October my sophomore year so that I had a feel for WHAT I wanted to apply to and started working on essay topics (just little thesis statements scribbled out). That way when the time came I already knew what I was doing. Meanwhile my friends didn’t think about it until May/June – when I was headed on a plane to Miami for my top internship choice. </p>
<p>Don’t wait for companies to come find you - go look! You could even find one you really like, call them up and make a case for yourself even if they don’t say they have any internship openings.</p>
<p>ab2013 and Christian2, it is not uncommon for a school’s career fair to be restricted to graduating seniors and when this is done, there is a good – not strange – reason for it. It’s because the employers participating are looking to fill potential full-time positions. The recruiters have only a limited amount of time available at these events, so naturally they want to spend it as productively as possible by interviewing people who would actually be eligible for the jobs available.</p>
<p>Check with your school’s Career Center to see if they have any similar events that are more suitable for underclassmen seeking internships like yourself – events where the recruiters would come ready to talk about summer employment (and possibly part-time internships during the school year). For example, BC just had its Fall Career Fair a few days ago, but it is also holding a separate Internship Fair in January.</p>
<p>My son’s school ASU is having a 4 days Career Fair this week from Tuesday thru Friday. They are attended by close to 150 companies and organizations. All students are welcome.</p>
<p>You do not have to be a graduating senior to attend the upcoming career fair at Michigan. I think you misinterpreted what you read.</p>
<p>A lot of companies recruit summer and part-time interns at the Career Fairs as well. It is not beneficial to anyone if there is a restriction of allowing only graduating seniors to attend.</p>
<p>As I tried to explain in my earlier post, the need for – and value of – restricting attendance to seniors depends entirely upon the set-up and purpose of that particular career fair. </p>
<p>As a recruiter for my company, I am there to find good candidates for our entry-level positions. These are permanent full-time positions. We do not offer any summer or part-time internships. So it is extremely beneficial to me to have only graduating seniors at the career fair. It is also beneficial to all the additional seniors that I was able to talk to because I was not wasting my time explaining to underclassmen that we do not have internships and that the positions available are for THIS year, not next year or the year after…</p>
<p>I do agree with you that unrestricted career fairs are appropriate in most other situations, though – e.g., when the companies involved are recruiting for both permanent and part-time positions, or when the company is just giving out general information about career opportunities.</p>