UCS Internship Handouts & Resources

UCS Internship Search Handouts

UCS has prepared snapshot guides to finding internships in a variety of career fields. Below are downloadable one page handouts to help you feel better equipped for your internship search:

• Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations (pdf)
• Consulting (pdf)
• Engineering (pdf)
• Finance (pdf)
• Government (pdf)
• Green (pdf)
• Interning Abroad (pdf)
• Law (pdf)
• Non-Profit (pdf)
• Performing Arts (pdf)
• Pre-Med (pdf)
• Radio, Television and Film (pdf)

Internship Resources

If you are looking for more advice on finding resources related to your search we have prepared the following handouts:

• Internship Search Timeline (pdf) - A guide to what to do month by month if your goal is to secure a summer internship
• Academic Internship Programs (pdf) - Information about for-credit internship programs at Northwestern
• Developing Your Own Internship (pdf) - Tips to creating your own internship with your employer of choice
• Funding Your Unpaid Internship or Research (pdf) - Information about grants created to help in the funding of an internship or research opportunity
• Guidelines for Writing Samples (pdf) - Advice on what to supply to employers when they request a writing sample in your internship application materials
• Internship Housing Resources (pdf) - Find resources for housing options if you have an internship out of town
• Recommended Internship Search Sites (pdf) - A comprehensive list of websites you might use within your internship search
• Join our InternshipInfo Listserv- receive email messages about upcoming internship related events, programs and postings