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	Why an Internship?
	How do I sign up?
	What majors are eligible?
	Where do I find an Internship?
	Where do I purchase the book?
	What do I do when I contact employers?
	Are internships paid positions?
	FAQ: What if . . .

Why an Internship?

This internship is offered as a 3-unit course. To work in the program, you are required to sign up for ECON 495 or I.B. 495. The basic philosophy of our office is that before leaving the university's classroom environment, you owe yourself the opportunity to experience the benefits of an internship. They include:

• Set career goals: determine where you want to spend your next 45 years! Networking and making contacts in the business or government offices where you would like to work. Resum* building to increase potential job interviews after graduation. Skills development as you put your education into practice! In a career environment, use and improve your second language, computer skills, and communications skills such as Powerpoint presentations and analytical report writing.
• Potential for full-time job offers at the end of a successful internship

How do I sign up?

• Attend one Orientation Meeting for the class. Dates and locations are available at the start and end of each semester. Pick up the Complete Guide to Internships coursebook by Professor Renatte K. Adler at KB Books.
• Bring Forms #1 and #2 from the Guide to our office in NH-327 to receive your intern number. You may add the class any semester, summer-session, or winter-session.

What majors are eligible?

• We accept any major, and class enrollment is limited to 55 students per semester. I.B. 495 is a required course for International Business majors. Econ 495 counts as an upper division elective for all Economics majors and minors; Emphasis areas must have the internship content approved by Prof. Adler.
• This is a CR/NC class which counts toward the 45-unit general upper division graduation requirement for all undergraduate students.

Where do I find an Internship?

Your advisor at Career Services can be extremely helpful. Call for an appointment right away.

http://career.sdsu.edu/

This class is about increasing your own self-awareness.

Please read the Complete Guide to Internships carefully as you begin to focus on your talents and desires regarding your career.

• Read Chapter 3: "Getting Started" in your Guide for advice on choosing an internship. There are 8 categories of potential internship positions to choose from. Specify your goals clearly on Form #1 from the Guide. Check out our Positions List for possible internship contacts. These employers are expecting to hear from you. Set up as many interviews as you feel would be interesting, and choose a position where your supervisor has agreed to work with you on attaining your personal career goals.
• You may also choose to set up your own internship with a company not on our list.

What do I do when I contact employers?

• Instructions on writing a resum* and cover letter are provided in Chapters 3 and 4 of your Guide. Professor Adler will be happy to help you edit them. Employers on our Postiions List are expecting to hear from you. Carefully follow the directions they provide on how to contact them directly. When you and the employer arrange an interview, be sure to read Chapter 4 in your Guide: "Getting the Best Postion". Practice interviews with friends and family. Be prepared to answer the questions posed in Chapter 4. Check out the employer's web-site.
• You are a professional. Please remember you are representing your university in all settings, and that you are meeting people who may be future contacts in the business world throughout your career after graduation.

"As anyone in the working world will tell you, job hunting and being the new kid in the office are equally uncomfortable positions to be in. But, as any successful person will tell you, if you want to excel you must push yourself beyond the bounds of your comfort zone."

Are internships paid positions?

This is an academic course and salary is not its purpose. However, all employers are requested to make a donation to the program, of which $200 is provided as scholarship funds to outstanding interns.

FAQ: What if . . .

. . . I find an internship before/after the semester begins?
Contact us. We can work something out if you have your career goals in mind. . . . I am not in San Diego currently?
Our distance learning course will be on-line in 2000! . . . I want to do my internship in another country?
We've had almost 200 student interns in 30 countries. We encourage you to follow your career dream, wherever it leads -- this is your opportunity to make it happen! . . . My internship idea is with an unusual sponsor?
Check out our success stories. We support creative ideas as long as you can convince Prof. Adler that you are putting together your career dream. Contact us!

. . I want to discuss my career goals and choice of internship?
Contact us. We are here to help your career dream become a reality.