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  Occidental College
 1600 Campus Road,
Coons 109
 Los Angeles, CA
 90041-3314

 Email: careers@oxy.edu
 Phone: 323.259.2623
 Fax: 323.341.4900

Career Development Center
 
Find an Internship

Internships provide Occidental students an opportunity to gain practical work experience in a variety of fields.  Due to the proximity of the college to the greater Los Angeles area, the reputation of the college, and the caliber of the students, many employers contact the Center with internship positions.

What is an internship?
 An internship is an opportunity provided by an employer for the purpose of providing a substantial learning experience about a particular field while gaining real world work experience. 

A successful internship for you and the employer will:

  • be structured, focused and goal-oriented
  • require professionalism and a willingness to learn and develop skills for post-graduation employment
  • be part or full time, paid or unpaid, for credit or not for credit
How do I find an Internship?
There are several Career Development Center resources that provide a great place to start your search for an internship. Get in the habit of reading the CDC Weekly, talk to faculty members and be willing to do research in the library and the Internet. 

Here are internship resources available to you:

TIGERlink has thousands of national internship opportunities that are specifically targeted to our campus as well as those of peer institutions who are members of the Nationwide Internships Consortium (NIC).  To learn how to use this search tool, view the following Guide.

There are internship Directories in the Career Resource Library, Section 40 and Internet web sites.

ASK Network, an alumni database available through an online directory, where you can search for alumni in career fields or geographic locations in which you are interested. 

Paid, For-Credit and Unpaid Internships - What are the Procedures?

Occidental College offers two types of Internships:

INT 100 [zero-unit internship] and INT 200 [two-unit internship]  is coordinated and monitored by the Career Development Center (CDC); sophomore, junior and seniors students are allowed to participate in one internship per semester.  The internship must meet the college’s minimum standards for internships. A student failing to participate in the reflective component coordinate by the CDC will be dropped from the internship and the employer will be notified.  Come by the CDC to pick up an Internship Learning Agreement to enroll in the Internship Program.

 

 
Last updated:07/22/08