Educational and Internship Resources

Student Resources & Articles

• College Board: How to Find an Internship You’ll Value (video and copy)
• CBS News: Summer Internships: 6 Best Ways to Get One
• CNN: Five Internship Secrets From Superstar College Interns
• Forbes: How To Get an Awesome Internship
• Fox News: 9 Places to Look for an Internship
• Interships.com- Student Resources
  This site has information on understanding internships, preparing, searching and interviewing for a position. It also includes sample resume and cover letters.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Would You Like Credit With That Internship?
• University of Minnesota: Student Guide to Internships

Employer Resources

• National Association of Colleges and Employers: Principals for Professional Practice
  Contains information on precepts for career planning, recruitment and ethical issues. Acknowledgement required when recruiting an intern from a local college or university.
• National Association of Colleges and Employers: Position Statement: Unpaid Internships
• United States Department of Labor: Fact Sheet #71 Internship Programs Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
  This fact sheet provides general information to help determine whether interns must be paid the minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the services that they provide to “for-profit” private sector employers.
• United States Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division
• University of Minnesota: Establishing an Effective Internship Program
• Campus Philly: Internship in a Box: A guide for Employers
  This helpful and easy to read 12-page guide will tell you everything you need to know in order to create and manage a successful internship program at your company or organization.

Employer Articles & Videos

• Bloomberg: Unpaid Intern Lawsuits Explained
• Bloomberg Law: Unpaid Internships: Are they Legal? (video)
• CNN/ CareerBuilder: Why are Internships so Important?
• CNN Opinion: Business must help young people find jobs (Copy & Video)
• Forbes: The Era of Internships Are Over, Never Hire an Intern Again
  The article analyzes the recent lawsuits regarding unpaid internships.
• Inc. Magazine: Watch Out - That Unpaid Intern Could Cost You
• Interships.com: How to Help Interns Fit In: 6 Tips for Making Interns Part of the Team
• Interships.com: 10 Benefits to Starting an Intern Program
• New York Times: The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not
• NPR: Internships: Low-Paid, Unpaid Or Just Plain Illegal?
• Sarasota Chamber Employer Internship Toolkit
• Tampa Bay Business Journal: Properly managed internships a benefit to all
• Tampa Bay Times: Business, education leaders grapple with ways to make job market more accessible
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: DOL Releases New Rules for 'Educational' Internships

Local Education Provider Internship Sites

• Eckerd College Career Services
• Hillsborough Community College
• St.Petersburg College Internship Office
• University of South Florida Career Services
• University of Tampa Internship Office