The 2014 summer intern recruiting season is rapidly drawing to a close, but its lessons will not soon be forgotten. A Junior Economics major I was working with through my college’s alumni mentoring program emailed to tell me he had received an offer from Facebook. This email came on the heels of my son—a Freshman Biomedical Engineering major—getting an offer from a hot medical device startup.
Experience in meaningful internships give newly-minted college graduates a huge competitive advantage in both the job market and graduate school admissions. But most students (as well as the parents advising them) know almost nothing about securing an internship beyond taking advantage of what is offered by their University’s career office. Below are eight tips to get you on the right track.
