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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Tavi Sookhoo <<a href="mailto:tsookhoo@mit.edu">tsookhoo@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Micro-Internships for MIT Students</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">September 15, 2020 at 8:33:45 AM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Dear Campus Partners,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">CAPD is excited to share details about micro-internships for MIT undergraduate and graduate students.<b> </b>This new offering replaces the MIT Alumni Association Externship Program and
provides a broader set of opportunities for students to explore career paths, gain work experience, and build their network. We would appreciate your help in sharing this information with students and your employer contacts. Also, we are hiring a Graduate
Assistant to support with this initiative. See attached job description for details and please share with graduate students who might be interested.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",serif"><a href="https://capd.mit.edu/employers/post-jobs-and-internships/micro-internships" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Micro-internships</span></b></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b> are </b></span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror"><b>2-4
week</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b> projects or internships where students can collaborate with hosts on projects that provide a learning opportunity and meet a workplace need. </b></span><span class="normaltextrun">While a majority of micro-internships
will be available over IAP, some employers are posting opportunities for fall 2020. For the 2020-2021 academic year, CAPD strongly encourages hosts to offer remote opportunities.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Since many of you are familiar with the former Externship Program, in which students were matched with alumni hosts for an IAP externship, we outline key differences as well as
benefits of micro-internships below:</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Open to all employers.</b> While alumni may
host some of the micro-internships, any employer can offer these opportunities</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>No formal match </b></span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror"><b>process</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>.</b> Instead,
the process is similar to finding and applying for an internship on Handshake. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Mentor-Mentee relationship remains central
to the experience</b>. While no formal match is established, students and hosts are encouraged to foster this valuable connection. Hosts will include some alumni. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Flexible application timeline.</b> Students
can apply to micro-internships on a rolling basis as new micro-internship postings become available in Handshake</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>All
opportunities on Handshake</b>. Students can leverage a streamlined process to search for and apply to micro-internships, internships, and full-time job opportunities.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Alumni and employers have been invited to post micro-internships over Fall 2020 and IAP 2021. However, we anticipate a majority of opportunities will be offered over IAP. In addition,
former Externship hosts have been invited to post micro-internships —micro-internships with alumni hosts will be labeled accordingly.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b>Help us spread the word about micro-internships</b></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Please consider sharing the following messages with interested students or employers:</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><i>For students</i></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun">Looking for short-term opportunities to explore career paths, gain work experience, earn money and build your professional network? </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",serif"><a href="https://capd.mit.edu/jobs-and-internships/find-jobs-and-internships/consider-micro-internship" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Consider
a micro-internship.</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"> Micro-internships are </span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">2-4 week</span><span class="normaltextrun"> projects or internships available over fall 2020 and IAP 2021. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",serif"><a href="https://capd.mit.edu/employers/post-jobs-and-internships/micro-internships" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Micro-internships</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#0070C0"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun">are
short-term projects or internships where students can collaborate with employers and/or MIT alumni on research, data analysis, software development, or other projects that provide a learning opportunity while meeting a workplace need. Benefit from this opportunity
to connect with MIT students, build brand awareness, and attain support for short term projects. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#333333">Please contact me directly with any questions about micro-internships. </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tavi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Tavi D. Sookhoo<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>| Career Development Specialist<br>
MIT Career Advising & Professional Development | Bldg.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E17" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">E17-294</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>| 617-715-5329
|<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://capd.mit.edu/">capd.mit.edu</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Pronouns:</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p>
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