[bioundgrd] FW: Micro-Internships for MIT Students

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Tavi Sookhoo <tsookhoo at mit.edu<mailto:tsookhoo at mit.edu>>
Subject: Micro-Internships for MIT Students
Date: September 15, 2020 at 8:33:45 AM EDT

Dear Campus Partners,

CAPD is excited to share details about micro-internships for MIT undergraduate and graduate students. 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.

Micro-internships<https://capd.mit.edu/employers/post-jobs-and-internships/micro-internships> are 2-4 week projects or internships where students can collaborate with hosts on projects that provide a learning opportunity and meet a workplace need. 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.

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:

•         Open to all employers. While alumni may host some of the micro-internships, any employer can offer these opportunities

•         No formal match process. Instead, the process is similar to finding and applying for an internship on Handshake.

•         Mentor-Mentee relationship remains central to the experience. While no formal match is established, students and hosts are encouraged to foster this valuable   connection. Hosts will include some alumni.

•         Flexible application timeline. Students can apply to micro-internships on a rolling basis as new micro-internship postings become available in Handshake

•         All opportunities on Handshake. Students can leverage a streamlined process to search for and apply to micro-internships, internships, and full-time job opportunities.


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.

Help us spread the word about micro-internships
Please consider sharing the following messages with interested students or employers:
For students
Looking for short-term opportunities to explore career paths, gain work experience, earn money and build your professional network? Consider a micro-internship.<https://capd.mit.edu/jobs-and-internships/find-jobs-and-internships/consider-micro-internship>  Micro-internships are 2-4 week projects or internships available over fall 2020 and IAP 2021.

For Alumni and other employers:
Micro-internships<https://capd.mit.edu/employers/post-jobs-and-internships/micro-internships> 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.

Please contact me directly with any questions about micro-internships.

Sincerely,
Tavi

Tavi D. Sookhoo | Career Development Specialist
MIT Career Advising & Professional Development | Bldg. E17-294<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E17> | 617-715-5329 | capd.mit.edu<https://capd.mit.edu/> | Pronouns: she, her, hers




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