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Internships & Practica - Students

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• Internships & Practica - Students
• Getting Started
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• Forms
• On-line Internship Agreement (ILAF)
• Manual - How does it work?
• Sample Syllabus: Elective Internship
• Sample Syllabus: Service Internship
• Sample Syllabus: Serving Society Option - Zero-credit
• Community Partners 2012
• Learning Plan
• Sample Learning Objectives
• Internships - Outside of Santa Barbara
• American Studies - Washington, D.C.
• Film Studies - Los Angeles
• Journalism Studies- Washington, D.C.
• NYCAMS - New York City
• Urban Program - San Francisco
• Serving Society - Santa Barbara
• Washington Semester - Washington, D.C.
• Gordon IN Program - Boston
  
• International Internships
• Big Guide to Living & Working Overseas
• Research Resources
  
• Search Internships (old system)
• Researching Organizations
• Other Internship Sites
• Westmont Internships on Facebook
• YouTube Video of Westmont Alumni Internship Panel
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• Tips and Examples
• Common Challenges
• Resume Writing
• Sample Prospecting Letter
• Sample Thank You Letter
• Telephone Tips
  
• Contact Information
• Jennifer Taylor

Researching Organizations

The Internet makes it easy to visit company sites, get the latest stock market reports and explore hundreds of industries and professions. Below are Web addresses you may want to visit when you are researching organizations related to internship opportunities.

Foreign Annual Reports and Company Profiles - A directory of links to foreign and domestic company web sites arranged by country.

Hoover’s Online - A database of 50,000 public, private, and world companies searchable by company name and geographic location.

Monster Campus - Under "Career Center: Job Seeker Resources" click on "Research Companies." There, you will be able to access company information geographically by state.

Vault.Com - Noted for its "insider research" on a wide array of companies. For each company listed, there is information on corporate culture, the "uppers" and "downers" of working there, and advice on how best to get hired.

Visiting Employers on the Web - A multitude of links to information about corporations, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, museums, hotels, hospitals, and other industries.

Web 100 - A listing of the largest U.S. companies.

Public Register’s Annual Report Service - Links to annual report sections of company web sites. Includes online and free copies.