Internships

Elmhurst College Internships

The Basics of an Internship

Create your resume
Meet with the Coordinator of Career Development to discuss opportunities
Choose possible work sites
Send out your resume
If interning for credit, note the dates of two mandatory meetings
Set up an interview with employers
Notify Career Services of your internship work site

Who can participate?

Anyone with at least a 2.8 GPA out of a 4.0 scale
Anyone who is enrolled as an Elmhurst College student
Anyone with a junior or senior standing

Benefits of an Internship

Gain valuable experience
Test out areas of interest
Could transition into full-time employment opportunity
Builds a more impressive resume for further career development
Builds communication skills in a working environment
Apply classroom skills in the world of work
Learn how to interact with professionals

Types of Internships
Elmhurst College offers many different internship opportunities in a variety of areas. Depending on your major, credit hours received, and time of year, an internship would have a student work any amount of hours fitting into their schedule.

Semester Internships
Students work at least 10-20 hours per week during the Fall or Spring term for up to 14 weeks. (Summer Term is typically full-time for a designated number of hours.)

Field Experience
Students intern 35-40 hours per week for the month of January only. Many transition into part-time jobs or Spring Term internships.

Cooperative Education
Students work 6-40 hours per week during Fall, Spring, and Summer Terms. Students commit to do at least two experiences at paying job sites prior to graduation.

Previously Participating Employers

Elmhurst Park District
Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce
Salomon Smith Barney
Elmhurst Economic Development Corporation
Victor Envelope
United Airlines
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago Bulls Basketball Schools
Lucent Technologies
State of Illinois
Allstate Insurance Company
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Kraft
Blistex
Motorola
Media One