Why intern?
Internships can:
- Provide real world workplace experience
- Make you more competitive in the job market
- Allow you to try a new job or industry to see if you like it
- Help you transition from school to paid employment
- Help you network with people in your field
- Help you build your resume and portfolio
- Help you gain admission to a 4-year college or university
This internship was a good opportunity for me to grow and develop my accounting career because I gained additional skills, knowledge and experience in the non-profit accounting field. It provided the information I needed to choose between profit and non-profit accounting for my career path. It also provided an opportunity to learn and experience the real accounting environment, which I will have to face when I actually go to work as an accountant. I feel that if I had not had the opportunity to intern at the YMCA, I would never have known how much I really want to be an accountant or my ability to do accounting work.
NSCC accounting intern at YMCA
Where have NSCC students done internships?
- Aptimus, Inc.
- Harriott Engineers
- Microsoft
- NOAA
- Nordstrom
- Northwest Hospital
- Puget Sound Blood Center
- Screaming Flea Media
- Seattle Center
- Seattle PI
- Seattle Weekly
- Swedish Medical Center
- Woodland Park Zoo
- YMCA
- Zymogenetics
The most valuable aspect of this program is getting an invaluable experience putting all the knowledge gained through the IT program into real world action. What could possibly look better on my resume than 6 months experience working at Microsoft?
NSCC networking intern at Microsoft
What fields have NSCC students interned in?
- Accounting
- Administrative Assistant
- Biomedical Technician
- Business
- CAD Drafting
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Computer Programming
- Electronics Technician
- Environmental Sustainability
- HVAC
- Journalism
- Legal Administrative Assistant
- Marketing
- Medical Front Office
- Nanotechnology
- Networking
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Real Estate
- Social Work
I'd like to say that this internship experience has taught me that I need "more than the minimum amount of flair" to excel and advance. My productivity and my confidence are up, and the people that I was hoping would notice have. I feel I'm ready for more responsibility, and hopefully this internship has shown that I can, and am willing, to handle it.
NSCC real estate intern at Citibank
Getting Started
The Internship program at NSCC pairs classroom training with real world experience to get you prepared for your future. Most students begin by taking CWE 101 which helps them to develop and/or obtain an internship. Once the student has the internship, they register for CWE 110 to earn credit. Both CWE 101 and CWE 110 can transfer as general elective credit.
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CWE101: Portfolio, Job Search and Interviewing (2 Cr)
Students learn strategies and skills needed to obtain a job or internship. Topics include resume and cover letter writing, portfolios, interviewing and job search. By the end of the course, students will have obtained an internship placement for the following quarter.
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CWE110: Internship (3 Cr)
Students participate in a structured internship in their field of study. Course requirements include developing learning objectives for the quarter, completing performance evaluations and a capstone paper.
While school is a comfortable secure place to learn, real life is a speeding train that is not slowing down, I need to grab on. Doing an internship while in school opened my eyes and expanded my thinking. Now, in the classroom, I know what questions to ask, what materials to study and what will be expected of me in the field. The reasoning behind the work, the tests, the projects and the sleepless nights finally make sense now that I am interning in the field. I feel more interactive in the classroom, like I am a step ahead of the student sitting next to me.
NSCC architectural drafting intern at Foushee & Associates, Inc.
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