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Internship Advice & Information

    Why should you be actively searching for an engineering or medical related summer job?
    • Gain hands-on experience.
    • Broaden your horizons.
    • Apply what you’ve learned in the classroom.
    • Learn about what you like and what you don’t like, both of which are important.
    • Establish contacts in the field.
    Remember, boosting your resume should NOT be your primary motivation.

    There are two types of summer jobs:
    • Industry Related - companies, may or may not be biomedical related.
    • Research Related - academic institutions, hospitals.

    To find a summer job exhaust ALL of your resources:
    • Career Fairs (Do your research. Network, network, network!!!).
    • Resume Posting (SuccessTrack- Career Services).
    • Career Services (They can help with it all- resumes, interviews, contacts).
    • Older Students (Where did they work? Did they like it? How to apply? Who to contact?).
    • Personal Contact (Who can hook you up?).
    • Web
      • Make sure to CHECK OUT the Career Services Events Calendar!!
      Also, the main page for Career Services is very useful.

    Online resources include:
    NSF REU: Research Experience for Undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation.
    Is generally held at research-oriented institutions such as Duke, Rochester, Purdue, etc., and is
    usually for upcoming juniors and seniors only.

    Several other sites that are great resources for both research and industry-oriented information:
    For traditional BME's this SITE has 75+ links to other Internships for the 2007/2008 year.
    For pre-med BME's this SITE also has many links to other Internships for the 2007/2008 year.

    Job/Internship Search Engines:
    Tech-Interns.com
    Monster.com
    InternshipPrograms.com
    Yahoo! hotjobs


    *** Be careful with online resources, because sometimes they are not updated! ***

    When should I start?
    • ASAP! (you should always be on the lookout for ops).
    • Now: start building a resume, think about your interests (electronics? mechanics? tissue egr?).
    • This semester: search for opportunities and their deadlines.
    • Next semester: contact places you are interested in, attend career fair.
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