Tag: Internships

  • Internship Fever

    Internship Fever

     By: Anna Sobczyk When I started this fall term as a junior, I was bitten by the internship bug. Portland boasts so many great businesses and opportunities for internships. Luckily, PSU offers students a way to find potential employers. Handshake has hundreds of employers with job and/or internship openings. I recently found an on-campus job…

  • Not qualified? Get an internship.

    Not qualified? Get an internship.

     by Molly MacGilbert Here we are, students at Portland State, in the city of bridges and roses and sportswear companies. We’re all in a pretty good position for internships—being in college gives us an excuse to get some work experience in a field we’re not actually that qualified for (yet). When I was a junior…

  • Real Talk About Internships

    Real Talk About Internships

    By Brooke Horn We’ve heard it before: Internships are a key part of your education. They provide valuable experience, they present networking opportunities, they look good on your resume, they help you transition from academia to the workplace, etc. We get it already. They’re important. What’s lacking in the conversation about internships (at least the…

  • Career fair could equal internship. It did for me.

    By: Guru T. Gundappa Time to get serious! This month’s career fairs at PSU provide a perfect opportunity, as I realized last year, to start the search for summer internships, full-time jobs and jobs at non-profits. The Engineering & Technology Career Fair on Feb 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Smith Union…