Internships

The new school year is now in full swing, and whether you’re a freshman or a senior, your future is constantly on your mind. When are midterms?

On November 3rd, Firsthand will be hosting its second annual Diversity & Inclusion in Internships Virtual Career Fair. The fair will provide students with exclusive insider access to internships and top employers, along with job postings, opportunities to meet experienced professionals, informative panel discussions, and a keynote speaker event.

Landing an internship during school is no longer a luxury but essential if you want to land a full-time role after graduation. An internship gives you hands-on experience, offers you networking opportunities, and gives you a lot to talk about when you’re looking for your first job post-college.

Tish Archie-Oliver has more than 20 years of human resources experience, including 15 years focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion-related work. Tish is currently the Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging for North America at Unilever, which has one of the top internship programs in the U.S.

Mikayla Angel is a former Unilever intern and now in her first year of Unilever’s Future Leaders Program, which provides young professions with challenging and purposeful opportunities that accelerate their ability to take on business leadership roles. Mikayla is a Customer Development Unilever Future Leader and currently in her first rotation—as a sales analyst for Dollar General, a Unilever customer.

Each year on the last Thursday in July, employers take the opportunity to celebrate their hard-working interns on National Intern Day. The holiday was created by the job search platform WayUp in 2017 as a way to shine a light on the oft-overlooked interns of the workforce and give them the recognition that they deserve.

Welcome back to our list of awesome summer internships! If you haven’t read part one of this list you can do so here.

Summer is here, which for some of us means a whole lot of cartoons and cereal for the next couple of months. For others, summer means the beginning of a new opportunity with an internship program in the field of their choice.

Raelyn Davis is an audit principal in the consumer products practice at New York-based Friedman LLP, a fast-growing accounting firm that’s well known for its outstanding work/life balance, culture, benefits, diversity, and training. In addition to working in audit at Friedman, Raelyn is involved in recruiting at the firm, a mentor to its younger professionals, a member of Friedman’s CPE committee and perks committee, and the head of its Women’s Development Network.

Based in Atlanta, ScottMadden is one of North America’s top consulting firms in both energy consulting and environmental sustainability consulting. Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with Sarah Vondracek, a senior associate at ScottMadden, who regularly works on many of the firm’s ESG projects.

When you’re ready to start your job search for the first time, you might feel as though the deck is stacked against you. With limited work experience, or perhaps none at all, you’ll need to craft your resume so that it effectively applies your education and life experiences in such a way that they are relevant to the job you are looking for.

It’s difficult enough juggling your classes, homework, and studying, all while attempting to have some semblance of a social life, but what if you also need money? Some students prefer to have financial freedom while they are attending college, and it’s important to find a part-time job that not only provides that freedom, but that also fits in with an already hectic and stressful schedule.

On Friday, February 11, Firsthand held its first annual MBA Virtual Career Fair. The Fair was geared toward first- and second-year MBA students looking to prepare for and find internships and full-time positions.

As an MBA student aspiring to become a management consultant, specifically in the financial services industry, I had the opportunity to attend several information sessions organized by management consulting firms. In these sessions, management consulting firms showcased their organizational capabilities and culture, and highlighted their recruiting process for business school students.

You’ve been creative for as long as you can remember, from drawing pictures on the walls with your crayons, to tirelessly studying all your theory and applying it flawlessly to your dissertation. You’ve mastered the Adobe Suite, honed your skills, and expanded your thinking beyond what you thought possible.

On February 11, Firsthand will host an MBA Virtual Career Fair for first- and second-year MBA students looking to prepare for and find internships and full-time positions. You can register for this free fair here, and learn more about it below.

In this edition of Shaping the Future of STEM, incoming college intern Allison Huckins, who is majoring in chemical engineering at Michigan State University, interviews Yen Ling Low, divisional vice president of Scientific and Medical Affairs for Abbott Nutrition Research and Development. Listen as Yen Ling and Allison discuss pursuing your passion for STEM in the professional world.

Today, companies across numerous industries employ and rely on data scientists to grow their businesses. In general, data scientists are responsible for collecting and analyzing raw data, using data to gain insights into business processes to help achieve various goals.

Gorick Ng, a career counselor at Harvard by way of Credit Suisse and Boston Consulting Group, was kind enough to join Firsthand as a keynote speaker for our D&I Internship Virtual Career Fair. Ng shares that, as a first-generation college student, he joined the world of business as an outsider looking in—doing what he thought was necessary and yet always feeling behind.

Today, we're very excited to release our complete 2022 Internship Rankings. This year, our Internship Rankings highlight the top programs in more than 30 categories.

On October 27th, Firsthand hosted a Diversity & Inclusion Internship Virtual Career Fair. This unique fair offered the rare opportunity for students to increase their internship prospects and connect with top employers.

On October 27th, Firsthand hosted a Diversity & Inclusion Internship Virtual Career Fair. This unique fair offered the rare opportunity for students to increase their internship prospects and connect with top employers.

Today, we’re excited to release our 50 Most Prestigious Internships for 2022. This ranking is based on our recent survey of more than 11,400 interns from 140 internship programs.

Last summer, Firsthand surveyed more than 11,400 interns from 140 internship programs. The survey, from which we derived our 100 Best Internships ranking, asked interns to rate their internship experiences in a variety of areas, including career development, compensation, full-time employment prospects, interview process, quality of life, quality of assignments, and diversity.