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Are Government Internships On The Rise?

Obama is pledging to make government work cool again:
Smith says that his organization’s federal placements are up 35 percent from last summer.
The rest of the story is here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24882.html

Internships Tumble…

Here is a new article about how internships “tumbled” in May…
College Hiring Flat in May But Internships Tumble
Can anyone confirm if this is true or not?
Read it all over here:
http://www.talentmgt.com/industry_news/2009/May/4697/index.php

University Of Arkansas

Anyone attending the University of Arkansas?
This article is for you:
Students can find internships through academic departments, and many fields of study - including the Walton College Graduate School of Business, the UA School of Law, and the communications, food science and journalism departments - list internship information on their Web sites.
Read the rest here:
http://media.www.thetraveleronline.com/media/storage/paper688/news/2009/

Is It Possible To Create Your Own Internship?

If you are aggressive enough, you can always create your own luck in the job search process:
What I mean by ‘making your own internship’ is that a student with a good cover letter that has a targeted résumé, references, and maybe has even already started on a career portfolio can actually approach a local employer [...]

You Child’s Internship Program..

Read this…it’s from the Wall Street Journal:
…a growing number of parents are paying hundreds to thousands of dollars for programs that help their teens and young adults land the job internships deemed crucial to launching a career…
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/01/28/should-you-pay-for-your-kids-job-internship/
also, check out the press release announcing a new website…
http://www.pr.com/press-release/128994