Variety of internships available through co-op office

by Allison Webb application for co-op to Nancy Hutchison. staff writer IBM, the New York Times, Fox, Comcast and The Washington Post.

These are just some of the 4,000 employers handing out jobs to Cabrini students as Cooperative Education placements.

Nancy Hutchison, director of Co-operative Education and Career Services, and Assistant Director Kristie Conway-Buecler anxiously await phone calls from employers accepting resumes of Cabrini students.

This semester, 30 juniors and second-semester sophomores are stepping out into the real world to take on positions as interns for businesses and companies, local and national.

If the offered positions do not apply to students that live out of the local area, they may submit a petition for jobs in the area where they live.

Both Hutchison and Conway-Buecler agree that co-op placement is exciting and educational.

"For a lot of students, it's the first time doing work in their field," Hutchison said. "They grow and their self-confidence escalates."

The process to becoming an intern is pretty basic. The student must first attend an orientation meeting with a co-op staff member the semester before they intend on starting an internship.

Then they have to submit a current resume and an

Finally, once the student's application is approved, it is the student's responsibility to review and select co-op opportunities throughout the semester or until a position is secured.

Hutchison said, with a smile on her face, "Employers like young people with new, creative ideas on the cutting edge of their professions."

The average work week is two to three days a week and the pay tends to vary.

Some companies don't pay their interns, but give them benefits. For example, one Cabrini student worked for Comcast and was given tickets to many events. Other companies may pay very little or require the students to work for free.

Internships in the summer sometimes involve higher-paying jobs because many of the bigger companies, like IBM and The

Career Services Washington Post, only provide opportunities in the summer. An intern can earn up to $20 an hour, but it depends on the employer. However, despite the low pay at some companies, students can come away with far more valuable career resources, such as job skills and career contacts.

"Get to know as many people as possible in the coop field," Conway-Buecler said.

The more involved a student gets in his or her field, the more experience that student will have to help him or her along his or her journey.

Working Out

The Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services has placed 22 non-social work students in internships at businesses throughout the area.

Clear:Mf.dEnergy (accouming)

Quest Diagnostics (business)

H;ethAyerst Global Phaniiaceulicals (human resources)

Ferrare and Fleming Advertising (human resources)

Diamond StateDealer Services (accounting) -~--~---~

Global Compliance Group (accounting)

Merrill lynch (business)

Cabrini College Business Office (accounting)

LindenmeyrMunroe (business/markl!iing)

ReMed Recovery/Care (psychology)

Price Wa1erhouseCoopers (information technology)

Planco (graphic design)

ComcastSpeci«or (publicrelotions/markl!iing)

KPMG Peat Marwick

SBKPicmres (human resources) (media commwucalionslproductionassistant)

Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

PhiladelphiaConventionand Visitors'Bureau (political science) (publicrelations)

Wo(finger Cerminaro Communications

SuburbanCable (public relations) (communicalionsassistant)

Global Compliance

Cabrini Colkge Relations

Core Tech Consulting Group, Inc.

(business/accounting) (publicrelations) (human resources)