Many organizations have structured, organized internship programs and will advertise to find candidates for these programs. Others do not have structured internship programs but might consider an individualized program if approached. For more information on setting up an internship, consult the Career Center. Faculty members hire research assistants, administrative offices seek summer help, and the physical plant and Marriott Food Service seek general laborers. Also, talk directly with administrative and academic departments.
Many departments hire summer help doing research and other projects.
The Alumni Career Referral Network contains the names and contact information of over 3,000 CC alums who have volunteered to be contacts for information about jobs and careers. This notebook system is cross indexed alphabetically, geographically, and by occupations. When you contact alums from the network be sure to tell them the types of summer opportunities you are seeking and ask if they know of organizations who will be hiring and names of people you can contact. Therefore, before you start your summer job search, make a list of those individuals who belong to your network. Don't just think of individuals who are in the career fields you are interested in but also identify those who are not in a related field because chances are they know someone who is.