STUDENT EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Spring Break (March 18 – 22, 2019)
Purpose
The Student Externship Program (SEP) is a career-exploration program that allows students to be matched with professional companies and organizations during Spring Break. This learning experience will allow students to get an insider's view of their chosen career field and a better understanding of what types of skills, knowledge, and capabilities they will need to acquire in order to be successful in a particular industry.
Our Program Goal
Unlike competitive application programs such as On-Campus Recruiting, we do not try to find the "best candidate" for an externship. Rather, the overall goal of the Student Externship Program is to extend the opportunity for at least one externship to as many students as possible.
Students are selected for an externship by the SEP application committee. Decisions are made on the basis of the quality of the student’s application, resume, interest letters and interview. Students need not show expertise or experience in the field of the externship for which they apply, but must demonstrate compelling interest and curiosity in their application letters about their host’s field as a possible career option. Interviews will be held on campus before final selection is made.
Program Criteria
Reminders:
Externships are unpaid. Travel and/or housing expenses (if necessary) are neither
reimbursed not subsidized and are at the expense of the student. Externships are not
for academic credit and are for the sole purpose of exploring a chosen career and
networking with professionals.
Representatives from University of West Georgia will schedule a time to speak with
or visit your place of business to ensure that host site is appropriate and safe for
our participating students. The workplace cannot be located in a private home.