An internship allows you to take time to understand your role, tasks and the industry. Internships want you to leave knowing more than you came with, and this is most likely the outcome.
"Co-op" usually refers to a multi-work term agreement with one employer; traditionally with at least three work terms alternated with school terms, resulting in a five-year degree program for what would otherwise take four years. Co-ops are traditionally full-time, paid positions.
"Internship" usually refers to a one-term work assignment, most often in the summer, but not always. Internships can be full- or part-time, paid or unpaid, depending on the employer and the career field. o US News o Virginia Tech Careers o Northeastern University Careers
P.S.: You are not eligible to work off-campus (or as an intern/co-op anywhere) unless you complete 2 semesters as a student in the U.S.A. (Exceptions: Day-1 CPT Universities. As of now, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is not a day-1 CPT university.) Guidelines to secure an Internship/Co-op: Step 1: Resume Keep your resume updated at all times. While creating your resume for the first time, utilize ample of time. You might not want to rush over this process. Use KEYWORDS, they really are the key. Change the keywords for every position or company you apply to. This is important because if you don’t have the right keywords on your resume, you will most likely be rejected by the automated resume-reader system which most companies use. Refer to resumes on the internet but do not copy a resume. A resume is always better when you have put some thought by yourself. Step 2: Keep looking for positions through the Handshake Portal/App, but do not limit yourself to it. LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor are some other websites where you might be able to find opportunities. Step 3: LinkedIn The importance of LinkedIn cannot be stressed upon enough. Every employer is going to go through your LinkedIn after viewing your resume and the decision if they should get back to you for an interview is highly influenced by LinkedIn. Be active on LinkedIn. Make sure you open the LinkedIn application on your phone more than Instagram & Facebook. Engage in liking posts and commenting on them for increasing your visibility to employers and HRs. HAVE A DECENT FORMAL DISPLAY PICTURE (No selfies, please!). You can always get one of those clicked for free at Career Fairs. Just like your resume, keep your LinkedIn profile updated. Step 4: Career Fair Probably the most important point. Get a list of the companies participating in UWM’s career fairs well in advance (Contact the UWM Career Planning & Resource Center - for this. Make sure you have checked the positions available at those companies on the Handshake Portal and applied for them before entering the career fair. The career fairs are organized once every semester (Fall & Spring). This is where most of the magic should happen. The fair is huge and hence, it is always recommended that you decide the employers who you want to go and talk to because you might not have time to talk to all of them. Once you go to talk to the employer, make them feel that you know about the company and what it does. Ask them what new positions are available and what is their take on your profile for the role. Let them know which positions you have applied to so that they get to know that you are genuinely interested in the position and have not just shown up just because you saw the company at the fair. Build a connection. After you have talked to the employer, make sure you get their business card/email address. This is important for 2 reasons:
They can be your point of contact until you have a person you can coordinate with. (The common HR email does not always help).
You are going to send them an email within 24 hours of the career fair (same day recommended) to thank them for their time and that you have applied for the position they recommended. Let them know that you are looking forward to hearing back from them. (This is something people never talk about, but it is extremely important as the employers understand that you are genuinely interested. There are high chances that they would never reply back, but this could definitely boost your chances for the candidature.)
Updated: June 13th, 2020
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