Internships are 1-3 unit courses that include a minimum of 40 hours of work experience (a 3-unit class = 120 hours of work experience).  Internship courses have been included in some of our new certificate programs to allow students to gain real world experience in key areas.  Current internship classes include the following:

• MGMT 201 – Human Resources Internship
• MKT 201 – Sales Internship
• MKT 202 – Customer Service Internship
• BUS/MKT 203 – Purchasing Internship
• MKT 204 -- Marketing Communications Internship
  

Human Resource Internships:

• Examples of Past Projects:  workforce planning, compensation studies, employee surveys, workers comp project/analysis, HRIS automation/process mapping, union negotiation research, earthquake preparedness planning, competency modeling, updating policies and procedures, resume screening.
• Participating Employers:  Coherent, United Way Silicon Valley, Shutterfly, Auhus Group, Community Health Partnerships, Comfort Energy, Santa Clara County, Crystal Dynamics, SOAProjects, MVLA - UHSD, Zulty's, Bloomingdale's Stanford, Yahoo!, Becton Dickinson, Central Processing Technical Training School, Oncore Manufacturing, Congregation Beth David, Symbiosys, Community Gatepath, Alliance Occupational Medicine, City of Sunnyvale, Alcatel-Lucent, WVMCCD, CheckPoint Software, RMS

Purchasing Internships:

• Examples of Past Projects:  purchase order/requisition processing,  contract management/processing, supplier research, inventory management/processing, RFQ preparation/management.
• Participating Employers:   Santa Clara County, inTEST, Apple

Marketing Communications Internships:

• Examples of Past Projects:  event flyer design, writing press releases, setup/maintain Facebook and Twitter pages,  develop social media strategy,  write and edit marketing communications materials,  update website content, coordinate email campaigns,  coordinate events/webinars.
• Participating Employers:   Milpitas Chamber of Commerce, Antigene

Eligibility

Students who meet the following criteria are eligible:

1) Enrolled full-time at Mission College and/or have completed 15 units
2) Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above
3) Completed all other core requirements for certificate program.  Internship should be taken in final semester where student files petition to receive certificate.
4) Able to provide their own transportation at the time of application
5) Be a responsible ambassador for Mission College to the community.

• Fall - May 1
• Spring - November 1
• Application
  

• Students are required to identify their own internship opportunities. Faculty advisors can make suggestions.  Internship resource sites:
• Bay Area Volunteer Information Center - Lists Bay Area nonprofit organizations that need volunteers to support their services. Sometimes the best way to get experience and learn new skills is to volunteer.
• VolunteerMatch.org - The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Listings for more than 79,000 nonprofit organizations.
• InternshipPrograms.com - Large internship database featuring opportunities in a wide variety of sectors across the US and other large cities across the Globe.
• Internships.com - Extensive listings of internships from 7,000 companies, with additional tools to help you clarify your internship goals and fine-tune your internship search.
• Internships USA - Access over 2,000 organizations offering internships in 12 different fields (username=interns, password=learn)
  
• Students can provide potential internship sites with an overview of the internship program for review. 
• Once a site has been identified, student should submit the name of the organization and contact info to the site supervisor to the Faculty Advisor.  The Faculty Advisor will contact the site supervisor and confirm placement as well as answer any further questions.
• Once placement is confirmed, student should work with Faculty Advisor to register for the class.
• Student must submit a signed copy of the Student Internship Agreement to the Faculty Advisor prior to the start of the internship.
• An authorized company representative is required to sign the Company Internship Agreement.