Internship Search Timeline
August
- Update your resume
- Gather your interview clothes from home for the fall job fairs
- Research your chosen industry
September
- Have your resume reviewed by your career advisor
- Participate in a mock interview
- Upload your resume into TartanTRAK
- Attend the Business Opportunities Conference (BOC) and Technical
- Opportunities Conference (TOC)
- Attend relevant workshops
- Participate in relevant case challenges
October and November
- Follow-up on leads from the BOC and TOC
- Attend Network New York over Fall Break in October
- Attend relevant Information Sessions, which can be found in TartanTRAK
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
- Participate in relvant case challenges
December and January
- Update your resume with your new GPA, relevant academic projects, coursework, etc…
- Have your resume reviewed by your career advisor
- Upload your revised resume in TartanTRAK
- Start to look closely in TartanTRAK for internship posting and begin applying
- Being utilizing your personal network for internship leads as well as checking company website for internships
- Attend relevant Network Nights, which include: Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
February
- Continue to apply to internships through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview for internships
- Attend Network Pittsburgh
- Attend the Employment Opportunity Conference (EOC)
- Attend relevant Information Sessions, which can be found in TartanTRAK
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
March
- Continue to apply to internships through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview for internships
- Attend Network Washington, DC
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
April
- Continue to apply to internships through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview for internships
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
- Internship Approval forms for the School of Policy and Management are due to the Career Center
- Connect with other interns relocating to your new city to share housing
May
- If you are seeking CPT, paperwork will be due
- Report your internship to the Career Center
- Enjoy your experience and summer
June – August
- Look for Heinz and Carnegie Mellon events your city and attend to network with other interns
- Complete the Internship Evaluation form for the School of Policy and Management and return to the Career Center
