how to find internships

I'm no expert on internships, but I'll share a few resources that I've found helpful; and if any other former or current interns want to share some of their knowledge, comments are always welcome.

1) Your University's Job/Career Center: Whether online or in person, your school is bound to have information on internship opportunities, especially internships which are specific to your location. (For my SUU friends, this would be the Academic and Career Development Center; and you can search for local internships by using Hire a T-Bird in your MySUU portal, and selecting "Full-time/Internships/Part-time" under the "Job Search" Tab, and then specifying "Cedar City" in the "Job Location City" field.) Also, your respective department is bound to have a plethora of materials on internship opportunities in your field.

2) search.twitter.com: A Twitter search is one of my favorite ways to find internships (and jobs). Potential employers will post internship/job openings on Twitter all the time, so just search for whatever it is you're looking for: "broadcasting intern DC" "engineering intern CA" "green international internship" ...

3) InternMatch.com: Very user-friendly site, free of all the advertising clutter that you'll find at a lot of other internship/job search sites. You can specify your searches by location, season, and even paid/unpaid. You can search their listings without an account, but creating an account takes less than a minute (only have to fill in like 4 fields, no e-mail confirmation tomfoolery). As you would expect, the number of results your search yields will very greatly by state; so sadly some of the western states don't have any listings, but other states have hundreds of listings.

4) Create your own internship: Perhaps you're super enthusiastic about a certain organization, but they don't advertise any internships... why not just send them a coverletter/resume, offering your skills and free labor? It would be foolish of them to turn down your offer. Or if they are a smaller operation, you could even just call them up and ask them. I did this 3 summers ago with a non-profit up in Alaska, and they actually granted me temporary, paid position. Things like that give me a glimpse into the life that every intern dreams of: receiving fair, monetary compensation for my skilled labor :)