Project Based Micro-Opportunities

It takes experience to get experience.

It’s no surprise that employers generally prefer applicants with previous experience. Relevant experience, no less. For college students pursuing a first internship or job, this reality presents an age-old conundrum: If it takes experience to get experience, how can I ever get experience?

学生 on the Block Plan may encounter an additional challenge: With my academic responsibilities and co-curricular commitments, how can I gain experience if I have limited free time and I’m not available for a consistent work schedule, especially during standard business hours?

Micro-Opportunities are a great solution.

As the term “micro” suggests, these opportunities are small, but the benefits can be huge.

Micro opportunities enable you to explore and “prototype” career interests, deepen self-awareness, discover prospective employers, build professional connections, apply classroom knowledge, test and develop competencies, demonstrate a growth mindset, boost your resume, and position yourself as a strong candidate. 最重要的是, 这些小, remote experiences are usually feasible to complete on the block, in addition to academic responsibilities and co-curricular commitments.

Where to Start

A variety of platforms have emerged to provide students with opportunities to demonstrate knowledge and skills while testing out industries and career interests. While they are generally completed remotely, the nature of each opportunity can vary in terms of:

• Terminology (Project, Challenge, Micro-internship, Remote Externship)
• Participation (application required vs. automatic participation)
• Duration (from a few hours to 8 weeks)
• Timeframes (ongoing or specific dates)

一个典范

Gain industry-relevant skills via remote externships requiring a time commitment of 8-10 hours per week for 6-8 weeks.

Open Avenues Foundation

应用 to complete 支付, 6 to 8-week STEM and Business industry projects from high-growth companies. (This platform partners with 帕克杜威 when you apply via Open Avenues Foundation)

帕克杜威

应用 to complete short-term, 支付, professional projects are open to all college students and recent graduates of U.S.-based institutions. From working directly with an entrepreneur to supporting a large enterprise, you'll have the opportunity to explore different roles and company cultures in a way that fits into your schedule. Every project on 帕克杜威 is 支付 a fair per-project rate, so what you see is what you will earn upon completion.

饲料

Bite-sized 5-6 hour virtual work experience programs that give students a genuine career advantage with the world's top companies.

介意相扑

A platform for student problem solvers to apply their creativity and innovation by working on crowdsourcing “Challenges.” Problem solvers who submit the best ideas to Challenges can earn money, 获得技能, and potentially even land a job! Our community represents over 1 million problem solvers from six continents and over 3,000 universities. While the challenges are un支付, there are opportunities to potentially win cash prizes.