With the changing and uncertain pandemic environment, we encourage students to pursue alternate opportunities where possible. Get creative and take advantage of a different type of experience. We anticipate that many employers will want to see how job seekers handled the unexpected change, and if you aren’t able to pursue a remote internship or work opportunity, engaging in an alternate opportunity will demonstrate your initiative to think outside the box!
Articles:
How to succeed during your remote internship - https://www.dailycal.org/2020/04/20/interns-of-summer-2020-how-to-succeed-during-your-remote-internship/
What To Do Now That Your Summer Internship Is Canceled - https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2020/04/14/what-to-do-now-that-your-summer-internship-is-cancelled/#501f2045ae10
7 Tips to Transform a Cancelled Summer Internship due to Coronavirus into a Career-Building Opportunity - https://thriveglobal.com/stories/7-tips-to-transform-a-cancelled-summer-internship-due-to-coronavirus-into-a-career-building-opportunity/
Resources for Pursuing Alternate and Professional Development Opportunities:
Jobs / Internships / Volunteering
Search Sites - Symplicity, Glassdoor, Idealist, Indeed, Job.com, LinkedIn, SimplyHired, USAJobs
Jobs - https://candor.co/hiring-freezes/
Internships - https://github.com/gcreddy42/hiring2020
Internships - UCAN - http://ucanintern.com/
Virtual internships with US Federal Government - https://vsfs.state.gov/
Volunteering - Smithsonian - https://www.si.edu/volunteer/DigitalVolunteers
Volunteering - Translators Without Borders - https://translatorswithoutborders.org/volunteer/
Volunteering - UN - https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en
Volunteering - PBH - https://publicservice.fas.harvard.edu/harvardserveseverywhere
Third Party Providers
International Internships
Virtual Internships - https://virtualinternships.com
Global Experiences - https://www.globalexperiences.com/virtual-internships
Others include – CEA, Connect-123, and The Intern Group
Short-Term Projects
Parker Dewey - https://www.parkerdewey.com
Training
Coursera - https://www.coursera.org
EdX - https://www.edx.org/
LinkedIn Learning - https://www.linkedin.com/learning/me
Master Class - https://www.masterclass.com/
Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/courses/all
Udemy - https://www.udemy.com
Lagunita Learning - https://online.stanford.edu/lagunita-learning-platform
Harvard Free Online Classes - https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Maker Spaces
Create and get involved in new products, solve problems and help your community
Harvard Innovation Lab: https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/
Financial Literacy Trainings
https://college.harvard.edu/guides/financial-literacy; https://sfs.harvard.edu/financial-fitness
Meet virtually with an Advisor, take a tutorial, or participate in a Webinar from the Office of Career Services: https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/
Upcoming Virtual Events from URAF: https://uraf.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming
List curated in part by Symplicity and Michael True, InternQube.com