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Reflecting on Harvard’s internship search process, which for many juniors started as early as last fall, reveals how absurdly stressful recruiting is. “Blame it on the economy” is the present mantra: an exogenous scapegoat for the tribulations of recruiting. However, structural failures in the Office of Career Services’ “On-Campus Recruiting” platform are presently more detrimental to the system’s efficiency at pairing applicants and employers. And thus, each year, many qualified applicants are left offer-less, and even students who do manage...
Harvard students who do pursue unpaid domestic internships at for-profit companies may seek stipends from Harvard centers, such as the Institute of Politics. But, according to IOP Student Internship Chair Christopher W. Danello ’12, IOP Summer Stipend recipients do not generally work at for-profit companies...
Many students like Gao also use their own connections and networks to conduct job pursuits, but Harvard is trying to do its part. With databases, informational panels, and specialized counselors, the Office of Career Services covers both international and domestic job and internship opportunities...
...search resources at OCS are global,” according to Nancy Saunders, the Associate Director of Career Services for Employer Relations and Internships. This year, Crimson Careers, the comprehensive job and internship database, has posted 250 non-domestic jobs and internships, and they’ve received over 650 applications. OCS has also purchased a new online service called “Global Global,” which provides students with more specific resources for not only jobs, but also related topics such as securing visas...
Besides the Rockefeller grant, about $600,000 were awarded to students through the Fellowships Office at OCS, which recently announced the recipients of the Weissman International Internship Program grant, Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, David Roux Fund Grants, and the Alex G. Booth ’30 Fund Fellowships, along with several smaller fellowships. About 350 students applied for those four grants, and 146 recipients were selected, administrators said...