Build Experience: Applying Skills and Gaining Experience
Develop skills and strengthen your resume
Internships: Hands-on Work Experience
Internships are short-term roles that provide hands-on experience, apply classroom learning to real work, build skills, explore careers, and create professional connections while strengthening your résumé before graduation.
Micro-internships/Parker-Dewey: Short-term, Project-based Experience
Micro-internships are short, paid projects lasting days or weeks, offering hands-on experience, skill-building, industry exploration, résumé enhancement, and professional connections with flexible commitments that fit alongside academic schedules.
Federal Work-study: Campus Employment Based on Financial Aid
Federal Work-Study provides part-time jobs for students with financial need, often on campus or with approved organizations, offering flexible schedules, income for education expenses, and valuable work experience.
Empire State Service Corps: Paid Public Service Experience
Empire State Service Corps offers New York students paid, community-focused projects in education, public health, sustainability, and civic engagement, building skills, earning income, and connecting studies to real-world impact.
Project Work: Goal-focused, Skill-based Assignments
Project work completes defined tasks over a set period, individually or in teams, applying knowledge, managing time, solving problems, and delivering results in academic, professional, or extracurricular settings valued by employers.
Volunteer Work: Unpaid Service to Support Others
Volunteer work is unpaid service supporting communities or organizations, building teamwork, leadership, and communication skills while demonstrating initiative, civic engagement, and real-world experience that strengthens a résumé and professional profile.
Job Simulations/Forage: Virtual Job Simulation Platform
Forage is a free platform offering self-paced virtual work experiences designed by companies, enabling users to complete real-world tasks, build practical skills, explore careers, and strengthen résumés without formal internships.
Apprenticeships: Paid, Hands-on Career Training
Apprenticeships combine paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction, leading to recognized credentials in fields like trades, healthcare, or technology while building skills, experience, and pathways to full-time employment.
