Experiences below tend to last between a few hours and a couple of days and provide you with an opportunity to gain experience while balancing other jobs and school work.
Sometimes you may not have enough time or resources to do a traditional or micro internship but still want to find a way to build experience and hone the skills employers are seeking. The external vendor allows you to do "bite-sized," 5-6 hour virtual work experience programs at Fortune 500 companies. These are like doing virtual case studies presented by companies as another way to build your skills and be seen by industry. Programs fields include accounting/finance, consulting, engineering, technology, social impact, human resources, and more. Take time to talk with your Career Coach about this option and how to best represent it in your career brand.
This external vendor provides you with freelance, short-term projects presented by industry for areas such as graphics/design, digital marketing, creative writing, business ops, IT & programming, and video & animation. This resource may be helpful if you do not have enough time and resources for a traditional or micro internship but would like to find ways to build your skills and experience to leverage after college.
Throughout the year there is always the potential to take part in a Hackathon, Case Competition, or other challenge set by an employer seeking to engage with talent in creative and innovative ways. These experiences are opportunities for you to practice competencies employers demand, add value to your resume, and help you engage with industry and explore career pathways. These experiences may be run through the Career Center, college/school, or even a specific academic program. There are also competitions that happen as part of professional associations and other career-related groups.
There are times in which a company is just looking for solutions, ideas, and innovation, and they want to use a crowdsourcing method to reach those goals. This external vendor provides you the opportunity to solve real-world problems and offer innovative solutions for projects companies are working on. Challenges range from quick and fun to highly technical. These represent opportunities for you to challenge yourself by engaging in real-life problems and provides potential examples you could use in the interview.