{"id":3294,"date":"2017-03-27T10:52:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2017-03-27T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T16:52:36","slug":"its-internship-season-top-internship-fields-and-the-skills-you-need-from-nyt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/its-internship-season-top-internship-fields-and-the-skills-you-need-from-nyt\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Internship Season: Top Internship Fields (and the Skills You Need) from NYT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"headline\" class=\"headline\"><strong>Top 20 Fields for Internships: Get Your Skills On<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/education\/edlife\/top-20-fields-for-internships-get-your-skills-on.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Feducation-life-20170205&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Article from <em>The New York Times<\/em>.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;This is high season for securing a summer internship, an <strong>essential talent pipeline for employers and steppingstone for students.<\/strong> Postings peak in March, with 30,443 advertised positions in March 2016 (if you don\u2019t have anything by May, you\u2019re probably out of luck). But before sending that r\u00e9sum\u00e9, take a good hard look at what\u2019s on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\">&#8216;Employers are being a lot more specific about the skills they expect from interns,&#8217; says Scott Bittle, a spokesman at <a title=\"The website.\" href=\"http:\/\/burning-glass.com\/\">Burning Glass Technologies<\/a>, a research company that visits more than 40,000 websites a day to collect employer postings for internships. For example, students are expected to show up versed in particular software. But the top crossover skill: <strong>project management<\/strong>, which requires people skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/education\/edlife\/top-20-fields-for-internships-get-your-skills-on.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Feducation-life-20170205&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Read on<\/a> to learn more about the skills you need to secure an internship in the top 20 fields &#8211; business operations, marketing, engineering, sales, and more!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 20 Fields for Internships: Get Your Skills On Article from The New York Times. &#8220;This is high season for securing a summer internship, an essential talent pipeline for employers and steppingstone for students. 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