Internship Description and Responsibilities:
The USC Career Center serves the unique career needs of undergraduate and graduate students and alumni from all majors and professional programs. The career engagement graduate intern position offers interested candidates with the opportunity to experience and contribute to a university-wide career center that provides cutting-edge programs and services to students, employers, and alumni. Additionally, graduate interns will participate in a cohort model providing them the opportunity to learn, train, and build relationships with other graduate student interns.

General Assignment:
The cornerstone of the Career Engagement Graduate Intern position is assisting the Career Engagement Team with drop-in advising, which includes reviewing students’ resumes and cover letters, providing students an overview of Career Center services, resources, and answering general job/internship search questions. The graduate intern will also have the opportunity to take individual career advising appointments and conduct mock interviews. Additionally, the graduate intern will create and present topics targeting a specific area. Past interns have presented on: Beyond the Bullets: Designing Your Impactful Resume, Creating Access in the Workplace, Levering Your Diverse Identity in Professional Settings, Navigating Corporate Spaces as a Woman of Color, First Generation Alumni Panel: A Pathway to Success Post-Grad and more. The graduate intern also assists with projects for various career center teams, including social media marketing, presentations to student groups, updating online content, and more.