Internships, Jobs, & Internships for Credit

Searching for Internships and Jobs

The most effective way to identify potential opportunities is through networking. Use our Tracking Document to keep track of your contacts, as well as internships and jobs you find.

Career & Professional Development (CPD) makes no representations or guarantees about the opportunities posted on its website. While CPD makes every effort to educate and empower students in obtaining their desired career goals, this responsibility ultimately lies with the student. High Point University CPD posts job listings on Handshake for the convenience of students. It is the responsibility of students to perform due diligence in researching employers when applying for or accepting private, off-campus employment and to thoroughly research the facts and reputation of each organization to which they are applying. Students should be prudent and use common sense and caution when applying for or accepting any position.

Handshake is the number one way college students get hired. This career management platform allows students and alumni to access full-time, part-time, internship and volunteer opportunities posted directly by the employer or through Career & Professional Development.

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking tool. You can use LinkedIn to connect to professionals in organizations that interest you, HPU alumni, and actual job postings. LinkedIn is also a great tool for researching the job market within specific fields and geographic locations.

Search millions of jobs from thousands of job boards, newspapers, classifieds and company websites on indeed.com

Find out what it’s really like to work within an industry, company, or profession, and how to position yourself to start your career. You must register for an account to access the website.

On Google Jobs you can search, find, and apply to internship and full-time job opportunities.

WayUp is an online platform for finding jobs and internships. Students can sign up for free and gain access to job postings from companies who are hiring interns and full-time employees.

Research companies and details on 14 million US businesses including 200 million human resource contact names, business descriptions, company size, and website links to job postings.

Research is crucial for students interested in pursuing careers in the healthcare field. The National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc. provides information about summer research opportunities across the country.

Unchained Inc, started as a startup technology company with an initial desire to strengthen the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) corporate pipeline. This is a tool to aid our minority population in searching and securing internships and jobs. For sign-up instructions, please click here.

For Students Completing Internships for Credit

Faculty supervisors began overseeing this process starting in the Spring of 2024. Interns are evaluated by both their Site and Faculty Supervisors on progress towards their learning objectives. Evaluations generally fall into the following categories: performance as a member of the staff, performance on assigned tasks, professionalism and ethical behavior, ability to work with others, and potential for work in this field.

Typically, interns are expected to keep a Weekly Time Log, complete a Midterm Evaluation, and complete a Final Evaluation. Keep in mind that your specific department may require more during the course of your internship. It is important that you check with your Faculty Supervisor or your Department Chair to make sure that you are aware of all additional requirements before beginning your internship. Scroll down to see the full Internship for Credit Policies and Procedures booklet.

For Faculty

We have developed resources similar to the forms that were used previously for faculty supervisors to use if they so choose.

Form links for faculty to duplicate, not to share with students

These forms are currently housed in Microsoft Forms. The links below are duplicate links. When you click on the link, there is an option provided at the top of the screen to Duplicate it. This creates a copy of the form in your Microsoft Forms account.

Once a copy has been created, you can customize the form for your students and then select Collect Responses in the top right to copy the link you will provide to your students.

Midterm Evaluation Form

Final Evaluation Form

Internship Timesheet Form

Additional Timesheet Resources

Sample Excel Timesheet template to share with students. This file is read-only to prevent changes to the template, but students can save or download a copy of the template to their own computers to make edits, and then upload it to the Internship Timesheet Form.

If students will be uploading timesheet files in the Internship Timesheet form, please visit Access files submitted via File Upload question option in Microsoft Forms for instructions on locating these files in your OneDrive.