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The Colin Powell Career Fellows Paid Internships Program
Defining the college experience is the opportunity to attend interesting and rewarding courses, participate in invigorating extracurricular activities, and expand your network, but you don’t have to stop there. Beyond the college campus is a plethora of professional development opportunities that will propel your career into new heights, so seize the moment! Colin Powell School students are eligible for a bank of 300 Paid Internship Hours (@$18/hour = $5,400), which can be completed at any time for up to a year after you graduate. Access your bank by creating a resume with one of our Coaches, and learn by doing while getting paid!
*PLEASE NOTE: Internships and funding through the program are accessible year-round.
Interested in Another Internship?
If you have received a stipend for 300 hours, then you are no longer eligible for funding through the program. However, you can still:
1. Apply for a paid internship at a site that is providing funding
2. Apply for an unpaid internship
If you used less than 300 hours and want to use the rest of your hours to get paid through CPS, you can re-apply!
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Quick Tips!
College students have gained so much valuable knowledge and skills, yet don’t have many ways to practice them until they are in the workforce. An internship is a place where you can begin practicing what you are learning in the classroom AND have a learning curve. Internship sites both expect you to have some skills to bring to the table, and to have a lot to learn.
Your site supervisor will know to provide extra guidance and explanation not just about the work, but how the work gets done. All of this will help you overcome imposter syndrome and boost your confidence.
Unlike engineering or medicine, the social science field does not have many obvious career ladders that show students how to enter into or grow in their fields. An internship gives you the opportunity to explore different career options and find out what you like, what you don't, and build the persistence and patience to build your own ladder to your definition of success.
Is your neighborhood, your city, and your country the best version of itself? Learn the landscape of organizations working on our toughest challenges and be part of solution to build a stronger democracy.
An internship can give you the chance to meet people who share similar experiences and interests. It can take time to build professional connections, especially for first-generation college students. Doing well in an internship internship is one of the best first steps to build a network in your field of study: site supervisors and other members of the executive team can be a reference when you apply to to future opportunities.
Having internship experience boosts your resume, grants you more job offers, higher starting salaries, and a shorter search process. Who wouldn’t want that?
Most employers in career-pathway jobs expect you to have some experience in an office setting by the time you graduate, so they don’t have to train you from scratch.
College classes, volunteer and non-career jobs like working in retail or the service industry can get you started on the skills and knowledge for a career job, but internships will immerse you in the world of career-pathway work. You will learn the dos and don’ts of office environments as well as gain an understanding of organizational structure and culture.
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Program Contact
In an internship and looking for support?
Got an offer for an unpaid internship or one that is paid less than $18/hour? Meet with me!
Director, Public Service Career Hub
Maya Gutierrez (she/her)
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- Contact Maya
- Meet with Maya
Not sure where to start? Need help brushing up your resume, LinkedIn, cover letter, or interview prep? Then set up an appointment with me or find me in the office for support!
About Me: I’m currently a junior pursuing a BA/MA degree in Economics with a minor in Psychology so I know what it feels like to be lost when it comes to resumes, cover letters, and interviews, so please feel free to ask for help!
Languages: Proficient in English and Bengali
Career Coach
Arifa Begum
First time building a resume?
Preparing for an interview?
Meet with me and unlock the mysteries! Languages: Proficient in English and Bangla; Basic comprehension in
Hindi and Urdu
Career Coach
Abir Ahmed (he/his)
Program Reminders
Catch the latest updates for the The Colin Powell Career Fellows Paid Internships Program
Students can choose how they would like to track their hours (e.g. excel sheet, document, handwritten, the optional Timesheet + Journal form created by the Career Service Hub, weekly, monthly, etc.). Moreover, students and supervisors can establish a timekeeping system.
However, regardless of the system students use, only the dates recorded on the midpoint and endpoint surveys are used by staff as reference for the students’ total hours.
In order to ensure full transparency on the stipend timeline process, we have made a number of changes:
- As of August 13, 2023, ‘midpoint’ and ‘endpoint’ checks will now be referred to as the ‘first’ and ‘second’ check.
- If you are unsure where you stipend is in the processing timeline, please review the ‘stipend calculations’ prepared on pages 22 – 25 for the first and second check.
Need a bigger perspective of how the program looks like from start to end? Review The Colin Powell Career Fellows Paid Internships Program Timeline (Student Checklist) to get a sense of your program responsibilities. Need something a bit more digestible? Check out the Career Fellows Student Timeline Infosheet.
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On the Horizon
Nearing the End of Your Internship? Check out more OSS opportunities:
Status: Application is Closed
The Working Students’ Fellowship is currently inactive until further notice.
Are you working and taking classes at the same time? Apply for the Working Student’s Fellowship. Benefits include:
- Learn to apply your current skills/classes to the jobs you want
- Receive a Certificate of Professionalization with 100% attendance
- Prepare for the transition from your current job to a career
- And more…
Program Contact: TBD
Status: Applications are on a Rolling Basis
This program is a peer mentoring initiative meant to support you as you start your college career at CCNY. New students are paired with an experienced upperclassman who serves as a mentor and role model to help motivate them, focus on academics, and support them in achieving their goals.
Note: Opportunities under the Job Database are separate from the Career Fellows program.