Internships and Career Placement

Student Support

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For our students ...

The office is here to support you through individual meetings, programming, special events and more and we will communicate with you regularly.

We will only communicate with you through our Penn State email list-serve messages.
(So please check your email regularly.)

Here are the Top 15 things you can expect from our office:

  1. Daily emails providing internship and part-time positions.
  2. Daily emails providing full-time carer positions (for seniors only).
  3. Details about recruiting companies visiting campus for information sessions and interviews.
  4. Opportunities to meet with us one-on-one to discuss internship leads and search strategies.
  5. Opportunities to meet with us one-on-one to review full-time career opportunities and search strategies (seniors only).
  6. Cover letter and resume information sessions, and opportunities for individual review.
  7. Mock interviews and individual interview consultations.
  8. Individual offer and salary negotiation consultations.
  9. Eqiquette dinner — a free, four-course meal for Bellisario College student to learn how to navigate business/interview meals.
  10. COMM Careers in the Capital Internship/Career Fair (Nov. 13, 2024 / Washington, D.C.)
  11. JobExpo.Comm Internship/Career Fair (Feb. 21, 2025 / HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State)
  12. Success in the City Internship/Career Fair (March 21, 2025 / New York City)
  13. Films & Friends Networking Nigh (March 21, 2025 / Dolby Screening Room, New York City)
  14. COMM Career Conversations, a speaker series with four or five presenters during the academic year on communications-related topics
  15. Individual appointments scheduled online through Nittany Lion Careers, or by calling 814-863-4674