How to find an summer internship related to economic development?
January 10, 2009 4:12 PM   Subscribe

I'm a first-year economics PhD student in Washington, DC. I'm looking for a paid, summer internship relating to economic development. I'm open to any geographic location. What are some good online resources I could utilize to help me find such an internship?
posted by sun_also_rises to Computers & Internet (6 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
You should talk to your professors and the career services office. If you are really seriously here looking for resources, you should be figuring out whether you getting the most out your educational experience.
posted by parmanparman at 4:27 PM on January 10, 2009


Best answer: I realize that this information doesn't do you much good now, but you probably needed to start looking a few months ago. I work for an organization that offers paid internships and know the internship coordinators at a number of similar organizations. The deadlines for applications to those programs was, almost universally, either December 31 or January 1. If you need to be paid this summer (and probably even if you don't), you should look for regular jobs as well, because your odds of getting an internship, especially one that pays, go down the longer you wait to start applying.
posted by decathecting at 5:25 PM on January 10, 2009


Well, the IEDC membership roles would be a start.
posted by carmicha at 7:36 PM on January 10, 2009


Best answer: Consulting firms that specialize in economic development might be an exception to decathecting's observation... but by your spring break they'll know how backlog looks and whether they have need/desire for interns. There are loads of these firms in DC--I can think of at least a dozen without trying very hard-- and you can find them either via IEDC (International Economic Development Council, formerly known as the National Council on Urban Economic Development) or via www.planning.org and Planning Magazine. You can probably set up interviews for then especially if, as parmanparman noted, your professors help you out by steering you to friendly firms, alumni, etc.
posted by carmicha at 7:43 PM on January 10, 2009


I think you will have better luck with offline searches, specifically networking with people associated with Congress, IMF, World Bank, UN, etc. I spent 4 years as a student in DC and my best internships (the Senate, a German software company) both came through friends and not through impersonal online searches.
posted by charlesv at 7:52 PM on January 10, 2009


You should also look at the pertinent associations and think tanks, e.g., ULI, Brookings, CED, etc.
posted by carmicha at 8:07 PM on January 10, 2009


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