Land Your Summer Internship

Finding an internship can be a challenge – that is, until you find an effective process for a successful search. Don't let the perfect internship pass you by and learn how to take advantage of all the resources at your disposal.

Are you using Handshake, your school's Career Services, your department's internship manager or other job boards like The HBCU Career Center? Are you tapped into HBCU-specific internship programs? Have you found your ideal paid internship? If you answered no to any of these questions, this workshop is for you!

Attendees will learn:

• Tips to finding internships
• Rikeshia's strategy to ensure internship information comes to your inbox
• Other types of hands-on/experiential learning opportunities to add to your search

Post-event, three HBCU students and recent grads will be chosen at random to meet with Rikeshia for a one-on-one virtual mentor session. During each session, Rikeshia will give a personalized resume review and do an informational interview to support career exploration. Those selected will also be connected to two professionals for further informational interviews.

About Rikeshia Davidson

Rikeshia Davidson is a passionate advocate for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and effectively leverages social media to share scholarship and internship resources. She currently leads The HBCU Internship Project coaching a cohort of HBCU students through the internship and career exploration process.

From March – July 2021, Rikeshia helped close the scholarship gap for students and shared nearly a half a million dollars in scholarships ($482,500) via her #fabfive Friday scholarship campaign.

In November 2021, Rikeshia collaborated with Declassified Media and Spark-Ed University launching The Scholarship Guide. In January 2022, she reaffirmed her commitment to increasing access to fully funded internships by creating the 2022 Experiential Learning Mega List. The curated list features 85 experiential learning opportunities valued at more than $382,515 ranging from internships to fellowships to institutes to research opportunities. Rikeshia is a proud graduate of Mississippi Valley State University and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

About The HBCU Career Center

The HBCU Career Center was founded in 2007 for students and professionals underrepresented and left out of the expensive career management market. We educate around job search skills, workplace realities and employment equity and support the career and professional goals of students, alumni and the broad HBCU community. Our offerings include career and job search resources, as well as a job and internship board to connect employers with talent. Our focus is to keep Historically Black Colleges and Universities respected, resilient and relevant.

Search Jobs and Internships at The HBCU Career Center