Kish College Veterinary Assistant program resumes in July 2022
The Kishwaukee College Continuing Education department will offer the Fall 2022 Veterinary Assistant program from July 24 through Dec. 16.
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Internships
"On average, college graduates who have an internship on their resumes are 12% more likely to be hired and earn $7,000 more than graduates who did not."
-CBC News
What is an internship?
An internship gives you a unique, on-the-job perspective of the career path you have chosen and helps connect classroom knowledge to a real work environment. Internships can be paid, unpaid, for academic credit or not.
What are the benefits?
- Gain workplace experience in your field
- See how classroom education translates into the real work world
- Test-drive your career before you graduate
- Network with professionals in your field
- Connect with mentors and build references
Credit internships are supervised by appointed faculty members and certain criteria
must be met to receive credit. A list of departments offering Academic Credit is available
can be found in the Course Catalog.
A non-credit internship is an excellent way to build your skills and experience in
your field of study. Non-credit internships can be paid, unpaid or informational.
The Career Services can assist you in researching and obtaining a non-credit Internship.
- Complete 12 credit hours or be accepted into your major/program
- 2.5 GPA or higher is advisable
- Below are some questions to ask yourself:
- What do I want to get out of an Internship?
- Which types of organizations do I want to pursue?
- Do I want to stay local or willing to travel?
- Write you Resume
- Develop your Elevator Speech
- Ask your instructors for leads
- Create an account on www.CollegeCentral.com/KishwaukeeCollege and search the Internship opportunities.
- www.internships.com
- www.techcareers.com
- www.gamasutra.com
- www.rileyguide.com/intern.html
- www.idealist.org
- http://www.glassdoor.com/students/index.htm
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Kishwaukee College earns ICCTA Equity and Diversity Award
Recognizing Kishwaukee College's commitment to equity, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) has recognized Kish with the 2022 Equity and Diversity Award. The honor recognizes the commitment of Kish’s Board of Trustees and leadership to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion in the College's education programs.
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