A Government Internship Program with the U.S. State Department

Internship programs are an excellent way to acquire work experience with resume flagship organizations and companies. The U.S. Department of State2013 Fall Student Internship Program is an unpaid opportunity for college students to participate in a 10-week program. It may be an unpaid internship but it provides an intensive educational and professional experience within the environment of America’s principle foreign affairs agency. That is a plus for anyone's resume.

These unpaid internships are available at many over 265 U.S. embassies, consulates and missions to international organizations around the world, as well as at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. The U.S. intern participants will gain first-hand, hands-on experience, and learn the realities of working in and with foreign and civil service professionals.  

As an unpaid intern, you may have the opportunity to participate in meetings with senior level U.S. government or foreign government officials; draft, edit, or contribute to cables, reports, communications, talking points used by policy makers. In addition to helping organize and support events, including international, multilateral and conferences meetings on critical global issues.  

The internship is for the Fall 2013 with the U.S. Department of State and you may even earn educational credit depending upon your college.  

To find out about this intern position and other government jobs, visit USAJobs. You will need to complete the application gateway and please note that the deadline to submit completed intern applications is March 1, 2013.

New Government Grant Workforce Recruitment Program for the Disabled

I was recently notified of this new Employment Grant called Workforce Recruitment from the US Office of Disability Employment Policy.  This grant program offers a government recruitment database to employers so if you are disabled and signup for this program today. Here it is in its entirety.
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 Ask the owner of any thriving business to share the secrets to their success and they’ll likely cite a mix of hard work, tenacity and even luck.  But most will also acknowledge other people—individuals who encouraged them to set and achieve their goals.  Whether a relative, teacher or former boss who believed in their potential, someone positively influenced them along the way.

For many, an early work experience may have played a pivotal role in propelling them forward.  Internships and other short-term employment arrangements offer young people a valuable opportunity to gain skills and learn about their employment options through first-hand experience and trusted relationships with seasoned professionals.  At the same time, they offer employers an easy and effective way to evaluate potential employees and cultivate a pipeline of talent for the future. 

Now, assistance is available for employers interested in recruiting talented interns—and helping to nurture the nation’s future workforce.  The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) offers employers of all sizes access to a database of more than 2,000 qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities seeking internships or permanent employment.  Participants are selected for the WRP by professional recruiters following an extensive application and interview process at colleges nationwide.

If someone made a positive difference early in your career, the WRP offers an opportunity to pay it forward.  Because as employers, small businesses have the power to play a big role in the expectations young people, including young people with disabilities, set for themselves.

Use of the WRP is free for all employers and facilitated through the Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN), a service of the National Employer Technical Assistance Center funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.  To learn more, visit the WRP webpage or call EARN at 1-855-AskEARN (1-855-275-3276) (Voice/TTY).

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