Virtual and Micro-Internship Resources

Here is a list of resources for developing a virtual internship experience. Buckeye Careers does not endorse any particular organization or service. Reach out to Jennifer Chilman for more information on how you can develop a virtual or micro-internship for your organization!

Delivering a Virtual Internship Experience

• Face to Face Communication – GoToMeeting, Zoom, FaceTime, WebEx, etc.
• Other communication tools – Slack and use Donut to randomly match people up to talk, Instant Messenger, etc.
• Free Project Management Tools – Asana, OpenProject, nTask, Monday, etc.
• Online file sharing – DropBox, Box, GoFile, etc

Third-party Facilitators of Virtual Internships Between Employers and Students

• Virtual Internships
• Parker Dewey
• Symba

Additional Virtual Internship Guides

• Creative Ways to Make your Virtual Internship a Success by Handshake
• Intern Bridge
• InternQube (resource guide for online internships)
• The Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions from University of Wisconsin - Madison (PDF)
• GitLab (guide to considerations for remote internships)

Essays and Observations

• Essay on micro-internships and the gig economy by Julia Freeland Fisher
• Micro-Internships and Student Employability from The Chronicle of HIgher Education
• Why Micro-Internships Will Be the Next Big Thing from Forbes