Internship and Job Opportunities
Internships
The responsibility of finding an internship is the priority of the student, however, through partnerships with tech companies, the department and the College are prepared to help with your search.
Benefits:
- Apply what you have learned
- Gain hands-on experience
- Improve professional and social skills
- Bolstering self-esteem and resume
Resources:
- Contact your advisor
- Search Handshake for internships
- Check your CofC email!
- Weekly job and internship opportunities are sent to student accounts
- Browse individual companies (See below: Jobs-Who's Hiring Our CS Students)
- SSM Internship Guidelines
- Attend the CofC Career Fair and other networking events
- During fall semester, submit your resume for our CS Student Resume Book
- Participate in CS conferences, meetups, seminar series, etc.
- NETWORK with businesses to gain leads
- Visit Career Center for additional resources
Being an intern comes with many responsibilities. As an ambassador for our department, we hope that you will work hard to be an asset to the company, thus allowing them to feel excited about extending future opportunities to your peers. You should take the knowledge you gain from the internship experience and use it to improve your academic experience, encourage your classmates, and mold your desired post-graduation path.
We wish you success as you test your academic skills outside of our walls.
Two BoomTown! employees (and 2014 graduates of the College of Charleston) talk about how their internships turned into full-time positions with one of Silicon Harbor's hottest tech companies.
Charleston, S.C.'s BoomTown! is currently ranked #96 on the Inc. 500 list and #8 in the software sub-category.
Jobs
Who's Hiring Our CS Students?
Visit Handshake to search for internships and jobs that may be posted daily. Our Computer Science students have successfully found internship and job opportunities at the following companies: