General

Internship Programs

Finding a Job: Sending out resumes generally isn’t effective. Really. The best bet is to get out where potential employers can meet you and be impressed by your work ethic, intelligence, and personality. Aren’t you more likely to ask someone on a date who you met at a party than someone whose qualifications you read online? Face-to-face experiences are what people mean when they talk about networking. Where is it that you can get out and do that? The best place is likely a professional committee. Show up at a meeting of the local chapter of AIA’s design committee or affordable housing committee or committee on the environment, or CSI’s program committee, or ULI’s real estate committee, and before you know it, someone will be suggesting you come by their firm to talk about employment. After all, by working with you on the committee, they’ve already “interviewed” you. In addition to the links below, see the section on “Networking” above.

• (recruiters of architects and engineers)

Salaries

Researching Firms

Laws Regarding Employment: By federal law, it is a crime not to pay an intern except when the employer is a non-profit organization.