Internship Prep: Book Lists

Not available in CUNY libraries. Available at Amazon. Provides career discovery information by actively engaging users through real world and informative learning activities.

Build meaningful online & offline networks. Learn to use Social Media to manage your career

Available at LaGuardia and CityTech

Available at Lehman (circulating) and Staten Island (reserves)

Available at Medgar in Reference. This directory lists more than 550 internship and summer job opportunities.

Available at other CUNY Libraries (not Medgar) This guide reveals insider secrets to scoring the perfect internship and more.

Available at BMCC and Brooklyn College. This book includes the basics and also tackles such topics as office politics and social etiquette, impossible bosses, and much more.

Available at Medgar and other CUNY Libraries

Available at BMCC and other CUNY libraries

Available at BMCC and Kingsborough as Reference (not circulating).Provides detailed information on the internship programs at over 750 companies nationwide.

Available at BMCC and LaGuardia. Provides guidance and first-hand interviews with interns, their colleagues, and their supervisors.

Available at BMCC, Kingsborough, and Lehman in the Reference section to read on their premises only. Whether you want to help IBM researchers develop new technology, conduct tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you'll find everything you need to know to do it.

Available at Hostos
A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers

Available at Baruch College
This guide will show you how to find the internship that's right for you, get hired, and maximize your professional development. The guide covers: What questions to ask yourself before you start your internship search; Where to find the internship and how to impress recruiters; Profiles of real interns in advertising, tech, publishing, and more.

Available at Hostos
This book is filled with examples of resumes, cover letters, and thank you notes.

Available at Medgar

Ebook available online from all CUNY Libraries, make sure you select Medgar to read online. Or, download into your mobile device with the free app Blue Fire Reader for a 14-day loan.