We know that finding the perfect summer internship can be frustrating, which is why we’re excited to help promote about.me’s Internship Challenge! Starting today you can enter to win the summer of your dreams and one of five paid internships at the Huffington Post, AOL Video, AOL Events, Tech Crunch or about.me.
Long gone are the days where you have to choose between paper pushing, faxing or filing. These paid internships offer real world experience and awesome perks — like spending a summer in New York or San Francisco, a $1k housing stipend and the opportunity to meet industry leaders like Arianna Huffington, AOL’s CEO, Tim Armstrong, or technology leaders like Ryan Freitas and Tony Conrad.
About the Internships:
Huffington Post (New York)
Spend your summer as a paid Intern at the Huffington Post, sharing the newsroom floor with the best journalists, social media managers and editors in the publishing industry.
AOL Video (New York)
Think you have what it takes to find the cutest cat videos on the web? Then get paid to help influence millions of viewers as an Intern at AOL Video.
AOL Events (New York)
Are people still raving about the party you planned for spring rush? Then join AOL’s Event Planning team and get paid to spend your summer organizing cool events across the country. How’s that for a status update?
TechCrunch (San Francisco)
Maybe you prefer the Redwoods and the high-tech spirit of the West Coast? If you are obsessed with starts and live for a product release, then spend the summer in San Francisco doing marketing and sales at the leading tech publication, TechCrunch.
about.me (San Francisco)
Do you have what it takes to make it at a startup? About.me needs a talented intern to join their Marketing and Community Management team. This internship is all-access! Interns will enjoy invites to exclusive tech events and mentorship from about.Me’s founders: Tony Conrad and Ryan Freitas.
How to Enter:
Entering the contest is simple.
1) Create an about.me profile that demonstrates why you’re the best intern candidate for one of the above positions.
2) Link your existing online profiles (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Tumblr, etc…) to your about.me page.
3) Share your about.me page with everyone in your network – every vote counts.
Why about.me
An about.me profile is an awesome tool that allows you to create a customized page, linking employers to your important online profiles — all in one place. If you’re a student with a design portfolio, a LinkedIn account, a film reel and a blog, then an about.me page is the perfect way to let employers know exactly what you’re up to and where to find you.
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