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Micro-Internships for America's Promise Students

Students from participating colleges (Montgomery College, Prince George's Community College, and Frederick Community College) can execute professional assignments to build and demonstrate skills while exploring a variety of career paths.

For Career Launchers

When you are launching your career, Micro-Internships provide a tremendous opportunity. Not only can you explore different career paths and work on interesting assignments, you can also demonstrate your abilities to potential employers while building your professional portfolio and network. Beyond that, your academic experience will improve as you apply what is taught in the classroom to the real world (and vice versa). Oh, did we forget to mention that you get paid for all of this?

Be sure to add America's Promise to the Affiliations section of your profile. If you have questions about this, please contact schools@parkerdewey.com.

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Students and recent graduates can get professional experience by completing Micro-Internships.

For Prospective Employers

Regardless of your role, industry, or organization size, students from America's Promise job-driven grant program can help. This includes outstanding students from Montgomery College, Prince George's Community College, and Frederick Community College who are acquiring training in Information Technology and Cybersecurity. 

If you want to expand your recruiting pool to access diverse talent with 21st century skills and the grit to succeed, Micro-Internships make it easy. If you want to improve the effectiveness of your hiring efforts and lower the costs (and risks) associated with onboarding, no problem. If you just need some immediate help on projects because you or your team is overloaded, we’ve got you covered.

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Micro-Internships provide a new way to connect with our students.

For Alumni

Micro-Internships provide a new way for alumni to connect with current students. Give your time and expertise back to our community while showing students how their classroom experiences connect to careers.

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Micro-Internships help connect current students with alum for professional projects.

What are Micro-Internships?

Micro-Internships are short-term, paid, professional assignments that are similar to those given to new hires or interns. These projects enable Career Launchers to demonstrate skills, explore career paths, and build their networks as they seek the right full-time role. Unlike traditional internships, Micro-Internships can take place year-round, typically range from 5 to 40 hours of work, and are due between one week and one month after kick-off. Micro-Internships are used by companies ranging from those in the Fortune 100 to emerging start-ups, and go across departments including sales, marketing, technology, HR, and finance. 

Micro-Internships are facilitated via the Parker Dewey platform, which connects Career Launchers with Companies in need of support.

How it Works

Creating an account takes under 5 minutes - with no additional paperwork required!
Companies post paid projects
Career Launchers apply
Companies choose from candidates
Career Launchers gain work experience

Example Projects

Click through to view our library of completed Micro-Internships to get some ideas.

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The total cost of the Montgomery College Capital Region Collaborative is $5,633,390, which is 100% funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration’s America’s Promise Job Driven Grant Program. An additional $1.4 million in leveraged resources are provided in support of this program by Montgomery College and its partners. This product was created by the recipient and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it.