Summer Internships:  Information for Employers

The Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy seeks sponsors for graduate student internship placements for Summer 2009. We will advertise such positions broadly to graduate students in professional programs in city planning, public policy, and business, focusing particularly on those expressing special interest in housing, community development and urban policy issues.

Candidates may be available as early as mid-May for projects lasting throughout the summer. Sometimes these internships spawn collaboration during the following school year and beyond. Our candidates are typically eager, hard-working individuals who will make real contributions to your pending and ongoing projects.

Please contact us by Monday, April 13, 2009 if your organization has interest in hiring UC Berkeley grad students for internship positions. Briefly indicate the nature of the project, the salary range you can offer, and contact information. Position announcements attached to your email in .doc or .pdf format are most welcome. We will list all internship positions we receive in a password-protected job-posting made available only to our affiliate schools and departments on campus.

We are happy to advertise positions which offer no salary (i.e., only mentoring and project support), but please keep in mind that paid internships are more likely to attract top candidates. In response to the frequently asked question, "How much salary should we offer?": one benchmark is the graduate student research positions available on campus, for which salaries range from about $17.50/hour (entry-level) up to $22.50/hour and more (more experienced).