Intern for a Day matches undergraduate UMD students with professionals working in their field of interest for either a half-day or full-day in-person job shadowing experience. Students have access to many hosts - 200+ hosts for virtual informational interviews and in-person job shadowing!

This semester, hosts are offering either full day/half day in-person job shadowing opportunities OR 1-hour virtual informational interviewing opportunities. You can find all hosts who are offering in-person job shadowing opportunities on the "In-Person Job Shadowing Hosts" tab and the hosts who are willing to connect for remote informational interviewing opportunities on the "Virtual Info Interview Hosts" tab. Please note that you will find different hosts on each tab. There are no hosts who are offering both job shadowing and informational interviewing. Hosted by the University Career Center. Questions? Email ifad@umd.edu.

Mandatory Orientation enrollment 

 

Students will have access to the mandatory online orientation here when it becomes available. Questions can be directed to ifad@umd.edu

1. Complete the orientation: self-paced, 30-45 minute mandatory virtual orientation. Virtual orientation is mandatory to participate in Intern for a Day and is the only orientation option being offered this semester. This is true even if you have participated in Intern for a Day in the past. The orientation will cover some additional material, including information relevant to this semester's iteration of Intern for a Day. 

2. Complete the application: All students who have completed the mandatory orientation will be sent an Intern for a Day application.

3. University Career Center staff will begin the process of matching applicants with hosts. You will be contacted by the ifad@umd.edu email.

4. Complete your in-person shadowing or virtual informational interviewing experience.

Learn more at: go.umd.edu/ifad 

Questions? Most questions about the program will be addressed in the mandatory orientations. Other questions can be directed to ifad@umd.edu.

 

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BSOS Undergrads

VIEW ALL HOSTS, Highlighted Organizations/Professionals for Fall 2024:

 

In-Person, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Anne Arundel Community College
  • Anne Arundel County Public Schools
  • Council of the Great City Schools
  • Chesapeake Children's Museum
  • Folly Quarter Middle School - Howard County
  • Great Kids Farm of Baltimore City Schools
  • National Park Service
  • Prince George's County Public Schools
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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Virtual, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • American University
  • Freelance Writer
  • Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy
  • Joyful Heart Foundation
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute


 

 

In-Person, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Charles County Department of Health
  • City of College Park
  • Homeland Security Investigations
  • Montgomery County Government
  • Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
  • U.S. Census Bureau 
  • US Department of Education
  • US Department of State


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Virtual, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • CASA
  • Defense Acquisition University
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Joyful Heart Foundation
  • KPMG
  • Maryland General Assembly
  • National Association of State Treasurers
  • U.S. Census Bureau 
  • U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service

 

 

In-Person, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • API Source
  • Black Bear Sports Group Inc
  • DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment
  • DKT International
  • FJ Capital Management
  • Langdon Park Capital
  • Long & Foster Real Estate
  • Marriott international
  • Navy Federal Credit Union
  • Quantum Financial Advisors
  • SAVE The DATE, LLC EVENTS
  • Startup Maryland
  • U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO)

 

Virtual, Sampling of Participant Hosts 

  • Always Been Creative
  • Ares Management
  • AK HR Solutions, LLC
  • Berger & Associates, LLC
  • Datadog
  • Donohue’s Digital Marketing
  • DOT/NHTSA
  • ESPN
  • Haleon
  • iWorks Corporation
  • Jersey Mike's Franchisee
  • LinkedIn
  • MarginEdge
  • Merck & Co.
  • MKTG Sports & Entertainment
  • National Highway Safety Adminstration-US. Department of Transportation
  • PLEX Solutions, LLC
  • Prudential Financial
  • Sage Hospitality Group
  • Savvy Worldwide
  • Salesforce

 

In-Person, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Bartlett Tree Experts
  • Carrie Murray Nature Center, Baltimore City Rec and Parks
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Department of Natural Resources-Forest Service
  • Kent Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Maryland Oral Surgery Associates
  • NASA
  • NOAA
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service - US Department of Agriculture
  • White House Nursery
  • Soltesz, Inc.
  • UMD School of Medicine
  • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • WWF

 

Virtual, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Choose Clean Water Coalition, National Wildlife Federation
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Perdue Farms
  • USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • US Food & Drug Administration

 

 

 

In-Person, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Andalman and Flynn
  • Hoffpauir Law LLC
  • Maryland State Police
  • Montgomery County Circuit Court
  • Montgomery County Police Department
  • Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland
  • U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia

 

Virtual, Sampling of Participant Hosts

  • Appellate Court of Maryland
  • Deloitte
  • DLA Piper LLP
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Maryland General Assembly
  • USDOL, Office of Administrative Law Judges
  • U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service