NIU Honors/Alumni Association Externship Program Application

First Name *

Last Name *

Z-ID *

Student Email Address *

Major(s) *

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Based on NIU’s Career Cluster model, which of the following industries is currently of greatest interest to you? * 🛈

What is your desired career after graduation? *

For assistance visit O*Net and find the job you are most interested in pursuing after graduation. In O*Net, review the "summary report" for the job of greatest interest to you. If you have not decided on a particular career, you can also visit the "what can I do with my major?" webpage provided by Career Services.

What are some key tasks someone in this career field performs and which of these tasks are you most interested in learning more about first-hand? *

What are some key knowledge, skills, and/or abilities for this career field and how do you think an externship experience will help you learn more about those? *

What are some knowledge and skills you would like to further develop?

This list could be things you believe will be important for your career that you would like to improve further or just general skill areas in which you’d like to see improvement.

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Please make note of the way(s) in which you feel an externship opportunity directly relates to your academic interests/experiences. *

List any courses you have taken that you believe will be relevant to an externship within your career field of interest. *

By signing below, you agree that if selected for the Honors Externship program you will be prepared to commit a week of time in Jan.6-10, 2020 to participate in this immersive process.

You agree to be placed with an organization match based on your provided information and based on employer participation and understand that though all efforts are made to optimize matching, your final placement may not be in direct alignment with all of your stated goals/interests.

Student Signature * 🛈

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