Milkenhiem Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I'm still in school, not majoring in business but I plan on getting the required 24 business related credit hours. How can I go about getting/applying for an internship (anywhere) in the contracting field? Can I intern while still in school? Or do I have to be a college graduate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAR-flung 1102 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Milkenhiem, I don’t know the answer to your question. It’s been my experience that getting a job is best approached as a job...you’ll probably find answers to those questions and much more in your first a half week’s work at it (20-25 hours) of seeking out, researching about, striving to demonstrate qualifications of, applying to, and interviewing for your next job opportunity. You may want to work the problem from different angles to begin with...consider paths that many others won’t look at...for example, see this deployable position with the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) Announcement number C1-000248-2018. The opportunity closes in a week, deploys to Kuwait, has a $51K salary, indicates that Bachelors degree is highly desired...it doesn’t say a bachelors is required. The position probably works with non-appropriated funds, meaning it doesn’t touch the FAR, requires a lot of hard work, and isn’t an “internship”, but you probably weren’t counting on living an ordinary life anyway...this might lead to other things...you can do a web search on the interchange agreement for NAF employees of the DoD allowing some to compete for civilian federal jobs after they achieve some certain sort of status...at their NAFI (Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality of the Department of Defense). Happy trails and best wishes for you whatever you pursue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Milkenhiem said: I'm still in school, not majoring in business but I plan on getting the required 24 business related credit hours. How can I go about getting/applying for an internship (anywhere) in the contracting field? Can I intern while still in school? Or do I have to be a college graduate? Did you visit this page of the WIFCON website -http://www.wifcon.com/workforce.html - before you posted your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankJon Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Better yet, did you read all of the responses to your own post? Have you looked into the Pathways Program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PepeTheFrog Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Be related to or friends with a current federal employee who has connections with the hiring officials. Gain status as a veteran, disabled person, or diverse/vibrant individual. The next best thing is the Pathways Program that FrankJon mentioned, or any of the special internship programs that work for recent graduates. Take advantage of your temporary status as a recent graduate. It will never be easier for you. Yes, you can intern while in school, whether undergrad or graduate. Various agencies have programs like this. Air Force has "Copperhead Snakes" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkenhiem Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 3 hours ago, PepeTheFrog said: Be related to or friends with a current federal employee who has connections with the hiring officials. Gain status as a veteran, disabled person, or diverse/vibrant individual. The next best thing is the Pathways Program that FrankJon mentioned, or any of the special internship programs that work for recent graduates. Take advantage of your temporary status as a recent graduate. It will never be easier for you. Yes, you can intern while in school, whether undergrad or graduate. Various agencies have programs like this. Air Force has "Copperhead Snakes" or something like that. Hm, ok thanks for the info, I'll check it out. Also in terms of the 24 credit hours would you happened to know when it says "management and organization" can I take classes just listed as management? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 11 hours ago, Milkenhiem said: Hm, ok thanks for the info, I'll check it out. Also in terms of the 24 credit hours would you happened to know when it says "management and organization" can I take classes just listed as management? Try this I think it will answer your question......https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/questions-and-answers-concerning-revised-1102-qualification-standard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkenhiem Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 1:50 PM, PepeTheFrog said: Be related to or friends with a current federal employee who has connections with the hiring officials. Gain status as a veteran, disabled person, or diverse/vibrant individual. The next best thing is the Pathways Program that FrankJon mentioned, or any of the special internship programs that work for recent graduates. Take advantage of your temporary status as a recent graduate. It will never be easier for you. Yes, you can intern while in school, whether undergrad or graduate. Various agencies have programs like this. Air Force has "Copperhead Snakes" or something like that. I tried looking into the Pathways Program and the only way it looked like I could apply is through USA jobs and every time I look there's almost no listing for students, maybe 1 or 2 at most but that's it. Is there a better way to go about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PepeTheFrog Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 PepeTheFrog is an old frog and has not looked into the program since the major changes during the Obama Administration, sorry Milkenheim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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