Short answer: You already have more than you think. Class projects, clubs, part-time jobs and volunteering all count, if you describe what you did and what came of it. Then apply early, since many employers review applications as they arrive, and write directly to people at the companies you want.
What counts as experience
- Class projects with a real output: an analysis, an app, a marketing plan, a lab result.
- Clubs where you ran something: an event, a budget, a social account, a team.
- Part-time and summer jobs. Retail and food service show reliability, customer skills and working under pressure.
- Personal projects: a website, a small business, a research question you chased.
Write each one as an action and a result. "Ran the club's Instagram" is weaker than "Grew the club's Instagram from 300 to 900 followers in one semester". The resume bullet bank has examples.
Apply where first-timers get hired
- Programs for first- and second-years, listed on early career programs.
- Smaller companies, startups and nonprofits, which hire from January to April and often teach on the job.
- Research with a professor at your school.
Apply early, and not only online
A role that reviews applications as they arrive can fill before its deadline. Applying within a few days of posting helps. So does a short, specific message to someone on the team; the cold email guide has templates that work for students.
Where to look on Useno
On November 9, 2026, Useno listed 6,910 Summer 2027 roles on the internship board. Start with a field: 293 marketing and sales internships, 563 finance and banking internships, 945 engineering internships.
Sources
Employer dates come from each employer's own pages where they publish them. A date that only a third party reports is marked Third party. Useno counts are Useno's own data, read on November 9, 2026.