Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
A women sitting on the grand canyon
  1. NAU
  2. CEFNS
  3. CEFNS Career Development
  4. Student jobs and internships

Student jobs and internships

Get professional experience to boost your résumé

Employers often look beyond academic credentials and seek candidates with workplace experience and success. Expand your education and hone your skills through a job, internship, or graduate assistantship while taking classes at NAU. You’ll find exciting opportunities on and off campus—the resources below are a great place to start.

Jobs on Handshake

Handshake is your starting place for finding a student job. Many employers wish to hire NAU students, new graduates, and alumni for part-time work, full-time jobs, and internships.

Graduate assistantships

If you’re working on a master’s degree, graduate assistantships (GAs) are an outstanding way to fund your graduate education while developing professional skills.
A faculty member with students outside

Internships

Internships provide experience in a variety of settings and open doors to many career opportunities. Adding an internship to your résumé can make you more marketable after graduation. NAU Career Development provides internship resources to help internship providers, students, faculty, and staff successfully navigate NAU’s avenues for experiential learning.

Internship resources for students

Public Lands Internship Program (PLIP)

The Public Lands Internship Program (PLIP) is a partnership between Northern Arizona University and various land management agencies, including the National Park Service. Student interns will have the opportunity to grow in environments that complement their educational goals and ultimately prepare them for careers in land management, natural resources, and sciences. For more information on the program and available internships, please contact PLIP@nau.edu.

Public Lands Internship Program