April 27, 1999
The Communicator is the official program
newsletter serving the students of the Graduate Programs
in Public Policy and Administration and International
Affairs at California
State University, Sacramento.
STUDENT JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
GAO Student Employment Opportunities OR-600-99 Student Internship Program
Opens: December 18, 1998
Closes: September 30, 1999
Selections are made on an ongoing basis.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
GAO is hiring graduate and undergraduate students to assist the agency's staff in responding to congressional requests by performing research; determining information needs; collecting information through record searches, automated data retrieval, interviewing, and questionnaires; analyzing information and formulating recommendations; and writing reports and briefings.
Intern appointments are limited to 16 weeks. Appointments may be paid or non-paid (volunteer).
QUALIFICATIONS:
Generally, students with majors or course work in accounting, business administration, public policy/administration, computer science, management information systems, economics, or the social sciences are most likely to be successful candidates for the GAO internship program. Students with other majors and course work will also be considered.
COMPENSATION:
Paid student interns are appointed at the GS-4, 5, 7, or 9 levels depending on the number of semester hours or quarter hours completed when selected. Salaries range from about $1,400 at the GS-4 level to about $2,500 per month at the GS-9 level.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, submit:
- a resume,
- undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts and a list of courses and credit hours in which you are currently enrolled,
- dates available for employment and anticipated return to school date, and
- Supplemental Form for location preference, email addresses, etc.
Your application must contain information on your U.S. citizenship and it would be helpful to provide your social security number for tracking purposes. You must indicate all locations for which you wish to be considered. If you do not choose one or otherwise indicate no preference, you will be considered only for Washington, DC.
Incomplete applications will not receive consideration. Resumes and transcripts will not be returned.
Send completed application package to:
US General Accounting Office
Office of Recruitment, Room
1165
Attention: OR600-99 441
G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20548
or send by email to recruit@gao.gov
Subject: OR600-99
[NOTE: We can only accept your information in the following formats: ASCII text; WordPerfect; MSWord.]
For the full Job announcement please go to: http://www.gao.gov/jobs/or60099.htm
Office of Assemblyman Jim Cunneen
Intern Job Description
The opportunities in Assemblyman Cunneen's office are many. The captiol office is fairly small staffed, allowing for a lot of responsibility for those who come to help.
The intern in our office will definitely have a trmendous amount of political and public policy experiences. The intern will be responsible for assisting with every other aspect of the legislative process for teh life of all the other bills; i.e. legislative counsel, assembly desk deadlines, committee prep, sponsor coordination, etc. Also, the intern will help with other preparations such as metting briefs and research.
General office chores of phones, faxing, copying, constitutent mail, and errand running are shared by all and will be expected as well of the intern.
Our office space is such that they can provide the intern with his/her own desk space, as well as a computer and phone.
Again, due to the small staff in our Sacramento office, we really work like a team. Sense of humor is mandatory!
Please fax or mail resume to:
Assemblyman Jim Cunneen
Attention: Victoria Davis
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax. (916) 319-2124
Go to the Center for California Studies Fellowships and Internships page for information about some great programs.
Go to the CSUS Foundation web site for a listing of Employment Opportunities on and off campus.
Go to the Community College Foundation job listing web site for student employment opportunities off campus.
Go to the Cooperative Education Program website for information about unique student opportunities.
We welcome your contributions to the Communicator! Make announcements, share your good news, reflect on your academic and professional achievements, or submit an article. Contact the Director, Bob Waste, or the Department Secretary, Suzi Byrd, (916) 278-6557, in the PPA/IA Department Office.