Summer Fellowship Program
Resources for the Summer Social Enterprise Job Search
Timing for typical Social Enterprise summer search
Fall - early winter - students defining goals and interests; identifying and contacting potential organizations
January - March - most nonprofit and public sector postings appear on Job Bank; bulk of interviewing with organizations (note that postings may appear through May, but students need to be aware of timing for summer fellowship applications)
February - April - most students start making summer employment decisions
early March - first summer fellowship deadline (Applications will be accepted for review on a rolling basis and decisions will be made on a funds-available basis throughout each period until all funds have been allocated.)
Some first steps
- Spend some time outlining your goals and interests for the summer
- Review the suggestions and resources on the SE Job search website
- Review The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector, by Stephanie Lowell (MBA '99), Harvard Business School Publishing, 2000 (available in the Coop or through HBS Publishing
- See listings of past hiring organizations, read summaries of past summer internships, and get copies of full reports (available through Baker Library | Bloomberg Center)
- Email or meet with past summer fellows to hear more about their experience
- Read advice from past fellows on the ingredients to a successful summer experience
- Read about alumni in the field (in The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector and online)
- Attend speakers presented by Social Enterprise Club and other related clubs
Support available through Career Services
For Career Services support, please see Career Services website (Intranet Login Required)
- Counseling and self–assessment tools
- Social Enterprise Career Coaches. make an appointment with one of our career coaches through Career Services:
- Betsy Strickland
- Stephanie Lowell
- Euvin Naidoo
- Philippe Taieb
- Writing effective résumés and correspondence, and preparing for interviews (Intranet Login Required)
- Network development (Intranet Login Required)
- Nonprofit Industry Research online
Support available through the Social Enterprise Initiative
- Presentations throughout the year on SE Careers
- Specific guidance on organizations or approaches to the social enterprise job search once you have reviewed available resources
For SEI support, please email Margot Dushin, mdushin@hbs.edu
