Virtual Experience Programs

Ilitch School Career Services offers free virtual work experiences through Forage and Parker Dewey.

After completing virtual work experiences, you can showcase your skills and abilities to prospective employers on LinkedIn and your resume. If you need help adding these experiences to your resume or have additional questions about virtual work experience programs, please contact the Ilitch School Career Services office by phone at 313-577-4781 or by email at ilitchcareers@wayne.edu.

Micro-Internships

Through micro-internships, students can demonstrate their skills, explore career paths, and develop professional networks. These paid opportunities typically range from 5 to 40 hours of work, and students can be selected for multiple Micro-Internships. Learn more here.

 Interested students are encouraged to:

1. Create a Parker Dewey account at http://info.parkerdewey.com/waynest
2. Fill out your profile as completely as possible
3. Review current micro-internship projects available
4. Apply to projects of interest
5. Continue to check the platform regularly for new opportunities

Virtual experiences & training projects to build your skills

Virtual work experience programs are online programs built and endorsed by leading companies. They contain a series of resources and tasks designed to simulate the real-world experience of starting a career. Virtual work experience programs on Forage are designed to help students:

• Gain a better understanding of the diverse and exciting career pathways available
• Build the skills and confidence that will set you up for success as you move from the world of study to the world of work.

These Virtual Experience Programs (created by companies like JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Accenture, BCG, and Deloitte) let you try out 'life-like' tasks that provide a better understanding of what it's like to be a junior employee at that company. They take 5-6 hours to complete and are self-paced. When you sign up for a new virtual work experience program, you choose whether to share your information and submitted work with an employer. As you complete each module, you will unlock real work samples that demonstrate how a graduate at that company would have approached each task, allowing you to assess your work.

• By completing programs, you will build the skills that demonstrate the career competencies employers seek, develop your confidence, and improve your practical skills.
• These programs are a risk-free opportunity to try out a career in a leading firm. They are virtual experiences that are open to all students.
• Just do your best! There are no mistakes in these virtual work experiences. No grades, no pressure!
• Virtual experiences are truly digital; you can complete them in your own time from anywhere in the world.
• After completing each Virtual Experience Program, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion. To showcase your new skills, you can include each Program on your resume and LinkedIn profile.
• Some companies provide exclusive opportunities (like online networking events, competitions, and prioritized internship applications) to students who complete their Virtual Experience Program.

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