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Mary Beth Begley, administrative assistant at the Massachusetts Internship Office, says interest in public sector work is as strong as ever. Her office helps place students in internships with private, non-profit organizations and with government agencies. These internships, most of them unpaid except for some work-study openings, are offered in nine different areas applied sciences, the arts, communications and media, counseling, education, environmental affairs, health, law and government and management...
...Public sector work is also available with various public interest groups, such as the Massachusetts Public interest Research Group (Mass PRIG) and Massachusetts Fair Share. Summer positions involve door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, and political outreach. The hours, two to ten p.m., may be more favorable to some students than the normal nine-to-five track. Salary is based on the funds raised by the individual canvasser...
...those who do look toward the business sector, jobs are abundant, but highly competitive. They may also prove are elusive; Konarski notes. "There are openings in software engineering, however this type of higher level job opportunities often are not advertised...
...half years of existence, the Women's Group at the Kennedy School of Government has held informal discussion groups and meetings attempting to focus women working in the public sector...
...goal is simply to encourage more women in careers in the public sector," said Nancy E. Stier, a second year public policy student who organized last Saturday's event...