College students have a lot to do during the next few weeks: get your taxes done, get your parents to get their taxes done, seek out scholarships, write the scholarship essays, get the scholarship reference letters, file FAFSA, file CSS Profile and any other financial aid paperwork required by your college …

It’s also time to start looking for professional internships for the summer.

If all you want or need for the summer break is a run-of-the-mill summer job to earn some money, this task can probably be put aside for a little while.

But if you want to land the professional / career internship that’s going to be a resume credit, yes, you need to start looking now. My daughter told me today she’s found some internship applications that she will be following up on during winter break – while she is also working on scholarship essays.

Michigan.gov has a Michigan Intern resource page that includes a resume writing and cover letter tool kit. The site also explains how to use the Michigan Talent Bank to find college internships.

You’ll also want to talk to the academic dean or job placement office at your college soon after January semester starts to look up any postings they have received for students in your major.