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What is a "meaningful internship?" A meaningful internship offers you the opportunity to work in a major Houston corporation and experience the real world of a professional. These internships are in companies such as Continental Airlines, Chase Bank and Reliant Energy. Twenty hours a week, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., you are working as a member of a major department, either in IT, engineering drafting or accounting finance. Through your work, you discover that you have the potential to succeed in a profession. 

The following is just a sampling of the services that our students provide within the different departments of Houston's major corporations:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT):

• Help Desk support
• System refreshes, migrations, imaging and core loads
• Software installation
• Hardware upgrades
• Computer deployment and setup
• General PC and network troubleshooting
• Cable making and cable pulls
• Ticket tracking and resolution
• Updating corporate IT database information
• Managing computer and equipment inventory control

ENGINEERING DRAFTING:

• Create and manipulate objects utilizing AutoCAD
• Create and manage layouts, viewports, and page setups
• Survey building architectural properties
• Create as-built drawings
• Plot projects or alignment sheets for approval
• Sort drawings
• Redraw diagrams to new industry standards
• Add missing or new pipe lines to pipeline schematics
• Utilize geographic information systems (GIS) to help manage pipelines

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE:

• Assist with the tracking of delinquent accounts
• Aid the accounts receivable and accounts payable department by processing transactions
• Input and processing of travel and expense reimbursements
• Review and follow up on vendor statements and purchase orders
• Perform monthly reconciliations
• Collect and organize source documents
• Verify work for accuracy and update illegible documents
• Manage, distribute, or archive incoming files
• Enter data into the system of record

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