Internet Search Strategies
Note: Insert keywords, such as occupations, industries, or majors in place of the examples below in order to individualize
your Google searches.
1. Search for internship within a field or industry. For example, let’s look for internships in the field
of animation. The use of the “~” sign tells Google to search all synonyms. In Google, search for
the following:

animation ~internships

animation inurl:internships

allintitle:animation internship(s)
2. Use forums, discussion boards or industry chat sites to inquire about internships. In Google, do
a search on:

Animation internships forum
3. Use an industry “portal”, “database” or “professional association” sites to watch career videos
or obtain career information. In Google, do a search on:

Cellular biology career information society

Geographer association ~careers
4. Use industry databases to locate companies within the industry. In Google, do a search on the
following:

Animation database

allintitle:* industry database
5. Use web directories to locate career and industry information. Go to Google Directory and
search on the following string using the words in order as they appear:

Science>Earth Science>Geology>Organizations
6. Locate a local professional association for the marketing industry. Go to Google and begin by
doing do a search on the following:

Marketing association OR Society; locate local chapters, and then the one near or in
Sacramento, ca

Choose an industry and find the local chapter of the national organization. Do a Google
search on the following: “sacramento chapter” intitle:association; OR go to the national
organization to locate the local chapter by doing a search on the following: _____
association OR society, for example “marketing association OR society”

Songwriters society in California, to locate the West Coast Songwriters

Songwriters association in California, to locate the California Songwriters Association
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7. Locate career information for an industry, occupation or field. Go to Google and do a search
on:

Biotechnology careers links

Career Videos: Go to YouTube and do a search on: A Day in the Life of an engineer

Career Videos: Go to YouTube and do a search on: Actuary career

Geography association OR society video inurl:career
8. To locate jobs, academic information or internships within the same company or sector. Do a
Google search on the following:

Internship site:*.gov

Interior design site:*.edu

Jobs site:www.intel.com

California department internship site:*.ca.gov

Accounting California ~jobs
9. Use “links” in your searches. Go to Google and do a search on:

Biology career links

Forensic accounting links
10. Specialized job posting sites. Go to Google and do a search on:

GIS jobs (do a search on GIS jobs)

efinancialcareers.com (do a search on finance jobs)

Aidb.com (do a search on animation database)

NorCal HERC (do a search on northern California college jobs