It's all a bit chicken and egg, getting experience I mean. As you move into your chosen career you are likely to come up with the words ' I'm sorry, you just missed out, the other candidate had a bit more experience' or something similar. In an ideal world you would have some experience before embarking on your new job, but how do you get experience without a job, and how do you get a job without experience? See what I mean? It's a chicken and egg scenario.

As I talk to people, particularly students, internships are becoming increasingly important and part of the 'getting experience' strategy. But how do you find them? Finding internships in the UK is fairly straightforward, a quick search on the internet brings up these options (in no particular order):

1. Employment for students (Summer)
2. Internship UK
3. Student Job
4. Internwise
5. Internships UK

But what if you want something more chemistry related? If you are looking for postions in publishing or as a science writer, look no further than the Royal Society of Chemistry. We have two summer internship postions which you can find by clicking on the links.

For lab based internships I would suggest trying jobsites such as Indeed, student specific sites such as milkround
or on specific websites/institutions/companies you are interested in such as The Wellcome Trust or GSK

A couple of words of caution - some internships can be unpaid, make sure you check what is on offer before you sign on the dotted line. Very short unpaid internships can be useful but make sure that you are fully aware of what you will need financially before you agree.