{"id":17832,"date":"2024-06-13T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/ee\/?page_id=17832"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:52:24","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/cuny-career-launch\/faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"CUNY Career Launch FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CUNY Career Launch FAQs<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What is CUNY Career Launch?\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CUNY Career Launch is one of two CUNY-wide paid internship initiatives that recruit students from across CUNY undergraduate campuses who have not had substantial paid professional experience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What are the requirements to participate in CUNY Career Launch?\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You must be between the ages of 18 to 24 <strong>at the time of application<\/strong>, have had no prior paid internship experience during your college career, be currently enrolled as a CUNY undergraduate student with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, and be eligible to work in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: What majors are considered in your application?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All majors are welcome to apply! <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: Where does the CUNY Career Launch program take place?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CUNY Career Launch interns are placed at mission-driven, community-based nonprofit organizations and government offices all over New York City.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: When does CUNY Career Launch program take place?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CUNY Career Launch takes place from early July to mid August.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: What are the hourly requirements for the Career Launch intern?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">CUNY Career Launch interns work 19 hours per week for 8 weeks, including one week of training. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Is the internship paid?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yes, CUNY Career Launch interns will earn $20\/hour before taxes.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: Where can I apply?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Applications for Summer 2026 are <strong>now<\/strong> closed! Please check in next Spring 2027 for updates on the Summer 2027 Career Launch program.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: Where can I learn more?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/about\/administration\/offices\/ocip\/students\/careerlaunch\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Q: If I have more questions, who should I contact?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can email us at css.careerlaunch@qc.cuny.edu, call us at 718-570-0566, or visit us at Queens College in Frese Hall, Room 102.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUNY Career Launch FAQsQ: What is CUNY Career Launch?\u00a0\u00a0 CUNY Career Launch is one of two CUNY-wide paid internship initiatives that recruit students from across CUNY undergraduate campuses who have not had substantial paid professional experience.\u00a0 Q: What are the requirements to participate in CUNY Career Launch?\u00a0\u00a0 You must be between the ages of 18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"parent":15077,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[241],"class_list":["post-17832","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17832\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=17832"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=17832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}