Micro-Internships: Real Work Experience Before Graduation

3,000+

participating employees

Choose a Project

Select a six-week, work-at-your-own-pace project connected to a real participating company. Complete meaningful work using guided templates, resources, and support from mentors and peers.

Build Real Experience

Complete a professional deliverable you can showcase with confidence. Every project gives you practical experience, a stronger portfolio, and a compelling story to share in future interviews.

Earn Credentials

Finish your project and receive a company-issued letter of completion, a stackable digital credential, and resume-worthy experience that demonstrates your skills to employers.

A mobile app, browser extension, data dashboard, API, or automation tool. If you build it, you can show it.

A podcast, short film, digital archive, interactive experience, or media project. Creative work is employer-facing work.

A research report, white paper, data analysis, policy memo, or market map. Companies need thinkers as much as builders.

A nonprofit plan, advocacy campaign, or community project. Real-world impact is real-world experience.

A hardware rig, 3D-printed object, robotics concept, or tangible prototype. If you can describe it, you can present it.

Letter of Completion

A company-issued letter confirming your project and contribution — ready to share with employers and graduate programs.

Portfolio Artifact

A professional presentation and written project brief that shows what you built, how you built it, and why it matters.

Stackable Digital Credential

A verified digital badge and micro-certificate added to your credentials wallet and shareable on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn Amplification

SCLA promotes your completed project through our network, giving your work visibility beyond your own connections.

Choose Your Project

Browse the company opportunity library and select a project that matches your interests and goals. Not sure where to start? The onboarding assessment helps you narrow it down.

Build With Support

Work independently on your project using SCLA's templates, resources, and tools. Weekly kickoffs, mentor office hours, and peer standups keep you moving without managing you.

Submit Your Work

Deliver your professional presentation and project brief. SCLA reviews your submission against a clear rubric and provides feedback before finalizing your credentials.

Earn Your Credentials

Receive your letter of completion, digital badge, and portfolio artifact. Add the company name to your resume and LinkedIn profile. You did the work — now you can show it.

Any enrolled SCLA Academy member at a participating campus — undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates within 12 months of completion. U.S.-based members only for this launch.

No. Micro-internships are unpaid project experiences. What you receive instead is a credentialed portfolio artifact, a letter of completion, and a story you can use in every interview going forward.

We suggest 10 hours per week over four to six consecutive weeks. You can go faster or extend beyond six weeks — the program is self-paced. The more consistently you build, the more you'll have to show.

Yes. Everything is virtual. All sessions, mentorship, and project work happen online.

Yes. We expect you to use modern tools, including AI, to move faster and think better. You are still responsible for what you create and submit.

Put Real Company Work on Your Resume Before Graduation

Not a Class. Not Busywork.
Real Work for Real Companies.