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LOCAL JOBS: Internships and Summer Jobs for Students


There is still time to snag a summer internship or job, especially if you’re home from college or a high schooler looking for a summer gig. This week’s LOCAL JOBS focuses on seasonal and summer jobs for students. If you’re the one doing the hiring write about the position in the comments below, especially if you’re hiring students between the ages of 16 and 18.  Listings were found viaCareerBuilder and Indeed.com.

Employers, have a job you’d like to share with our readers, send it to Lorraine Swanson at lorraine.swanson@patch.com. Or, post it in our comments!


Chicago Zoological Society in Brookfield is looking for a senior community program assistant to work with youth at Brookfield Zoo.

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Lulu’s Kitty Care in Chicago needs a responsible loving pet sitter with own transportation to work with clients in the South Loop, West Loop, River North and River West.


Hyatt in Oak Brook is is offering a paid internship for a food and beverage intern.

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A family in Oak Lawn needs a summer sitter for a 5-year-old boy.


A family in Evergreen Park is looking for a summer sitter for 8-year-old and 13-year-old girls.


College Pro in Lemont is hiring student painters for the summer.


Seadog Ventures at Navy Pier is hiring a performer to play Buzzy the Seadog mascot. Must be willing to wear costume in summer climates.


Veolia Transportation in Lombard is looking for a summer file clerk.


Nickel A Day Films in Naperville is hiring a film crew to shoot a feature-length film about teen suicide awareness in July-August. Needed are AD, Production Design, Sound Recorder, Location scout, and costume/Makeup. and crew, grip, gaffers, and PA's with some experience. Low- paying but great experience.


Pool Guards Inc. in Aurora has lifeguard positions and other seasonal openings from May through August throughout the western suburbs.


LaGrange Bible Church in LaGrange is looking for a piano accompanist starting in September for adult and children’s choirs.


Clarke in Roselle is hiring summer support staff and a summer aquatic services technician.


Morgan Stanley in Oak Brook is offering a college internship.


Prairie Material in Bridgeview is hiring summer help. Must be mechanically inclined. Preference given to college students.


Northrup Grumman in Rolling Meadows is offering summer internships to perform PC and hardware inventory.


Clarke in Roselle is hiring seasonal call center representatives and a summer light trap runner for mosquito abatement.


Manpower is looking for college students interested in short-term summer work unloading and unpacking books around Chicago.


Catholic Charities in Chicago has a summer opening for a Mobile Lunch Clerk.


CME Group in Chicago is offering a summer internship to assist in developing an OTC strategy.


American Physician Institute in Oak Brook is looking for a PowerPoint specialist for a three-month project.


FoxTrot in Chicago is offering a summer marketing internship to assist in all day to day operations.


Life Time Kids in Warrenville is hiring summer children’s camp counselors.


College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is looking for a summer warehouse helper.


Live Nation Entertainment in Rolling Meadows has an opening for a social media intern.


Tel Labs in Naperville is looking for a legal intern to work on intellectual property projects.


Hub International in Westmont is hiring a summer intern for its business development team.

Wheaton Park District in Wheaton has an opening for a Cosely Zoo summer camp counselor.


The Chicago Architecture Foundation in Chicago has an opening for a development special events intern.


Bloom Township High School Dist. 206 in Chicago Heights is hiring summer kitchen maintenance help.


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