It's the age-old dilemma: how do you impress an employer without work experience, and how do you get experience if you're not employed?

Curricular Practical Training (CPT) - Paid Internship

The knowledge that students have gained in the classroom can only be useful if it is applied in real world situations. Business & Cultural  Internships (Curricular Practical Training - CPT), which integrate theory learned in the classroom with practical application in the real business and professional environment, will help students develop the “hands-on” skills on the job, provide them with an opportunity to explore many career options, interests and abilities, contribute to the development of personal and professional maturity and ethics. This CPT program is uniquely designed for international students to combine knowledge learned in the classroom setting with knowledge acquired from "hands-on" practical work experience in some American companies and organizations, consequently, brings classroom instruction to a new level of understanding. Meanwhile, the CPT employment can help international students finance their education. All wages paid can be kept by the students and used for their tuition and fees & living and personal expenses in the US.

The average earning through the CPT employment is estimated at about $8,000 - $16,000 per year or more, depending on the English ability and job skills and abilities of individual students. While the entry-level jobs are widely available, those students with more skills may have higher income. entry level job will be arranged by NEEI but all the students, while working on their first job, are allowed to find a "better job" and switch to that "better" job to enhance and enrich their internship experience. Students are encouraged to work with more than one company so that to get more experience and more recommendation letters. Internship starts after student stay in school for 9 months and continues for at least two years.