Chesterfield County Internships: A Launchpad for Your Career
Chesterfield County offers college students a unique opportunity to gain invaluable experience through its internship programs. These internships provide a firsthand look at local government operations and serve as a bridge between academic knowledge and practical career skills. There’s no substitute for experience when it comes to preparing for a career.
Overview of Chesterfield County Internships
Chesterfield County is inviting college students to apply for its 2025 internship program and get a firsthand look at how local government operates. The 10-week internship, which runs May 26 through July 30, introduces interns to local government operations. Interns have a unique opportunity to expand their knowledge through meaningful learning experiences. Interns will also have the chance to meet with county leaders, work directly with county employees, attend training, and participate in teambuilding exercises to complement their experience-based learning.
Eligibility and Application
Interested applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited institution and have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.8. Interns are selected based on departmental needs and the student’s field of study and experience. Applications will be accepted through Sunday, Feb. 15.
Social Services Academic Internship Program
The Social Services academic internship program provides post-secondary education students from various institutions with an exceptional professional work experience that connects classroom curriculum and potential career choices. Interns must be currently enrolled in a post-secondary academic institution and complete the required hours of experience to receive academic credit. A field supervisor with the appropriate professional credentials will provide supervision and complete an evaluation for classwork credit. Due to the volume of applicants and capacity limitations, not every applicant can be accommodated. Those interested in an internship should complete the volunteer application. Internship seasonal submission deadlines are Jan. 1 for summer, March 1 for fall and Aug. 1 for spring.
VCE Internship Experience
The selected intern will develop experiences through interdisciplinary events that showcase all that VCE has to offer as an organization. Many of the marketing opportunities throughout the summer are collaborative efforts by the Chesterfield Extension office, which will give the interns a chance to promote and discuss everything that VCE has to offer to the community. The interns will learn the VCE programming model and apply it to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the summer programs they support.
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Plans for the Internship
Interns will learn the VCE programming model and apply it to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the summer programs they support.
Benefits of Internships
Participating in Chesterfield County internships offers numerous benefits:
- Real-World Experience: Interns gain hands-on experience in their field of study, applying classroom knowledge to practical situations.
- Professional Development: Internships provide opportunities to develop essential skills, such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.
- Networking: Interns can build valuable connections with county leaders, employees, and other professionals in their field.
- Career Exploration: Internships allow students to explore different career paths within local government and determine their interests and strengths.
- Skill Enhancement: Interns attend training sessions and participate in teambuilding exercises to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Privacy Policy and Data Handling
The following information pertains to the handling of personal data during the application process and throughout the internship. By using any part of the Services you agree that you have read this Policy, your personal data will be processed as described herein, and you agree to be bound by this Policy. This Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Use. Definitions not explicitly defined herein shall retain the meaning as prescribed in the Terms of Use. This Policy does not apply to (1) personal data controlled by our Customers (employers that utilize our Services, described further below), which is governed by our separate agreements and related data processing agreements with such Customers; (2) personal data collected by unaffiliated sites that link to or are accessible from our Services; (3) personal data our partners may collect directly from you and control; (4) personal data collected and processed by us about our employees or job applicants responding to our job offers; and, (5) non-personal data derived from personal data, including any data that is aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized, statistical data, insights, or other predictive data that is sufficiently different from your personal data that it cannot be reversed engineered through reasonable means, or otherwise identified from analysis or further processing of the derived data (collectively referred to as the “De-Identified Platform Data”). We use De-Identified Platform Data to provide Customers with useful and relevant insights, build features and data services, and improve our Services.
Our Customers are organizations such as federal, state, local, tribal, or other municipal government agencies (including administrative agencies, departments, and offices thereof), private businesses, and educational institutions (including without limitation K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and vocational schools), who use our Services to evaluate job applicants and/or manage their relationship with their personnel. When we provide our Services to our Customers, the Customer generally controls and manages the personal data (which may include sensitive personal data such as biometric information or your precise geolocation information for timeclock tracking, health information, and demographic information like race and ethnicity related to the employment relationship), and we process personal data as a "data processor" or "service provider" (as these terms are defined in applicable data protection laws). Any use of analytics or engagement technologies that process personal data, including tools that analyze user behavior or associate usage with identifiers, are implemented solely as a data processor or service provider in these scenarios, and such data is not used by NEOGOV for its own commercial purposes. Our legal obligations as a processor and service provider are set out in our Customer contracts and policies. Our Customers, and not us, decide what types of personal data to collect to manage their relationships with you. For example, a Customer may choose to enable collection of biometric or precise location data for its employees using our time and attendance product. We process such data only at the direction of that Customer and do not use it for our own purposes. Further, if you apply to a job or your employer utilizes our Services to manage their relationship with you, the personal data collected about you is generally controlled by the employer (our Customer). This Policy does not describe the processing of your personal data by our Customers, and we encourage you to visit the Customer’s privacy policy for information about their privacy practices. In this Section we set out general categories of personal data we may collect and the purpose for using your personal data, including the personal data collected and processed over the past year. We collect and process personal data to provide you the Services, fulfill our contractual responsibility to deliver the Services to our Customers, fulfill your requests, and pursue our legitimate interests and our business and commercial purposes. We also automatically collect data during your usage of the Services and collect other personal data about you from other sources.
Types of Data Collected
We collect personal data from you directly when you visit our Services from either your computer, mobile phone, or other device, attend one our events, or communicate with our personnel. Notify you about our Services and events that we believe will interest you, for our legitimate interests in conducting direct marketing, or to the extent you’ve provided your consent. If you purchased or sent us an inquiry regarding our Services, we may send you information about similar Service you may be interested in. Transaction and billing data including the Service purchased, billing details, financial data corresponding to your selected method of payment (e.g. With the help of our Service Providers, we may also automatically collect personal data about you and your device and how you interact with our Services. If our Customer uses more than one of our Services, we may combine usage data across those Services to enable product insights, engagement analytics, and user support. If our Customer utilizes our mobile application or our time and attendance services where you clock in and out of your job, we may collect data based off your fingerprint or facial ID. This biometric data is collected and processed solely on behalf of our Customers, and is only applicable to their employees or personnel. We do not collect biometric data from users of Governmentjobs.com. Additionally, if your employer (our Customer) uses our time and attendance product, we may collect precise geolocation data (e.g., latitude and longitude coordinates) at the time of clock-in or clock-out.
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Technologies Used for Data Collection
We and our service providers may use a variety of technologies to collect information about your device and use of our Services as discussed immediately above. Most web browsers can be programmed to accept or reject the use of some or all of these technologies, although you must take additional steps to disable or control other technologies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser and device you use to access our Services. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. Web beacons are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixel in size. Web beacons are often used alongside cookies to track activity. HTML Storage Objects are program code that collects data about your activity on our Services. Please note that you can change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, or to block cookies altogether. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information (e.g., Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari). The information collected by the technology will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers, who use the information to evaluate your use of the Services. We also use Google Analytics for certain purposes related to advertising, as described in the following section. These tools are used solely on behalf of our Customers to support the Services they direct us to provide. The ads may be based on various factors such as the content of the page you are visiting, information you provide such as your age and gender, your searches, demographic data, and other information we collect from you. We neither have access to, nor does this Policy govern, the use of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to access the Services by non-affiliated, third-party ad technology, ad servers, ad networks or any other non-affiliated third parties. Those parties that use these technologies may offer you a way to opt out of ad targeting as described below. If you are interested in more information about tailored browser advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being put on your computer to deliver tailored advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s Consumer Opt-Out link or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Opt-Out link to opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate in those programs. Please note that you may still receive advertisements even if you opt out of tailored advertising. In that case, the ads will just not be tailored.
Data Collection from Partners and Public Sources
Partners. We collect and use personal data originally collected by partners for joint product and marketing opportunities. Data brokers. Public sources. The PowerLine Application (“App”) is an app designed to help maximize your mental wellbeing by providing information and connecting you with others that have had similar life experiences. Your interactions on the App will be anonymous with respect to other users, as other users will only know you by an anonymous identifier. As you use the App, we collect information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of your interaction with the App. Measurement data produced by the Apps. Apps crash reports. Apps usage and interactions.
Disclosure of Personal Data
We disclose personal data with other parties for the purposes stated herein or as required by law. We disclose personal data to our Customers (your current or potential employer) that utilize our services. For instance, if you are a job applicant and you respond to a job posting, we will disclose your personal data to the employer in order to facilitate the job search and hiring process. If your current or former employer uses one of our Services, personal data you input into those Services is accessible by that employer’s end users - subject to the security and access controls set up by the employer. In addition, if you sign up for an Access membership, we may disclose your personal data with Customers and their designated agents for recruitment purposes. We disclose personal data to services providers to provide services on our behalf. We work with other entities to perform research, under controls that are designed to protect your privacy. If you download or access content on our Services or attend an event or webinar we host or co-host, we may disclose your personal data to sponsors of the event or webinar. As explained in detail above in the "Online Analytics and Advertising" section, we may disclose your information to third parties that assist in tailoring and serving advertisements that are relevant to you. We may also disclose personal data where you provide your consent or post your personal data publicly. Where required by law, additional consent is obtained before personal data is transferred to us or forwarded to other parties. We may transfer or disclose personal data to another entity who acquires or may acquire any or all of our business units, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets, or bankruptcy. Please be aware that we are based in the United States and the information we collect will be transferred to, processed, and stored on our servers in the United States in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. The data protection laws and regulations applicable to your information transferred to the United States may be different from the laws in your country of residence.
Your Rights Regarding Personal Information
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, to make requests related to your “personal information” or “personal data” (as such terms are defined under applicable law, and collectively referred to herein as “personal information”). Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. You may also have the right to opt out of “sales” of your information and “sharing/processing of your information for targeted advertising” as described below. As provided in applicable law, you also have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need to retain certain information in order to provide our services to you. You may be able to designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to appeal our decision to deny your request, if applicable. We will provide information about how to exercise that right in our response denying the request.
Opting Out of Data Sharing
As explained in the “When We Disclose Your Information” and "Online Analytics and Advertising" sections above, we sometimes disclose information to third-party advertising providers for targeted advertising purposes or use advertising analytics partners to assist us in analyzing use of our services and our user/customer base. If you would like to opt out of the disclosure of your personal information for purposes that could be considered “sales” for those third parties' own commercial purposes, or “sharing” or processing for purposes of targeted advertising, please visit "Your Privacy Choices" which is available in the footer of our Services. Our use of third-party analytics services and online advertising services as discussed in detail in our Privacy Policy may result in the sharing of online identifiers (e.g., cookie data, IP addresses, device identifiers, and usage information) in a way that may be considered a “sale” under the CCPA. You have the right to opt out of our sale/sharing of your personal information for purposes of certain online analytics and advertising by visiting "Your Privacy Choices” which is available in the footer of our Services. The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your “sensitive personal information” (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes. California Law permits customers who are California residents to request certain information once per year regarding our disclosure of “personal information” (as that term is defined under applicable California law) to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Except as otherwise described herein with respect to legally required browser based opt outs, we do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated DNT signals, as there is no industry-wide framework for DNT signals. To learn more about Do Not Track, you can do so here. Our Customers use our Services to post job opportunities, evaluate job applicants, manage their human resource activities, and train their workforce. In conducting these activities, the Customer maintai…
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