Better job market means more student internships

U-M and EMU students in the market for summer jobs would do well to head east – Detroit-area firms are hiring.

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"While seasonal jobs at landscaping companies, golf courses and swimming pools remain popular for teens and college students, spending the summer in degree-specific internships goes a long way toward finding entry-level jobs after graduation, recruiters say...

Quicken Loans Inc. still needs to fill about 500 of the 1,000 intern positions available this summer — nearly all of them at its downtown Detroit location, a spokeswoman for the online mortgage lender said.

"We're still looking for dynamic candidates," said Michelle Salvatore, Quicken Loans director of recruiting. "We're opening good positions every day."

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