The Department of Labor’s primary mission is to serve and protect America’s workers and prepare them for the demands of tomorrow’s work place.  DOL ensures workers’ rights, inspects work sites, shields workers from employment discrimination, administers unemployment insurance programs, enforces workers’ compensation, wage standards, and sponsors training programs. An internship with DOL could involve accounting, economics, statistics, mathematics, law, research, computer science, personnel, engineering, safety, or health and public affairs.

Here is a list of the various offices within the Department of Labor where students have interned:

• Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Employment Standards Administration
• Employment and Training Administration
• Office of Accounting and Payment Services
• Office of Accounting and Payment Services
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
• Office of Safety and Health Administration
• Office of the Solicitor
• Office of Small Business Programs
• Veterans Employment Training Service

Web Site: http://www.dol.gov

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