It’s Spring time! We’re dying to get outside to start enjoying the improving weather, so please forgive us if it takes us a little longer to answer our e-mails. Many college students struggle with the decision between a summer job and an internship, often because they want to spend the Summer outdoors. Since we love organizations that offer different types of work experiences, today, we’re going to look at a non-profit called Wilderness Inquiry, which offers internships and, as an employer, is about as good as it gets for our outdoorsy readers.
Wilderness Inquiry is about “making high-quality outdoor experiences accessible for everyone, including those who do not typically get out and enjoy the wilderness.” That’s it. We love it when a company or organization can break down what they do in one sentence. The focus of Wilderness Inquiry trips (and they offer over 200 multi-day trips to locations around the world) is typically hiking or canoeing. Many outdoor programs choose to segregate people by their experience or ability, but Wilderness Inquiry thinks that ensuring that all participants have a good attitude is the only requirement for putting together a great trip for everyone. When you look at Wilderness Inquiry’s website, you realize that they are serious about inclusion; in fact, Wilderness Inquiry is especially adept at making the great outdoors more accessible to people with disabilities.
Besides offering some great entry-level jobs, Wilderness Inquiry also has an excellent internship program for college students. Summer interns can choose to focus solely on outdoor leadership or on outdoor leadership with administrative emphasis (which is still 75% outdoors). Fall / Winter and Spring Internships have much more focus on administrative tasks, but you can be sure that they’ll get a good taste of the outdoors as well (10% for Fall / Winter and 20% for Spring). Wilderness Inquiry doesn’t pay their interns, but they do offers some great perks. Housing is provided at “Martha’s Place”, which is in the heart of Dinkytown near the University of Minnestoa Twin Cities campus. There are also pro discounts available to interns from outdoor gear manufacturers like Patagonia. And if you want to join Wilderness Inquiry’s Trail Staff, the best way is to start as an intern. If you still have questions to be answered, take a look at their FAQ for Interns.
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