Internship Program

It's Time to Line Up Your Summer Interns

It is not too soon to plan how college interns can provide low-cost help to your company this summer. When they are chosen and managed carefully, interns can be an enthusiastic and cost-effective addition to your work force.

Here are some tips for developing a successful internship program:

• Create a blueprint of interns' responsibilities and your expectations of them.
• Determine selection criteria, such as academic credentials, references, or performance on a writing test. Identify any special skills needed, such as a certain academic background, prior industry experience, or fluency in a foreign language.
• Send information about your program to the colleges you are targeting - and to specific departments, if applicable. Post internship notices early in the year so there is time to interview and make offers well before the school year ends.
• Integrate interns fully into the company's work. Invite them to brainstorming and strategy sessions. Take time to train them and answer their questions.
• Be sure to give interns meaningful work and not a summer of photocopying. Purposeful work, planning, and good supervision are the keys to a mutually beneficial internship program.

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For college interns, you may call one of the following colleges:

For high school interns, you may call one of the following agencies:

Ref.  Metro South Chamber of Commerce