According to Interships.com, setting up an internship program helps you
manage your workflow and get more done, and it helps you find new team
members. As Internships.com, “the
world’s largest student-focused internship marketplace,” reports, 67.7% of
2007-08 interns were offered fulltime positions. More than 80% of those offers were accepted,
and 35.3% of employers' fulltime, entry-level college hires came from their
internship programs.
Not sure how to get started?
Internships.com offers a free, 12-step guide to setting up a program. The guide covers such topics as understanding
what an internship is, identifying your organization’s needs and work
opportunities, and understanding the legal aspects of offering an internship
program.
Keep in mind, however, that internships are about more than you getting a
little extra help for a good price.
Students who sign up for internship programs most likely want to learn
more than how to file papers and stuff envelopes. Decide what role your interns will play in
the organization. What contributions
they can make. Who will mentor
them. How they’ll benefit from their
time with you.
Recruiting help now may be harder with schools are out or nearly out, but
that’s no reason not to get the ball rolling.
Use this summer to organization your program so that you’re ready next
year. Better yet, recruit the students
of your employees to help you test your system out. Your
employees may be grateful for the opportunity to show their kids what they do,
and their kids just might surprise you with new career choices.
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