Internships
Benefits to the Intern
- Provides hands-on experience
- Provides an opportunity to experience the industry/occupational area
- Resume builder
- Provides for diverse experiences for the intern to draw upon in future years
- Provides the opportunity to apply classroom learning to practical situations
- Provides the opportunity to prove the intern’s good work ethics, dedication to quality, and excellence
- Provides for the opportunity to potentially gain full-time employment
- Provides the opportunity to refine interpersonal skills
Interns should remember that although their internship is potentially short-termed, it may have a long-lasting effect on their future. Don’t burn bridges!
Interns should ask themselves, “What can I contribute to the company?”
Benefits to the Employer
- Provides an employee with a sincere interest in the specific occupational area
- Provides an employee with a knowledge base in the specific occupational area
- Provides an opportunity for ‘screening’ potential future full-time employees
- Provides an employee with employability skills, i.e. human relations, interpersonal skills
- Develops a good working relationship with education institutions
Employers should develop in cooperation with the intern and the sending institution a written, specific list of skills and tasks that the intern will be exposed to and evaluated on during the internship experience.
Benefits to the Industry
Provides a pool of prospective employees and future leaders for the industry
Internships support the educational institutions
For Internship form application click here.