This document discusses the benefits of hiring interns and provides guidance on determining if an internship makes sense for a business. It notes that internships are becoming increasingly popular, with over 4 million occurring annually. Hiring interns can provide fresh perspectives, tech-savvy skills, and a way to evaluate new talent. The document advises businesses to consider specific project needs when hiring interns and ensure the internship benefits both the intern and organization. It recommends using online resources to efficiently recruit interns and provide a structured program including clear goals, mentorship, and mutual value.

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2. Is an Intern Worth
it For Your
Business?

3. What Are We Going to Talk About?
Whether hiring an intern makes sense
depends on your specific project needs
and ability to engage in the internship
process.
At the end of this 20 minute section you
will learn three things:
1. Why intern recruitment is becoming
so popular.
2. How to determine if your office
could benefit from an intern.
3. How online recruitment can help

4. Part #1:
Internships are Everywhere

5. Increasing Popularity of Interns
• # of students graduating with internship
experience has increased from 8%15 years ago
to 70% now
• This is an 8
fold increase

6. No Longer Just Big Business
Non-profits, government institutions and
small businesses are becoming an inc.
popular destination for top tier students

7. Internships and Sourcing New Talent
• 70% of students
are offered full time
positions
• 50% stay on board
Compare a 6 month internship to what you
learn about someone in a 60 minute interview

8. Part #2:
Determining if an Intern is
Worth It

9. The New Productivity of Students…
1. Tech Savvy (Strong with Excel, Social Media, and
various other tools)
2. Bring fresh viewpoints, energy and creativity
3. Highly capable when given the right direction

10. Project Specific Hiring
• Think carefully about where in your business the
intern could have the most impact.
• This could be building marketing collateral, creating a
social media strategy, or helping to film a new homepage
video.
• In general an internship experience is most dynamic with
a specific project in mind.

11. Gabe’s Story
• Expert with Photoshop
and PPT
• Made collateral that
would typically cost
hundreds of dollars
• Shared long-term knowledge in his field

12. What do Interns Seek?
Internships need to benefit the intern.
Interns seek to:
Receive out-of-classroom learning and gain
hands-on experience in their field or industry
Obtain school credit
Work under some mentors or industry
professionals
Participate in the organization’s overall
mission
Receive specific training

13. Evaluating Your Internship Program
Project goals
Specific mentor to work with
Willing to educate
Long term goals of the program
When an internship program is focused it
becomes efficient and incredibly valuable

14. Part #3
Recruiting Interns Online

15. What is Holding You Back From Finding
an Intern
• Time consuming and expensive upfront commitment
– College fairs
– Getting approval for an internship program
– Creating an internship description
• Finding Someone I can Trust
– How quickly can a student get involved
– Are they going to be the right fit?
– I don’t want to spend all my time training
• What’s the long term value?
– They are only here for a short stay

16. Taking it Online
• Access to large pool of qualified
candidates
• Posting is quick and easy
• Ability to articulate intern skill
requirements
• Loads of helpful resources

17. Creating a Great Internship Description
That’s it?
Hello.
candidate pool
Your Organization

18. Part #4
Conclusion

19. Tying It All Together
• Over 4 million internships take place every year with the
majority in small and medium sized organizations.
• Interns can add tremendous impact when working on a
specific need area where their collegiate skills allow them
to hit the ground running
• A great internship involves a mutual exchange of skills
and value.
– This means assigning a mentor and scheduling weekly meetings
• If your not sure where to look, the new online
marketplace offers an ideal resource to find the right fit

20. Remember
The purpose of an internship is to
provide insight and experience into
the Intern’s field of professional or
academic interest.
If your program clearly articulates these
benefits you will attract great candidates and
create a pipeline to growing your business