[Hidden-tech] Some Added Reasons to Exhibit at Internship Fair

[fern]

It seems that there is some confusion about what an
internship entails, what is the responsibility of the
school and what is the responsibility of the employer.

For the past five years I was the internship and
volunteer coordinator at The Food Bank. I attended
internship fairs at many of the college in the region.
I would be happy to work with anyone here who is
considering hiring an intern or a volunteer. 

There are many ways to involve students in the work
you do. For the relationship to be most beneficial to
you and the student be prepared to do some mentoring. 
Your internship description should be clear with goals
that can be met within the timeframe.


Feel free to send me an email if you need help with
anything related to internships or volunteers.

Fern



--- Andy Klapper <andytk at charter.net> wrote:

>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must
> be counted to post .
>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> member's area.
> 
> 
> 
> What kind of support does the intern get from the CS
> faculty?
> 
> I had an intern that was supposed to be writing XML
> files that get used by a
> testing program to test an application that I wrote
> and support for a client
> of mine.  While I admit that I really didn't put in
> the amount of time that
> I should have on this, the student also got very
> little support from the
> college other than providing a computer that he
> could work with.
> 
> I might be willing to try this again depending on
> the amount of support and
> guidance the student would receive from the CS
> faculty.
> 
> 
> Andy.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net
>
[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net]On
> Behalf Of Mark
> Bucciarelli
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:13 AM
> To: A - Z International
> Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Some Added Reasons to
> Exhibit at Internship
> Fair
> 
> 
>    ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must
> be counted to post .
>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> member's area.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 09:19:30AM -0400, A - Z
> International wrote:
> 
> > With only 9 days to sign up for the Internship
> Fair at the
> > "early bird" rate of $25, I wanted to pass on some
> incentives
> > to attend.
> 
> Some more info for folks on the fence.
> 
> I called UMASS office because it wasn't clear to me
> if interns
> needed pay or not.
> 
> Here's what I was told:
> 
>     - the fair is for liberal arts majors with an IT
> minor
> 
>     - interships are 3, 6, or 9 month terms
> 
>     - if internship has appropriate focus, students
> get academic
>       credit
> 
>     - if student can get academic credit, they may
> take a
>       non-paid internship
> 
>     - since the IT is a minor, it's possible to get
> credit for a
>       technical internship
> 
>     - an internship spent answering phones won't get
> credit.
> 
>     - an internship creating marketing collateral
> and strategy
>       likely would get credit
> 
>     - it's the first time the career office is doing
> this for
>       Hidden Tech.
> 
> So for $25 bucks and four or five hours of time, it
> seemed like a
> good investment.
> 
> You can pay Amy the $25 using PayPal, so it's easy
> to sign up.
> 
> Hopefully, we will get a good turnout so hidden-tech
> will get
> access to this resource again.
> 
> m
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