I am a city girl with a country upbringing. I was raised on soul food – including chicken. Chicken was a staple in my home, church, and pretty much every social function I attended growing up. I’ve eaten chicken in nice restaurants, fast food chains, and small neighborhood carry outs. Fried chicken, baked chicken, […]
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“If you build it they will come” doesn’t apply to employment and internship recruitment. If you want to attract the best intern you want to start with a great announcement or position description. You don’t want to write a boring laundry list of unimportant tasks or duties only. Interns are looking for experience together
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The selection criteria and standards you utilize to hire employees should be your guide when deciding which intern to welcome into your business. Hiring is the most important part of an internship program. It is more important than assigning tasks and choosing a work space. Although you may truly desire to bring in an
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Some people use the terms internship and practicum interchangeably, but they are different training experiences. Similarly, there are distinct differences between an apprenticeship and an internship although both combine hands on training and academic instruction. Service learning and volunteering also differ from an internship. Do you know the difference? Let me explain is the
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Companies thrive when they invest in their people. Teaching and training are essential to the success of both an intern and an employee. Training requires an invest of time and the costs to retrain are also often high. Frequent staff turnover or extended vacancies can be detrimental to a business. Low staff morale caused
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Even if two companies have the same target market or two nonprofit organizations have the same mission, each will have unique qualities that will set them apart from each other and other competitors. Just as every business and non-profit organization is unique, so is every internship program. Internship programs are not one size fits
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Happy New Year…Again! The start of a new year welcomes in the potential of 365 days of opportunity, excitement, and improvement. Whether we are creating a vision board, writing goals in a journal, or making New Year’s Resolutions, most of us have something specific we are planning to do or someone we want to
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Whatever you are, be a good one. – Abraham Lincoln If you have been a regular reader of my blog or we have been connected on social media for a considerable amount of time, then you know that I am a social worker. I rarely pass up the opportunity to raise awareness about social
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to jutive everywhere. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the most accepted rule of writing a successful business blog is to only blog about business. Experts warn professional bloggers never to taint your business bog with your personal life. Experts agree that you should never write
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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” -Joseph Addison I have always loved to read. Books have been a huge part of my learning both inside and outside the classroom. As I think back on my career journey I know that I would not be where I am today without
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