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5 Must-Dos for First-Time Intern Managers

By Nicki Sanders | Mar 7, 2016 | Comments Off on 5 Must-Dos for First-Time Intern Managers

  By Sara McCord I’ll admit it: I wasn’t a natural when it came to managing interns. They were my first-ever direct reports, and I made all of the rookie mistakes. I assigned too much work and too little work; I over-explained, I under-explained; and so on and so forth. The good news is, managing […]

How To Find The Best Intern

By Nicki Sanders | Mar 4, 2016 | Comments Off on How To Find The Best Intern

  Internships have become standard practice – some believe even essential – in building a successful career. As a result, the internship field is extremely competitive.  Here are 5 ways to find the best intern:   1. Decide Determine why you need an intern and set clear internship goals. Decide the tasks and projects intern […]

In the Field: From Social Work Student Intern to Hired Social Worker

By Nicki Sanders | Mar 2, 2016 | Comments Off on In the Field: From Social Work Student Intern to Hired Social Worker

  by Mireille St-Laurent, LCSW      During my time as a social work student, I faced many challenges. For one, being a transfer student who spoke French as a primary language and never having written anything in English was difficult, to say the least! I had moved to New Jersey during the summer of […]

5 Reasons Students Avoid Internships

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 29, 2016 | Comments Off on 5 Reasons Students Avoid Internships

  Sometimes we think we have the perfect internship opportunity that will cause the brightest students to beat down our doors to apply. Sometimes we receive tons of resumes and none of the applicants meet our qualification. There can be many reasons why we may be unable to find our Super Intern. Did you ever […]

Fenox Venture Capital to Pay Unpaid Interns Back Wages

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 26, 2016 | Comments Off on Fenox Venture Capital to Pay Unpaid Interns Back Wages

  By Cat Zakrzewski A Silicon Valley venture capital firm has agreed to pay $331,269 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company misclassified 56 workers as unpaid interns.   Investigators found Fenox Venture Capital had used the unpaid workers to screen startups for potential investments, send reports to Japanese investors […]

Interns Should Get More Out of Internships Than Employers?

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 24, 2016 | Comments Off on Interns Should Get More Out of Internships Than Employers?

By Sandy Malone   I’m feeling a little nostalgic today as I put my fantastic summer intern Claire McCarthy on a plane back to finish her senior year at University of Arizona. Her partner-in-crime, Julia Steinly, left a couple days ago for University of Maryland, but she’s going to be interning this fall for our […]

Want to Recruit the Best Millennial Interns?

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 22, 2016 | Comments Off on Want to Recruit the Best Millennial Interns?

  5 Tips for Recruiting The Best Millennials by Joel Goldstein   Millennials are the largest generation within the workforce and offer employers a set of skills unique to this age group; so knowing how to attract them to your company is essential. Forget about just posting a job description on different websites and waiting […]

Will You Be Able To Retain Millennial Interns?

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 19, 2016 | Comments Off on Will You Be Able To Retain Millennial Interns?

  Why Millennials Have No Problem Quitting Their Jobs by Reuters It’s not about the money. Twenty-eight year old Margaret Davis was making nice money as a writer in the legal department of a big pharmaceutical company in New York.   She liked her coworkers and enjoyed the job on a day-to-day basis—except it was […]

Provide Adequate Work Space For Your Intern

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 17, 2016 | Comments Off on Provide Adequate Work Space For Your Intern

  Where your intern performs their work can affect how well they perform. Many university internship contracts require companies to provide an ‘appropriate’ work space. What does that really mean? Does that mean they must have a place to hang family photos? Does it mean they should have a desk that they don’t have to […]