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What Explorers Can Teach Your Intern From Their Impossible Expeditions

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 10, 2016 | Comments Off on What Explorers Can Teach Your Intern From Their Impossible Expeditions

  9 Lessons Explorers Can Teach You From Their Impossible Expeditions By Adam Toren   The most successful explorers in the world have one thing in common: They aren’t afraid of failure. The fear of failure can easily overpower your ability to take action and secure opportunities. Here, 10 different explorers — both modern and […]

Do You Think Your Millennial Intern Is Lazy?

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 8, 2016 | Comments Off on Do You Think Your Millennial Intern Is Lazy?

  How ‘Lazy’ Millennials Are Transforming Hard Work By Ryan Jenkins Why Millennials are at the forefront of a new era of work ethic.   One of the most prominent strikes against the Millennial generation is their “poor work ethic.” I’d like to challenge the assumption that Millennials lack work ethic. Because how can we […]

Tips For Your Intern

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 5, 2016 | Comments Off on Tips For Your Intern

  Tips For Your Intern  

For Interns, All Work and No Payoff

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 3, 2016 | Comments Off on For Interns, All Work and No Payoff

  For Interns, All Work and No Payoff Millennials Feel Trapped in a Cycle of Internships With Little Pay and No Job Offers Like other 20-somethings seeking a career foothold, Andrew Lang, a graduate of Penn State, took an internship at an upstart Beverly Hills production company at age 29 as a way of breaking […]

Ask Nicki About Internships

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 1, 2016 | Comments Off on Ask Nicki About Internships

  I have a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Management and Community Organization. I am an undergraduate Adjunct Professor who has recruited, trained, supervised and mentored 15 millennial staff and volunteers in the last decade. I’ve also recruited, trained, supervised and mentored 14 interns from 8 institutions in 10 different academic […]

Ace Your Internship Interview

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 29, 2016 | Comments Off on Ace Your Internship Interview

  4 Surefire Ways to Win Over the Interviewer By Hannah Morgan Engaging with the interviewer and demonstrating knowledge of the company’s goals will earn you points. After researching your interviewer’s hobbies, interests and alma mater on LinkedIn or the company’s website, you’ll be able to start the interview with some friendly chitchat.   Today’s […]

5 Ways to Get the Best from Your Intern

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 27, 2016 | Comments Off on 5 Ways to Get the Best from Your Intern

  By Nicki Sanders, MSW   It is a mistake to consider an intern “free labor”. In fact, the Department of Labor has very clear guidelines that distinguish an unpaid intern from a paid employee.     According to The Department of Labor, the following 6 legal criteria must be applied when making a determination […]

An Intern Supervisor Is Also A Mentor

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 25, 2016 | Comments Off on An Intern Supervisor Is Also A Mentor

  Intern – a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally Mentor – a wise and trusted counselor or teacher; an influential senior sponsor or supporter   January is National […]

Is The MSW The New MBA?

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 22, 2016 | Comments Off on Is The MSW The New MBA?

  Is The MSW The New MBA?                       Written By Christine Bader Recent corporate failures demonstrate the need for the very skills that social workers bring. Now a few schools are recognizing this and offering joint tracks that merge the interests of businesses and the communities they work in.   The MBA is now the […]