By Nicki Sanders, MSW An intern is 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. An internship is a supervised training period. An educational agreement that you believe will […]
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There are many articles and books written on how to hire the right employee or how to help an intern select the right internship but few articles have been written with advice on how to choose the right intern for your company. Choosing an intern is as important as choosing a new employee because
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By Grace Lewis Half of organisations lose graduates because of unmet career expectations Graduates who began their career as interns are more likely to stay with a company for longer than those who didn’t, according to a report from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). This emphasises the value of employers investing in
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Former College Student Wins Lawsuit After Being Told Men Were ‘Turned On’ By Her Pregnancy by Casey Quinlan A former social work student at Wayne State University, who says she was prevented from graduating due to discrimination during a Salvation Army internship, will receive $850,000, thanks to a federal appeals court that recently
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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