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Internship Information For Employers

What are the advantages to organizations from hiring MBA students as interns?

There are a number of advantages to hiring MBA students as interns:

  • MBA students possess the advanced knowledge, skills, maturity and analytical abilities to work on a variety of duties, responsibilities and/or special projects with little supervision.
  • Hiring an MBA student to work on special projects will be significantly less expensive to organizations than hiring "consultants" with comparable levels of knowledge and skills.
  • MBA student interns functioning in the role of trained professionals often bring unique and fresh perspectives that organizations can use to improve many everyday business practices.
  • Organizations can use the internship as a probationary period to evaluate whether they would like to offer the MBA intern a full-time position upon completion of the internship. There is no better way to find out if a person is suitable for the job and the organization than employing the person for a "trial period" by way of an internship.

 

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How do I, as an employer, participate in the program ?

Employers interested in hiring our MBA students as interns should contact the Student and Alumni Placement Services Office to list their internship opportunity on eRecruiting.com.
  • In addition, they should contact the appropriate internship coordinator to complete an Internship Opportunity Form.
  • Applications of students who meet the qualifications specified by the employer will be faxed to the contact person listed on the Internship Opportunity Form.
  • The employer has the discretion to conduct interviews and select one or more students to work as an intern.

When to list Internships:

Internship opportunities are accepted at all times by eRecruting.com and at the internship office.

However for maximum consideration by MBA students:

  • Summer opportunities should be listed by the beginning of February
  • Fall opportunities by the end of June
  • Spring opportunities by the end of September.



 

What are my responsibilities towards the student as an internship provider?

There are only a few requirements in addition to the responsibility of supervising the intern:

  • After the student checks in with the internship coordinator during the internship period, the coordinator will call the onsite supervisor to discuss the progress of the MBA intern.
  • Approximately three weeks before the end of the internship, the onsite supervisor will be sent a performance appraisal form to evaluate the student intern's performance.
  • This evaluation form can be filled out by hand and takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete and mail or fax back to the internship coordinator.
  • Although these are the only formal requirements for the onsite supervisors, the internship coordinators are available for consultation throughout the entire summer session as well as the fall and spring semesters.