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How Career & Employment Services Can Help

  • Career & Employment Services has established contacts with numerous and varied employers throughout the community who are looking for interns.

  • Employers prefer a central and convenient contract point, something our Career Specialists serves as.
  • Career & Employment Services develops new internship sites to match students' majors and career interests while also working with sites to develop thorough internship positions.
  • Career & Employment Services saves you time by collaborating with sites to facilitate student placement and by meeting with students to help them find appropriate sites that match what they are looking for.
  • We coach students to be competitive and productive interns.

How You Can Encourage Student Involvement

Visit with Career Specialists in the Career & Employment Services office. Collaborate with them so new and exciting opportunities can be developed for students.

Share current internship postings related to your academic area with students during class time and direct students interested in Internships to the Career & Employment Services office.

Encourage your students to plan ahead. Setting up an internship can take several weeks or even months. Distribute the Internship 101 handout to students who may want more information.

Did you know...

  • In 2022-2023, 224 students earned 905 internship credits
  • Two thirds of the 2022-2023 internships were paid with an average hourly wage of $17.41/hour
  • 48% of 2022-2023 interns were offered jobs as a result of their internships, as reported by employers. More notably, 93% of respondents indicated they would have extended an offer if a position had been available.

We are here to assist you, call our office at 657-2168.