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On-Campus InternshipsWe all know that internships are a wonderful opportunity for a student to learn more about their chosen professional field by doing real world work. This is an opportunity for the student to put into practice the things they are learning in the classroom. In addition, the students learn about actual work place environments and about a specific employer. Also, the employer gets to see the work ethic, talents, skills, and personality of a potential employee. This is truly a win-win situation. (Click the questions below to view expanded info.) But interns are only for summer. . . Right?Internships are traditionally held only in the summer when the student is not in class. If the student is employed part time they may have to give up their employment to work for a full time internship. And if you as an employer are not near the campus the student may have to relocate for the summer. If the student is married, there are questions of relocating the spouse and the spouses job situation. And what if you as an employer have projects that you need done between September and April when most BYU students are attending classes. While full time internships are the best ways for students to gain work experience, there are a number of issues that must be worked around. But what if you could have a free intern during the school year. . . ?What if the BYU Marriott School of Management could provide you with an undergraduate student who is studying in the field of education that would be valuable to you as a full time intern for a fall or winter semester? Could you find work projects for that student that would be valuable to you and a great learning experience for the student? Most likely you could. . . But what if the student stayed on campus in Provo?What if that full time intern stayed on campus during the semester and did your projects from Provo. Could you still identify valuable work projects for the student intern to do for you? We live in a global economy, facilitated by electronic means to bring people together all over the world. Companies have many employees that work in far spread offices and many times the employees work in remote virtual offices. Through the use of web based meeting tools, conference calls, and email/fax tools employers are able to direct employees without being under the same roof with them. So you can probably work around this virtual office situation. . . But what if the student had 5 heads?What if that full time intern had 5 heads instead of one? What if you worked with a group of 5 students who would each work 9 hours per week on your projects? You would assign projects to the team leader and they would disperse the work project to the student team. The team would do the work and consolidate the results to report back to you. You would receive 45 hours of effort per week during the15 week semester from highly motivated students who want to learn and gain work experience. This also provides the opportunity for greater creativity from the team versus a single intern student. And finally, what if you had a local advisor to help the students?What if you were concerned that you either did not have time to give the On Campus Internship team adequate direction, or you lacked the expertise to direct them on how to do the project? Well we have thought about that too! What if we could hire a graduate student (e. g. MBA) for you to act as a coach, advisor and mentor to the team for a few hours a week throughout the project? They could help interpret the project description and deliverables with the team. They could advise the team on the appropriate work plan, data gathering approaches and analysis tools to use during the projects. Finally, they could provide a review of the finished work product to assure a professional output that will be valuable to you. This can be made possible through the On-Campus Internship (OCI) Program! |
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