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Internship Management Online Academy


Academy Sessions

 

Can't attend a session? Not to worry. All sessions are recorded to our digital archive and made available to Academy participants.

SESSION #
TOPICS

Session 1

 

Wednesday

June 16, 2010

12:30pm to 2:00pm EST

  • What is Total Internship Management?
  • An introduction to our 2009 National Internship and Co-op Study Data
  • The importance of internship-related professional development
  • The Millennial Generation
  • Definition of “internship”
  • Making the business case for internships
  • Reasons students seek internship programming
  • Deciding if your organization has what it takes by conducting an Internship Readiness Audit
  • Question and Answer

Session 2

 

Thursday

June 17, 2010

12:30pm to 2:00pm EST

  • Obtaining executive level support
  • Choosing the best semester to host an internship program
  • Learning the difference between the program coordinator and supervisors
  • Creating the intern work plan
  • Rotational internships
  • Choosing the best supervisor
  • Question and Answer
  • Guest Speaker: Jon Jenks-Bauer, RightCandidate

Session 3

 

Wednesday

June 23, 2010

12:30pm to 2:00pm EST

  • A whole session just for compensation and benefits issues as they relate to internship programs
  • Legal aspects of internship programming
  • Question and Answer
  • Guest Speaker: Dave Cofer, Cofer Consulting Solutions

Session 4

 

Friday

June 25, 2010

12:30pm to 2:00pm EST

  • Targeting the most appropriate universities
  • Marketing the position to students
  • Interviewing college students
  • Creating a selection strategy
  • Providing for an efficient on-boarding process
  • Delivering feedback to interns
  • Question and Answer
  • Guest Speaker: Robert Shindell, RCS Consulting

Session 5

 

Tuesday

June 29, 2010

1:00pm to 2:30pm EST

  • Constructing an efficient off-boarding process
  • What if students decline job offers?
  • Hiring international students
  • Question and Answer