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Is your business celebrating Internship this month?

    April 10, 2024

    April is National Internship Awareness Month

     

    In 2017, April was named National Internship Awareness Month as a way to acknowledge the benefits internships offer to employers and recognize the great qualified professionals that emerge from these programs.

     

    Though there are many internships that are unpaid, the knowledge and real-world experience a young professional can receive from a well-structured program can be priceless. Also, businesses can benefit from bringing in fresh minds with new ideas. Global Internships named five reasons how internship programs help organizations:

     

    1. Increases brand visibility
    2. Discovers new talent for your company
    3. Creates a positive impact on the work environment
    4. Introduces new perspectives and concepts
    5. Fosters leadership abilities in the current staff

     

    Do you have interns working for you? Indeed shared a few ways you can make it easy to recognize their efforts this month:

    • Buy them lunch. If they work remotely, send them a gift card. If you’re in person, consider taking them out to lunch.
    • Throw them a party. Bring in food and let your employees take a break to mingle and get to know each other better. It doesn’t have to be big, and it can even be a lunch party.
    • Offer them career advancement guidance. Be a mentor and review their resume, check in with them on their goals, or have an interview etiquette workshop. 
    • Enjoy something outside of the office. Take them out to a fun offsite activity and spend time together as a team.
    • Write a thank you card, because sometimes it’s the little things.

     

    Thinking about starting an internship or mentorship program this summer? WVU , Shephard, and Marshall are a few places to start your talent search.

     

    Another Day for Interns: It’s never too late to celebrate your interns, even if you can’t squeeze in a celebration this April. National Intern Day, founded by early-career recruitment company WayUp, is recognized on July 28, 2022.

     

    5 Ways to Recognize National Internship Awareness Month in April - WHACC

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    Commentary by: Raylea Stelmach

    Edited by: Kim Moss

     

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