1. How an Intern Can Complete Your Team
Pam Ferman ■ Stephanie Dolliver
Mike Kasperski ■ Nelson Garifi

2. Panel Members
Pam Ferman Assistant Director SBU Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC)
Stephanie Dolliver SBU Graduate Student, experienced nonprofit intern
Mike Kasperski SBU School of Business Internship Coordinator
Nelson Garifi Executive Director of Academic Innovation at JCC
Moderated by Connie Whitcomb, SBU CPRC Director

3. Assistant Director SBU Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC)
Pam Ferman
Assistant Director SBU Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC)

4. Best Practices for an Internship Program
Outline responsibilities prior to start -Why do we want an intern?
Create a job description with key areas of qualifications and responsibilities
Provide interns with real work assignments
Hold an orientation: get on the same page
Provide work space
Attend meetings/events: be a representative
Conduct exit interviews
Information courtesy of NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)

5. Getting Started Why start an internship program?
Timeline: be ready to hire 8 months before start
Statistics from FAQ
72.7% of interns are offered full-time
Work duties for interns and co-ops has remained mostly unchanged over the last several years. According to responding employers, analytical/problem solving tasks continue to be the main focus, followed by project management and communications.
Overall, the average hourly wage to interns at the bachelor’s degree level have remained virtually unchanged over the past seven years, and currently stands at $17.69
(2016 Internship and Co-op Survey Report) survey-executive-summary.pdf

6. SBU Graduate Student, experienced nonprofit intern
Stephanie Dolliver
SBU Graduate Student, experienced nonprofit intern

7. Internship Sites

8. ...the organization Benefits to... ...me New ideas from millennials
Ex: Social media ideas
Extra hands for major projects
Size of nonprofits
Possible permanent hires
Support students
Benefits to...
...me
“Resume Boosters”
Practical real work experience
Reporting to a boss
Project deadlines
Meetings to discuss progress
Software experience
Personal development
Mentors & goals
Industry knowledge
Networking opportunities
Possibly land a full time job

9. SBU School of Business Internship Coordinator
Mike Kasperski
SBU School of Business Internship Coordinator

10. Academic Requirements
Why do we have internship requirements for Students?
Understand the Academic Requirements of the Intern
In particular Major requirements
Understand the Requirements for the Employer as it relates to Academic Requirements
Some can be very simple allowing ease of the employer to take on interns
Others can be very complex

11. RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKING!!!
BENEFITS TO THE:
Student
Employer
Faculty
University

12. Paid or Unpaid?????
According to The Department of Labor, the following six legal criteria must be applied when making a determination if an internship is required to be paid.
1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment.
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern.
3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff.

13. Paid or Unpaid????? (cont.)
4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern and on occasion, it's operations may actually be impeded.
5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship.
6. The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.
PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS!!!

14. Executive Director of Academic Innovation at JCC
Nelson Garifi
Executive Director of Academic Innovation at JCC

16. APPLIED LEARNING Workplace Tours Job Shadowing Internships
Service Learning
Professional Mentoring
Undergraduate Research
Study Abroad

17. the INTERNSHIP PARTNERSHIP
student
JCC applied learning
faculty supervisor
the INTERNSHIP PARTNERSHIP
site supervisor
Roles of each of the four partners
Student
Site supervisor
Faculty supervisor
JCC applied learning