1. Ripon College Career and Professional Development
Sara Hathaway
Ripon College
Career and Professional Development

2. Introduction Me
Career and Professional Development
Ripon College

3. Challenges
Student Athletes
Existing Jobs
Family obligations
Geographic location for college
Lack of transportation

4. Solution???
Micro-internships can be a powerful alternative or complement to standard internship programs.
Forbes 2019

5. Micro-internship
Short term experiences
Larger schools
Company sponsored
Off-site or virtual
Bid based

6. Flash
Short-term (3 days)
6 students, 6 employers
Project based
“Hired”
Spring or Fall break

7. Partnership

9. Outcomes
Student:
Overall increase of identifying solutions to problems from 78% to 85%.
The ability to articulate thoughts and ideas to others up from 83.3 % to 92%.
Student knowledge about employer increased from 58% to 80%.

10. Outcomes
Employers:
Overall satisfaction with the FLASH intern was 96%.
Satisfaction with the outcome of the intern’s project was 100%.
Overall satisfaction with communication by Ripon College was 96%.

11. Additional Feedback:
Student really impressed me with her ability to quickly grasp her task and confidently explore the unknown outputs. I threw a lot at her without much concrete direction and I couldn’t be happy with what she produced.
Student did a fantastic job taking an open-ended task and providing valuable deliverable. He consistently impressed me with his documentation and “beyond expectations” work. I couldn’t believe that he memorized his presentation material and gave such and confident overview.

12. Questions? https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahathaway/
@RiponCareers