Internship Smarts PDF Download

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the general issues surrounding an internship program. It answers such questions as: What is an intern or fellow? Where do you find them? What are the requirements? What do they do? What are the legal considerations? What are the security issues? The second part is what we call a "How To" section. It is the nuts and bolts of starting an internship program. It is also the boring part, though efforts have been made so it doesn't read like the U.S. tax code. We started our internship with four interns in the summer of 2009. It has grown so that in each semester we have approximately 20 interns, give or take a few. At press, we have had more than 100 interns come through our doors. We are often asked to assist other organizations in establishing a program. It is not that we have some magic formula but rather we have, through trial and error, found a system that works. And, we want to share it with you so that, hopefully, you need not have to reinvent the wheel. After all, we are trying to work smart, sharing what works and having a selective case of amnesia for what did not!