Contact a professor for a class presentation, etc. Bring in your suggestions 6. Hire far enough in advance to provide enough time to bypass leasing or to sublease an apartment for the upcoming semester if necessary. A few companies prefer the rotational program where a student will work one semester and go to school one semester, etc., until at least two good experiences have been completed. Currently there are more summer, fall or spring semester internships than co-ops but that is quickly changing.
Internships are usually one semester long.
It has been said this is an initial interview. The company has an opportunity to see many sides of the individual working for them. Companies have recent graduates, plus employees out for five to ten years, who let the new candidates see what they would be doing within one year and the possibility of where they could be within five to ten years. Students like to be associated with companies that show how supply chain is making a difference in the organization. Although the best students do not look at salary offers alone.