For Connecticut businesses large and small, hiring and keeping staff is one of the most crucial requirements for maintaining a stable and productive work environment, while keeping the costs involved in hiring and training new personnel down. Many companies are finding it difficult to attract employees in sufficient numbers to meet their needs, especially in Connecticut's tight labor market.
Help is available in the internship and co-op programs offered at area universities and colleges.
These programs are designed to provide a meaningful work experience that benefits both students and their employers by providing participating employers with motivated and competent young people, who bring the knowledge and skills gained in their academic work into the professional marketplace. In turn, internships offer students much valued experience on the job. Interns are hired on a limited-time basis, and in many cases, satisfied employers have hired their interns as permanent employees at a fraction of the cost of hiring and training a new applicant. Although employers are not required to offer interns or co-ops permanent employment, many students do receive such offers. They have proven themselves on the job, and their employers find that employing them permanently is both time saving and cost efficient.