FlexForce now offers as many as six to eight internships year-round. While getting paid, the students receive work experiences ranging from data processing to professional communications. Bucsy works with local Putnam City Schools by supporting student-made PowerPoint presentations on possible career options. He contends that there is a lack of exposure to career opportunities for students and an inadequate transition period from the student's high school experience to the work world. Bucsy hopes to remedy this by encouraging small businesses to participate in job fairs, training videos and work programs.
Students are good workers, and they get the job done.
Excerpted with permission from Small Business Success , Volume XIII, produced by Pacific Bell Directory in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration.