When agreeing to release the employee for the duration of the internship, you are agreeing to have an open position at the same level for the employee to return to at the end of the internship. Most staff interns expect to be able to use their new skills in a future new job, and we hope that they will eventually be promoted on campus. Contrary to campus perceptions, however, few interns stay in their internship departments at the end of their internships or get new jobs right away. The current campus environment makes it very difficult to create new career positions after internships. Most interns go back to their home departments and work for a period of three months to a year before being reclassified, promoted in their department, or transferring or being promoted into another position.
Some interns bring their new skills back to their home departments and stay in the same positions.
In the past two years, the interns most likely to get campus job offers immediately are those in the Computer Resource Specialist and Programming fields. The Staff Internship Program is looking for excellent supervisors and managers who are reflective about themselves, their jobs, and the institution, and who have projects which provide meaningful learning opportunities for employees. The Program staff will help you structure the project and explain the funding process. Call the Internship Program at 643-6189 for more information.