What to Offer Non-Paid Interns
June 19th 2006
Q. What can college athletics offer non-paid interns to keep them motivated throughout a semester?
A. First and foremost, an excellent hands-on experience to prepare them for a full-time job when they graduate. A well planned and executed internship program will benefit the intern as well as the sports team or athletics department, so it’s well worth your investment to formalize your internship so all involved benefit.
In addition, any time you can involve other senior staff members in your meetings to share what they do in their respective departments, this increases the value of your internship and the intern’s overall experience.
Next, some programs have developed intern of the month awards, recognizing interns with their picture and name engraved on a plaque that features each of the 12 interns for the year.
Additionally, any time you can provide interns with clothing, merchandise and/or certificates from apparel and corporate partners, it’s a nice surprise to unpaid interns.
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Ron Goch, The Telios Group
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