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How an Internship Will Benefit Your Organization

  • ​​An intern’s fresh perspective can shed light on opportunities that are currently not being utilized, as well as help solve old problems
  • ​Internships allow employers to cost-effectively “test drive” interns as potential employees
  • Hosting an intern will help determine if there is enough additional work to support hiring someone full time
  • With an intern working on temporary/seasonal projects, the professional staff can pursue bigger projects

What Is an Internship?

​Internship: A temporary, hands-on working and learning experience designed to prepare an individual for a particular career field.

General Internship Agreement (Non Credit-Bearing)

Every student participating in a non credit-bearing internship must provide documentation prior to the start of the experience. The should be reviewed and signed by all involved parties:

  • Participating Student
  • Internship/Experience Site Supervisor 
  • Office of Career Development

The student should return the completed form with an Internship Position Description to the Office of Career Development located in Warner 226.​​

Create a Position Description

The purpose of the internship position description is to provide a framework to what the intern will be doing throughout the experience.  An internship position description should include:​​​​

  • ​Internship position title
  • C​ompany/Organization name and location
  • Intern supervisor name, title, and contact information
  • Preferred major or program of study
  • Primary duties/responsibilities of intern
  • Position requirements and/or Preferred skills and experience
  • Number of hours student is expected to serve in the internship—if not set by the academic program of study
  • Daily hours per week/days per week service is to take place
  • Internship start date/end date
  • Wages employer is to pay intern per hour/week/month—if applicable
  • How a student is to apply for the internship
  • Consider identifying special projects such as writing assignments, evaluating or processing data, creation of a project or special report for the internship site organization, etc.

​Post Your Internship Opportunity

Visit our electronic job board powered by College Central Network at www.collegecentral.com/cotc

Once registered, you can post your internship opportunities to Ohio State Newark and Central Ohio Technical College.  An employer help sheet for use of the site is located here​.

Unpaid Internship Postings

While unpaid internships are accepted, we strongly encourage employers to review the items below with their human resources department and legal counsel to determine whether or not their internship is in compliance with federal law. 

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