Empowering Students' Internship Search:
6-week Internship Readiness Program
Advance- Developing Career & Life-Ready Skills
WELCOME!
ZACH BROWN
AGENDA:
Significance of Internships
Program Logistics
Assessment & Data
Limitations
SARAH SEAVEY
INTERNSHIPS
Hear from students, employers, and faculty on why internships are important
INTERNSHIPS
Brainstorm: challenges students face regarding internships
1. In regards to internships, what challenges do
students on your campus report?
2. How is your institution addressing students’ ability
or inability to find internships?
3. How is your institution addressing students’ ability
or inability to obtain internships?
Edge Internship Readiness Program
What is Edge?
The Edge Internship Readiness
Program is designed to empower
students with the resources and
skills needed to successfully land
that coveted internship. Students
attend a series of workshops and
supplemental labs over six-weeks
focused on topics employers
consistently cite as critical in the
areas of leadership and career
preparation.
Internship Readiness Programs
Program Logistics
Marketing & Registration
Staffing Partnership
Employer Sponsorship
∆ Write down possible marketing
and logistical requirements for
creating an internship readiness
program at your institution
Edge Internship Readiness Program
Assessment & Data
Retroactive Assessment on CampusLabs
Results
∆ What are some limitations or challenges of
assessing program information?
“I feel exceptionally more prepared and
confident in my search after completing
Edge.” – Preston, Junior, Business
Administration
100%
Of Students
Increased
Confidence
100%
“I learned more about where and how to
look for internships as well as improving
my elevator speech.” – Luis, Junior,
Industrial Engineering
Reported Now Having The
Skills To Prepare For
Future Internships
100%
Reported Learned More
About The Internship/Job
Search Application
Process
Internship Readiness Programs
Limitations
Campus size
Resources (monetary, staff etc.)
Time
Attrition rate
∆ What are possible limitations for
creating an internship readiness
program at your institution?
∆ How can you be innovative and
modernize an internship readiness
program that meets the needs of
your students?
Questions?
Empowering Students' Internship Search:
6-week Internship Readiness Program
Advance- Developing Career & Life-Ready Skills
More Details
Our attendees asked for more information regarding Edge, here it is!
Week 1: Welcome & Goals
∆ This week we will provide an introduction to the Edge Program as well as to the internship search and
application process. We will identify skills desired by employers and review effective SMART goals.
∆ Resources and Handouts: SMART Goals Internship Resource List, Job Application Log Sheet - used in Week
3, Resume Module - Complete before workshop next week, Resume Outline Example, Resume Fill-In
Worksheet - if you have not yet started a resume.
Week 2: Resume
∆ We will identify qualities and elements of an effective and professional resume. We will allow time to create
or re-write concise and engaging descriptions of your experiences. We will also briefly define the purpose
of a cover letter and identify needed components
∆ Resources and Handouts: Resume Module Worksheet, Resume Checklist, Resume Action Verbs,
Instructional Cover Letter Example, Cover Letter Checklist, Cover Letter Example
∆ Supplemental Activity: Resume Lab- We provide Resume Lab hours every day all year around.
More Details
Week 3: How to Search
∆ This week we will be covering strategies regarding how to best conduct an internship search process.
Activities will include identifying key words to enter into search engines and how to use social media
platforms to leverage your search.
∆ Resources and Handouts: Job Search Log Sheet (excel file), Internship Search Tips and Tricks Worksheet,
Monthly Budgeting and Apartment Comparison Grid worksheets
∆ Supplemental Activity: Faculty Fellow Come network with our Faculty Fellow, Faculty Fellows work to
effectively involve students in research, collaborative projects, career-readiness efforts and community
outreach.
∆ Supplemental Activity: 'How to Search' Lab Hours- Come drop in to meet with our Career Coach to further
your search for an internship! This is an opportunity for you to have hands-on practice of the internship
search strategies covered in this week's workshop.
Week 4: Pre Interview
∆ We will review important materials and actions to prepare prior to an interviews; including: appropriate
attire, research a company’s values and workplace culture and creation of questions to ask during an
interview
∆ Resources and Handouts: Interview Module - complete before workshop next week, Interview Guidelines
∆ Supplemental Activity: StrengthQuest- Complete a free StrengthQuest assessment. Discover and develop
your strengths for greater academic, career, and personal success
More Details
Week 5: Interview
∆ This week of the Edge is focused on effectively answering different types of interview questions, discussing
the "post-interview" and follow-up process, and helping you articulate how you will continue to improve
your interviewing skills.
∆ Resources and Handouts: Interview Guidelines, InterviewStream Self-Evaluation
∆ Supplemental Activity: InterviewStream- complete a mock interview using the service InterviewStream.
This will take approximately 30-45 minutes and can be completed online anytime.
Week 6: Networking with Employers
∆ We will write, review and practice elevator pitches. We will have an open Q&A session with local
employers.
∆ Resources and Handouts: Elevator Pitch Worksheet
∆ Supplemental Activity: Prepare for the Fair. PLAN- Organize your job and internship search, get tools to
help you understand yourself and the job market, and prepare your career fair game plan. POLISH - Be
able to articulate who you are and what you can do, when it counts. Practice demonstrating what makes
you uniquely you. PRESENT- Be able to articulate who you are and what you can do, when it counts.
Practice demonstrating what makes you uniquely you.
THANK YOU!
ZACH BROWN
SARAH SEAVEY
Empowering Students' Internship Search:
6-week Internship Readiness Program
Advance- Developing Career & Life-Ready Skills