Sentence examples for intern employers from inspiring English sources

Intern employers with a focus on education often host internal networking sessions for interns to meet with other members of the office and learn in an informal environment.

These guidelines have received criticism from many intern employers for being too vague, therefore it's necessary dig into these guidelines a little deeper to understand whether your internship program is compliant with the law.

While these are just a few intern employers that have gained notoriety for their unwillingness to pay interns at least the federal minimum wage, these companies also failed to provide interns with an educational experience.

Still, even if they pay the same base salary to both full-time staff members and interns, employers can save 10 percent to 40 percent per person because legally they do not have to pay health insurance or social security benefits for student interns.

If they still have unpaid interns, most employers keep quiet about it.

Perhaps Mr. Herschlag's sensible, practical suggestions regarding reporting/evaluation should be adopted so as to ensure fairness for both intern and employer; perhaps the time has come to abolish free work of any kind.

But by focusing only on what's practical, right now, both intern and employer cheat themselves.

And in addition to building up the intern, the employer should do as much as possible to make the unspoken spoken and cut through the barriers that can mystify or alienate interns.

The challenge, instead, is that because internships are short and because many interns go on to other companies, both the intern and employer focus almost exclusively on what's practical.

Focusing on building relationships rather than completing tasks requires much more effort, but the benefits for both intern and employer are real: a more meaningful experience for the intern, mutual confidence and loyalty in both intern and staff, and higher levels of commitment to the employer's needs by the intern.

*Saundra D. Johnson is Executive Director of GEM, which provides much more detailed advice to interns and employers in two handbooks: Your Internship Is as Good as You Make It: A Practical Guide to Student Internships and Transitioning New Hires Into the Workplace.