Internship Programs

A recent survey by NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) revealed that 79% of employers currently offer internships and the average employer hires approximately 1/3 of their interns for full-time positions upon graduation.

Your organization, like many across the nation, is ready to realize the benefits of an internship program, including:

• Assistance with special projects
  
• Access to new ideas and resources
  
• Opportunities to train potential employees
  
• Evaluation and screening of potential new hires before a permanent hire
  
• Observation of personnel within your organization in a supervisory role

• Identify potential internship opportunities within the organization
  
• Post the internship with Hope College via the online form
  
• Interview and select applicants of interest
  
• Negotiate or discuss expectations and any compensation issues with selected candidates
  
• Contact the Office of Career Services with questions about the process or for suggestions and success tips for selecting and supervising an intern

• Students view postings online, meet with the Office of Career Services, or meet with a faculty member to pursue internship opportunities for experience, academic credit, or financial compensation
  
• The Office of Career Services maintains internship posting lists and assists students with the application and selection process, including resume and interview preparation
  
• Students seeking academic credit for an internship arrange the credit process with a faculty member

The advantage of posting your internship at Hope College is clear, as the following facts demonstrate:

• In the book, Colleges That Change Lives, author Loren Pope cites Hope as one of 40 schools that "develop the qualities needed to see opportunities in a changing world and to be smart and resourceful enough to act upon them.
  
• Hope is tied for the fourth ranking nationally in the "Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects" category in the America`s Best Colleges 2003 guide published by U.S. News & World Report.
  
• Hope is ranked in the top 6% in the nation in producing future Ph.Ds, with the department of chemistry ranking in the top 1%(Franklin and Marshall College Study). Top 25 nationally among baccalaureate colleges as a source of future Ph.D. recipients in the natural, physical and social sciences and engineering. (National Science Foundation)
  
• Hope is the only private, liberal arts college with national accreditation in art, dance, music and theatre with national accreditations also including engineering, chemistry, nursing and social work.
  
• Hope is the only college or university in Michigan where students can participate in the George F. Baker Scholars Program, which provides a broad based experimental business leadership developmental program. Hope`s graduates have assumed critical leadership roles and positions of distinction in business, technology, medicine and healthcare, and government and politics.