Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the September 24, 2001 issue of QuintZine.
Recruiting Trends reports that employment activity is
expected to remain near historically low levels in the
final quarter of the year. Despite that depressing news,
USA Today recently reported that, even in this
economic downturn, employers are maintaining and even
expanding their internship programs. Aside from the fact
that interns provide cheap labor, companies are offering
internship programs "so they can locate good hires once the
economy rebounds," says USA Today reporter Stephanie Armour.
Armour reports that a study by the National Association of Colleges
and Employers showed that more than 60 percent of companies
planned to maintain or increase internships. Among big companies
hiring multitudes of interns are Texas Instruments and Verizon
Communications. It's all about keeping the talent pipeline open.
Recent research has found that students
consider the following areas most
important when choosing an internship:
Job content related to major
Well-defined project to complete during internship
Working with people I like/respect
Opportunity to see what it's really like at company
Chance to "get my foot in the door"
Having job description/being measured against objectives
Recruiting Trends reports that employment activity is
expected to remain near historically low levels in the
final quarter of the year. Despite that depressing news,
USA Today recently reported that, even in this
economic downturn, employers are maintaining and even
expanding their internship programs. Aside from the fact
that interns provide cheap labor, companies are offering
internship programs "so they can locate good hires once the
economy rebounds," says USA Today reporter Stephanie Armour.
Armour reports that a study by the National Association of Colleges
and Employers showed that more than 60 percent of companies
planned to maintain or increase internships. Among big companies
hiring multitudes of interns are Texas Instruments and Verizon
Communications. It's all about keeping the talent pipeline open.
