POST-COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY JOB PLACEMENT INTRODUCTION
If no desirable full-time jobs are available , a post-college internship or a temporary job placement can be an efficient way to test out a career. A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that employers found employers in nearly two-thirds of their interns.
POST-COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY JOB PLACEMENT LINKS
POST-COLLEGE INTERNS CAN EXPLORE CAREERS AND GET A JUMP ON JOBS, by Erin White, discusses two post-graduate internships success stories along with information and advice about post-graduate internships. This article is from the Wall Street Journal (June 29, 2006).
POST-COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS CAN HELP LAUNCH CAREERS, by Shelly Banjo, tells about a temporary (six months) job placement success story along with information and advice about post-graduate internships and temporary job placements. This article is from the Wall Street Journal (October 16, 2007).
The following material is from these two articles.
POST-COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS AND TEMPORARY JOB PLACEMENT ADVICE
General Information: You can try to land a temporary Job placement at a particular company by asking that company for the name of the temp agency it typically uses. Ask potential employers about their track record of hiring interns. To convert an internship or temporary job placement into a regular job work hard and network, seek out people in the human-resources department (these people may know more about openings across the company than individual managers). Some advantages of post-graduate internships and temporary job placements: Efficient way for employers and recent graduates to test each other out. May be a low-risk way to try a career or to get a foot in the door of a super-competitive firm. Some disadvantages of post-graduate internships and temporary job placements: Internships and temporary job placements often pay less than permanent jobs. Some employers use interns as a source of cheap labor with no intent to hire them. A warning: CareerExposure.com spokeswoman Lisa MacKenzie cautions against unpaid placements and companies that charge for placement, because "it shows they don't value your work." Note that internships typically do not offer benefits, but many staffing companies offer a variety of benefit options.
POST-COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
