Intern Day
Today will be fun day as we are headed over to Michigan State University this afternoon to participate in the Earn, Learn, and Intern event, hosted by the Career Services Network at MSU. It looks like every major company in the Mid-Michigan area is attending, I give Career Services a lot of credit for the work they do, John Hill and his people are on top of it when it come to builidng relationships with local business, both large and small.
We use a good number of interns at Netvantage. MSU is an important resource for us. Our goal is to use the intern program as a pipeline to build our internal talent base. As we grow the business, we will look to retain our top performers for full time positions. It is a great recruiting tool. As for the interns that choose to move on, our goal is to arm them with unique skills that will complement their degree so they have a competitive advantage in their job search. Many of the online marketing skills we teach our interns haven’t quite made the university curriculums yet.
Besides all that, it will be great to be back on campus. I am fortunate in that upon graduating from MSU in 2000 with a Telecommunications degree, I have remained in the Mid Michigan area. I worked for the University for 5 years before taking the “big leap” into the private sector. And with classes starting, and the big footbal game against Calfornia on Saturday night on national television, there will be a great energy on campus.
Back with an update on how the event went tomorrow.
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