Approximately 60 percent of 2012 college graduates who took part in paid internships received at least one job offer, according to the results of NACE’s 2012 Student Survey. ...more
The findings of this research provide career professionals with a new way of looking at how students first experience workplaces and adapt to new learning environments, and offer a view of the transitions students experience. ...more
Although interns in general rated “opportunity for personal growth” as the key attribute they seek in a job/employer, the type of work experience they’ve had does seem to influence some of their preferences....more
With students having returned to campus and the 2011-12 academic year under way, it’s a good time to see how your summer internship program fared. Following are several benchmarks from NACE’s 2011 Internship & Co-op Survey. ...more
Last week, NACE issued a position statement, offering a definition for internships and providing criteria that members can use to review experiences....more
This position statement offers guidance on the issue of unpaid internships. It provides a definition of an internship and discusses the conditions under which an internship should be paid. ...more
Employers expect to hire 7 percent more interns for 2010-11 than they hired in 2009-10, according to results of latest internship survey....more
Consider how many new college hires come from employer internship programs: Employers taking part in NACE’s 2010 Internship & Co-op Survey reported that 44.6 percent of their Class of 2009 hires came from their own internship programs. ...more
Among employers responding to NACE’s 2010 Internship Survey, 83.4 percent say internship programs are designed to help the organization recruit entry-level college hires. ...more
Among organizations taking part in NACE’s 2010 Internship Survey, experience with the school topped the list of criteria used to identify schools to target for internship hiring. ...more