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Intern Programs ->High visibility with good
opportunity for success
Offload work from full-time employees
Perform large scale tasks inexpensively
Develop a hiring pool
Create a technology team that you lead
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Develop and present list of benefits for
management
◦ Determine what work interns would be assigned
◦ Cost benefit of work off-loaded from full time staff
members
◦ Include concept of a trained pool or resources to
hire
◦ Include work that cannot be accomplished with
current head-count
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Plan your program to start 1 month after
career fairs
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College Career Fairs
◦ Utah Valley University
◦ University of Utah
◦ Brigham Young University
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Job Boards
College Information Sessions
Networking with Employees
Recruiting Agencies
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STEM Majors – Comp Sci, Math, Chemistry,
Physics, EE, IT
Must have foundational training or basic
computer aptitude
Sophomore/Juniors and beyond
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$$ Current Tech Market pays $14 - $21
Training\Challenge\Job Skills
Flexible schedules to work around
assignments, papers, finals, college life
Work hours – 20 to 40 hours per week
To Be Valuable
Interesting work
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20-40 hours/week
Prioritize work – reducing workload from
senior staff members
Repetitive tasks
Creative Energy
Many hands/Many eyes
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Washing cars – non work related tasks
Making your coffee – menial tasks
Busy Work
Internships succeed when they are staffed with
motivated and integral members of the team.
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Pair with team members for 15 minute
training sessions
Mentoring: co-locate interns with other
interns and team members
Wiki – Basic Training
◦ Basic knowledgebase
◦ Videos, books, ebooks, trade journals
◦ Links to online training
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Code Reviews
◦ Intern led and Staff led.
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Expect people to learn by osmosis
Read existing code and figure it out
Learn by searching the internet (with no
direction)
Simply shadow the experts
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Written department policy
Hourly employees – they need to record their
own hours and schedules
Place to sit
Own computer (not shared)
To-do or work list of daily
responsibilities/tasks
Join staff meetings – always treated as a
member of the staff
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6-9 Months -> Good
2 Years -> Possible
Seniors may leave for full time work while still
in their senior year
Graduates may leave for full time work or
grad school
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As interns near graduation, seek out those
who are interested in a career.
Speak to management - let them know who
is available
Keep track of how many interns receive fulltime offers from your company – recruiting
stat
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UVU
◦ Career Fair: http://www.uvu.edu/cdc/events/
◦ Job Board: https://www.myinterfase.com/uvu/employer/
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University of Utah
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Career Fair:
http://careers.utah.edu/employers/career-fairs/career-fair-info.php
Job Board:
http://careers.utah.edu/employers/getting-started/ucareerpathemployer.php
BYU
◦ Career Fair: https://byu-csm.symplicity.com/
◦ BYU Job Board: https://byu-csm.symplicity.com/
◦ Computer Science Job Board: https://cs.byu.edu/jobs