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Internships

How do businesses benefit from internships?

> Achieve low recruiting costs
> Attain fresh or new perspectives
> Evaluate perspective future employees
> Grow your own talent
> Identify future leaders
> Stay connected to universities, colleges and school systems
> Retain the talent supply in Southwest Florida

Consider some of these statistics from the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) 2019 Internship and Co-op Survey Report. 

View the May 2019 Executive Summary

Highlights of the Survey Report include:

  • For interns, the offer rate is 70.4 percent, the acceptance rate is 79.6 percent, and the conversion rate is 56.1 percent.
  • For co-ops, the offer rate is 50.2 percent, the acceptance rate is 79.3 percent, and the conversion rate is 39.9 percent.
  • The one-year retention rate for intern hires with internal experience is 71.4 percent, while it is 59.0 percent for those with external internship experience.
  • The average hourly wage for interns is up $0.32 to $19.05; this is the highest hourly wage thus far for interns.
  • Planned social activities and paid holidays are the most offered benefits, as they are among the least expensive.
  • Among employers that offer relocation assistance, 59.4 percent offer it to interns, while 28.7 percent offer it to co-ops.
  • The average signing bonus offered to interns this year ($2,580) is less than the average offered to co-ops ($3,546).

A valid internship is not a source of free labor to catch up on tedious tasks or supplement a business’ existing workforce during peak periods.

Here is a link to the Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

Find Intern Candidates through local colleges and universities:
Ave Maria University
Barry University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida SouthWestern State College
Hodges University
Keiser University

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