Internships Help Students and Employers Gain the Inside Track
With big demand for engineering and construction talent, the internship is morphing from a way for students to get their feet wet into an inside track to nail post-graduation employment. To attract the best and brightest, employers are offering internships to sophomores—and freshmen—to test their abilities and build relationships. Students get a chance to sample the workplace and their career choices before signing on the dotted line. Often, it is a match made in heaven.
“Companies coming in to look at our seniors are finding that 80 to 85% of them have already committed to an employer just from their summer job or internship experience,” says Matthew Eicher, industry relations manager at Arizona State University, Tempe. “Companies with defined internship programs are sneaking up and taking the top students.”