Students speak with employer

It may sound like a bold claim, but with more than 20,000 students, Ball State University provides leading employers with a deep talent pool that many other competing businesses and organizations never have access to.

How Do Employers Benefit from Ball State Interns?

  • year-round recruiting tool to discover highly qualified employees
  • additional assistance with special events, short-term projects, and other projects that keep getting put on the back burner
  • access to fresh ideas and new perspectives
  • development of supervisory skills among staff members who mentor interns
  • exposure and growth of professional brand through exposure on campus
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Ready to Hire an Intern?

Resources

Handshake is the platform you'll count on when you're ready to post internship positions (along with full-time and part-time openings).

The Career Center participates with Work & Learn Indiana.This statewide resource, powered by the Indiana Chamber, provides you the opportunity to post internship job descriptions from across the state for candidates to view. You can also use it to sign up for events, such as the Work & Learn Indiana IMPACT Awards Luncheon, and you'll go here to nominate interns, faculty, and companies for statewide recognition.

Appropriate internships include employment of a student in a professional or technical internship position for a limited period of time by a business in Indiana in which the student

  • gains valuable work experience
  • increases knowledge that assists with career decision-making, and
  • assists the business in accelerating short-term business objectives
Sufficient duration will be determined individually for each application and internship description. (Internships that are of a sufficient duration are typically at least 160 hours, but if for-credit, duration varies by academic department.) Internship positions may not take the place of permanent full-time positions.
  • Internships must have at least three meaningful objectives that are related to the student's career goals
  • includes opportunities to develop internship goals related to the professional goals of the intern
  • includes tasks and responsibilities with a purpose beyond advancing the operations of the employer
  • within an industry or business with a significant economic impact on the project area
  • provides compensation at or above minimum wage
  • provides a mentor who will work closely with the intern
  • includes minimal menial tasks
  • provides a diverse learning experience
  • has the potential to grow internship opportunities over time

Jeff Eads consults with organizations to help establish new intern programs, identify talent pools, and connect with resources and faculty on campus. Contact him for assistance or for help with any questions you may have.

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