Got Interns?

Li P. Pon TCC Internship Program

THE TSAE FINANCE & OPERATIONS ROUNDTABLE

What You Need to Know about Unpaid Interns

TCC Internship Program

An Overview of Unpaid Internships

How to Make your Existing Internship Better

Questions? …Discussion

Agenda

TCC Internship Program

Interns work in a temporary position with an emphasis on education and experience versus immediate

employment Interns range from freshman young adults to adults later in life seeking a

career change Unique relationship with faculty

Basics

Students

1. Application

2. Internship Expectations

3. Resume

4. Internship Program Interview

5. Connecting: providers and candidates

6. Internship Provider Interview(s)

7. Documentation of experience Internship

or Course (IDS 2941)

Pre-screening:

Interns will:

Complete a minimum of 150 hours or 12-15 hours per week

Apply classroom knowledge in a work setting

Document their hours and experience in a journal

Participate in professional development assignments

Submit a final paper

30% of the Internship course grade is based on employer evaluations

“As of December 2013, we have placed/tracked

753 interns.”

How to request an Intern?

1. Contact our Internship Office Phone: 850-201-9971

ponl@tcc.fl.edu or internships@tcc.fl.edu

2. Fill out an Internship Request Form (IRF) www.tcc.fl.edu/internships

3. Connecting process (2-3 weeks)

4. Interview student(s) intern candidates

Need an Intern?

Use resources available in your community

1. Colleges and Universities websites

2. TLH Chamber of Commerce internship

adaptable forms package

http://accesstallahassee.com/jobs/

internships/

Take away #1

Background

Are you afor-profit company?

Are you a non-for-profit organization?

Are you a state or federal agency?

Overview of

Unpaid Internships

Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

Internships in the “for-profit” private sector will most often be viewed as employment, unless the test described below relating to trainees is met. Interns in the “for-profit” private sector who qualify as employees rather than trainees typically must be paid at least the minimum wage and overtime compensation for hours worked over forty in a workweek.

DOL Fact Sheet #71

U.S. Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act criteria for unpaid interns:

1. The internship must include significant training 2. It must be for the interns benefit 3. It must not displace paid employees4. The employer must derive no immediate benefit

from the intern’s activities, “an on occasions its operations may actually be impeded.”

5. The intern must not be promised a job at the end of the internship

6. The intern and the employer both must understand that the position is unpaid

DOL 6 prong test

Internships MUST be designed to be similar to an educational environment and the primary benefit should be for the intern.

Take away #2

Create a detailed internship posting 1.Match major/program study to internship2.Encourage internship credit

Post your internship opportunities on different colleges/universities sites

Interview all candidates, include interns’ future direct supervisor

Document your internship offer1.Offer letter – detailing the internship description and terms

2.Must be signed by intern Create an intern manual for employees

and interns

Improve your internship

Provide an internship orientation/introduction to work space 1.identify chain of command for different

situations Allow the intern to observe general

operations of your office. 1.General meetings 2.Trainings 3.Networking opportunities4.Conferences

Provide FEEDBACK Recognize the intern Reward them (if possible)

Improve your internship

Offer a VALUE based internship

Take away #3

QUESTIONS?

OPEN DISCUSSION

Take away #1:Use Resources available in your community Take away #2: Internships must be designed to be similar to an educational environment and the primary benefit should be for the intern

Take away #3: Offer a VALUE based internship