Grant-enable social service internship programs are valuable to both community and students – it’s fun to see them born. Here is information on the launch of Johns Hopkins social service internship program.

As large media companies look to cut back, journalism internships are often in the first round of staff reductions. When you have to cut costs, it’s much easier to eliminate a journalism internship program than to let go of a full time employee. This is brutal news for journalism students as they look to gain experience.

Engagement matters for both recruitment and branding. If university recruiting teams can become more engaged, the process will be more experience rich and less transactional. Here are a few ideas on how to start captivating top young talent.

Paul, a Facebook intern is going some great work. I absolutely love the way technology companies structure their internships. Tech companies let their interns work on projects because it’s the best way to evaluate talent – let it go. And you never know that they’ll come up with. For example, Fog Creek interns create shippable software in less than 10 weeks.

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Want to learn more about a Home Shopping Network Internship? Here is a simple Q&A with did with an HSN recruiter:
Tell me a little about you and how you became an employee at HSN?
I moved to Tampa, FL in 2003, and immediately heard about Home Shopping Network (HSN) and what a great place it [...]

Listen to a rap song put together by students taking part in the electronic arts internship program.

I don’t understand why 99% of companies fail to ask the talent that they are trying to attract – what benefits do you want? What do you think young talent would say? Do you really thinkMark Zuckerberg or a young Steve Jobs would say – I want a 3% matching 401k, 15 PTO days, and dental coverage! Heck no.

The Wall Street Journal posted a great article today on the value of internships to small business owners. Here is a quick excerpt of the article.

Internship applications don’t allow for much creativity – they try to keep everyone in the same box and evaluation often happens by college reputation and gpa. Well, that’s great if you have a 3.8 from Harvard! Chances are, you don’t. So, you have to stand out.

This is very funny. An Ad Agency out of South Florida officially offered Lebron James a summer internship. Read more below: Ad Agency Readies Offer for LeBron James — Summer internship Could Lure Superstar to Chicago or South Florida.

Head of Career Service gives advice to parents coping with their student’s internship search.

Learn how to create your own internship.

You have to watch this Cisco Intern rap!