Turning a summer internship into a job

While the job market for recent college graduates is still anemic, aspiring interns have reason to be hopeful. According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) survey, employers expect to hire more college students for summer internships this year. The survey revealed they anticipate hiring 8.5% more this year than last???and nearly all ...

An Internships.com survey revealed that employers prefer internship candidates with relevant experie

BusinessWeek - Joe Kight, a first-year student at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School (Mays Full-Time MBA Profile), says he knew the slow economic recovery would make for a difficult internship search. That's why he immediately headed to the career center on campus when he arrived at business school. His goal: to find a finance internship by the fall, when most of those firms are known to make offers to summer hires. With alumni contacts in New York in hand, he went to potential employers himself and found out about opportunities he never would have discovered on campus, he says.

Ninety percent of direct-from-college hires will go to those with internship experience on their res

So many people consider time an enemy. Entrepreneurs feel the pressures of technology changing, competitors gaining advantage, or limited funds running out. Managers race against quarterly deadlines and performance targets. Young people push to get ahead before their expenses eat up their savings. All of this results in feelings of anxiety and impatience.

More employers are using internships as a recruiting tool. They offer a low-risk way for companies and potential employees to test-drive each other.