Internship Requirements for On-Campus Supervisors – Presidential Internship Program
The internship will be paid, can be credit-bearing or non-credit bearing, and must fulfill the following career competencies. These four competencies have been rated in NACE’s Top Four by Employers:
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Exercise sound reasoning to analyze issues, make decisions, and overcome problems. The individual can obtain, interpret, and use knowledge, facts, and data in this process, and may demonstrate originality and inventiveness.
Professionalism/Work Ethic: Demonstrate personal accountability and effective work habits, (e.g., punctuality, working productively with others), and time workload management, and understand the impact of non-verbal communication on professional work image. The individual demonstrates integrity and ethical behavior, acts responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind, and learns from their mistakes.
Teamwork/Collaboration: Build collaborative relationships with colleagues and customers representing diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, religions, lifestyles, and viewpoints. The individual can work within a team structure and can negotiate and manage conflict.
Oral/Written Communications: Articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively in written and oral forms to persons inside and outside of the organization. The individual has public speaking skills; can express ideas to others; and can write/edit memos, letters, and complex technical reports clearly and effectively.
On average students will work 10 hours per week over a 10-week period or 8 hours per week over a 12-week period. Supervisors are responsible for scheduling student work hours accordingly. Students will receive a $1,500.00 stipend for 100 hours of work in a single semester.
Supervisor's Responsibilities:
- Submit the internship request application/job description. Please submit a job description that includes the above competencies.
- Career Services will review the job description and post the position in Handshake.
- Career Services will share prospective interns’ applications with supervisors; supervisors will then review student application documents and interview candidates.
- Supervisors will determine hiring status and communicate decisions to Career Services, as well as the selected candidate(s).
- Career Services will provide hiring/payroll paperwork to students with guidance on how to complete and return it to Student Payroll for payment.
- Supervisors will provide necessary training to their intern (or interns).
- All interns will submit time records in the NYS payroll online portal. Supervisors will log into the same system to approve interns’ time records.
- Supervisors will complete a mid-term evaluation and a final evaluation and report with the intern. Career Services will distribute these evaluations to supervisors via Microsoft Forms.
- Supervisors should bring any concerns or issues with student interns to Career Services as soon as possible.
- If a student is dismissed from an internship or is unable to complete an internship, they will be paid $15.00 per hour based on their total number of hours worked.