Description Suggestions
When developing your internship description, please consider including the following points:
- Brief overview of your company
- Specific duties the intern will be responsible for completing
- Qualities you are looking for in an intern
- Hours the intern will be required to work or if hours and times are flexible
- Classification of student
- Major(s) of student
- Paid / Non-paid
- Contact information
Example
Overview of Company
Company XYZ was established in 1998 as a non-profit organization which provides assistance to families with severely ill children. Services include transportation to and from hospitals (if families are from out of town or have no means of transportation), light grocery shopping, meal preparation, cleaning, babysitting for siblings and support groups for parents and siblings.
Company XYZ has internship opportunities in the following areas:
Specific Intern Duties
Marketing
- Assisting in devising a new marketing campaign to Lubbock community for both families who may need assistance, volunteers, and financial supporters
- Updating website
- Sending information to various media
Fund Raising
- Assisting with developing a fund raising campaign set to kick off in January 2007
- Assisting with our annual "Socks to Tots" Campaign
- Developing a summer fund raising event
Volunteer Recruiter
- Discovering new market to tap for volunteer recruitment
- Developing volunteer informational brochure and volunteer training manual
- Qualities you are looking for in an intern
- Assisting in training volunteers
- Assisting in volunteer assignments and schedules
- Sitting in on meetings with families who are new to the program to determine needs
- Recruiting volunteers to man special events throughout the year
Company XYZ is looking for energetic interns (Qualities) who can work a flexible schedule (approximately 10-15 hours a week) (hours), who enjoy the service industry and who are able to work at least a summer or a semester's length of time. The internship may be extended.
We are willing to work with any level college student (Classification). Majors which would best fit the internship include: Marketing, Public Relations, Social Work, but we are open to others who may be interested in non-profit or service industries (Majors). The internship is not paid (Paid/ Non-paid), however there are many opportunities to receive excellent practical experience.
If you are interested in an internship with Company XYZ, please contact John Doe at jdoe@XYZ.com (Contact Information).
University Career Services, Box 45006, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone Number: 806.742.2210, Fax Number: 806.742.2474