University Business Internships: The Corporate Advantage

Abstract

Participation in a university internship program can give a firm a competitive advantage.  The corporation can utilize the internship program to find hard-to-fill job positions, to perform work of a high caliber, to serve as realistic job previews, and to serve as no-risk trials for future employees.  In addition, other advantages of internship participation include the ability to provide a source of less expensive labor, to be able to use the permanent employees more advantageously, and to judge the intern’s ability to work as a member of a team, and to evaluate his/her human relations skills prior to offering permanent employment.