If your company hasn’t hired interns or co-ops in the past, here are some tips for making the program a success for your company and for the students.

First, when you contact a career services office, be sure to have accurate information about the job description and the kind of student you think will best fit that position. Don’t forget to ask for details about any requirements the school has for hiring an intern or co-op student, such as number of hours, student evaluation, etc.

Second, identify one supervisor who can tell the intern what to do while serving as a resource person to help the intern perform. It is very helpful to the student when the supervisor can also be a mentor.

Third, understand that the more on-the-job-training the company provides, the more the company is able to use the internship to evaluate whether the student should ultimately be hired as a permanent employee. This is often called “try before you buy.”

Fourth, be sure to use the student’s knowledge and creativity. Remember, the student brings contemporary insights and can provide a fresh perspective on the position in particular and on company operations in general.

Fifth, maintain good communications between the contact person at the college and the company. In this way, your company will build a reputation as a good place for interns to work, and that college or university can become a pipeline for future employees.

For more information, please contact Joan Praiss at (856) 787-9700.

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Atlantic Cape Community College

E-mail Deborah Starr

Bergen Community College

http://www.bergen.cc.nj.us/coop/indexemps.asp

Berkeley College

http://www.berkeleycollege.edu/Employers/Index.htm

Burlington County College

http://staff.bcc.edu/jobs/

Burlington County Institute of Technology

E-mail Fred Aiken

Camden County College

E-mail Jacqueline Tenuto

Centenary College

E-mail Trish Mahaffey

Chubb Institute, Parsippany

E-mail Karen Vierling

DeVry University

Drexel University

Essex County College

E-mail Elvy Vieira

Fairleigh Dickinson University

http://www.fdu.edu/webresources/careers.html

Gloucester County College

E-mail Almarie Jones

Hudson County Community College

E-mail Betty Clodfelter

Kean University Computer Science / Information Systems: Email Dr. George Chang Information Technology: Email Dr. Patricia Morreale New Jersey Center for Science, Technology & Mathematics Education: Email Dr. David Joiner

Mercer County Community College

http://www.mccc.edu/services_internships.shtml

Middlesex Community College

E-mail Charlotte Quigley

Montclair State University

http://www.montclair.edu/careerservices/servemp.html

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Email: Montclair State University http://www.njit.edu/CDS/

Peirce College

http://www.peirce.edu/second/careerdev/default.asp

Rowan University

http://www2.rowan.edu/cap/for_employers/index.htm http://www.rowan.edu/colleges/engineering/employers/

Rutgers, Camden

http://cpp.camden.rutgers.edu/

Rutgers, New Brunswick

http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/

Rutgers, Newark

http://www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/cdcrun/

Seton Hall University

http://studentaffairs.shu.edu/career/employers/index.html

Stevens Institute of Technology

http://www.stevens.edu/ocs

The College of New Jersey

http://www.tcnj.edu/~career/employers/index.html

Liaison for Schools of Business and Engineering - Debra K. Kelly

Liaison for Schools of Education, Science and Nursing, Health & Exercise Science - Nevolia Ogletree

Liaison for Schools of Arts Media & Music and Culture & Society - Colleen Perry

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

http://terra.stockton.edu/internship/Intern_employers.html