Delivering An Amazing Virtual Internship Experience
- February 25, 2021 | 1:30pm CT
- $99 for-profit
- $79 non-profit/Higher Ed/Government
- 1.5 Hours of HRCI and/or SHRM-PDC Credit
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Prior to attending this webcast, I was asking myself “How in the world are we going to do a virtual internship?” At the end of the session I was much more confident that we can do it using your tools and advice on how to approach it. Thank you very much and I look forward to attending many more of your sessions!
The ROI of Creating an Amazing Virtual Internship Program
Best in class virtual internships are instrumental in amplifying employer brand, creating and building relationships with local universities, expanding high quality candidate pipelines, having short-term projects completed by an educated workforce and increasing retention rates.
For the above to be true, organizations must host effective and meaningful virtual programs. How is this done? What are students looking for? What are the expectations of universities? What can organizations do to make their programs the best they can be?
Delivering an Amazing Virtual Internship Experience is designed to help you and your organization build a win-win virtual internship program. Based on the most in-depth research ever to be conducted into the successful management of internship programs, you can be assured that you will leave the webcast with the confidence to deliver virtual internships.
The presentation will include detailed statistics from proprietary research, as well as best practices and practical steps to implement and benefit from a virtual internship initiative – regardless of your industry or the size of your company or organization!
You will also have the opportunity to work one-on-one with Dr. Shindell to develop, implement and execute your plans for a virtual internship initiative!
By registering you will receive a copy of Total Internship Management: The Employer’s Guide to Building and Sustaining the Ultimate Internship Program and The Total Internship Management Supervisor’s Handbook, as well as dozens of other resources to assist you with your virtual internship program!
KEY TOPICS:
- Preparing your organization to “host” a virtual intern
- Lessons Learned from 2020
- 3 Critical Areas of Focus
- Delivering a Meaningful Expereince
- Tools and Resources
- Gaining valuable internship program performance data
- Creating an assessment feedback loop to increase ROI
Dr. Robert Shindell
YOUR FACILITATOR
During the past 25 years, Dr. Robert Shindell, has successfully held a variety of professional leadership roles in higher education. He developed career centers at The University of Toledo’s College of Engineering, Midwestern State University and the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Robert’s innovative approach to career services led The Rawls College of Business Career Management Center to achieve the ranking of 28th in BusinessWeek’s national ranking of College of Business career centers in 2007. Dr. Shindell’s research and opinions are often quoted in the New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, Inside Higher Ed and many more. He has worked with thousands of employers and higher education career centers in developing successful transition plans for students through both live and virtual presentations.
Dr. Shindell also serves as a member of the Distinguished Scientists Advisory Board for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) to maximize The United States Department of Energy’s strategic objectives. In addition to expanding ORISE thought leadership, the DSAB works closely with ORISE leadership, technical experts and liaisons to ensure that strategic milestones related to ORISE activities are met.
Robert has earned his Doctorate of Philosophy from Texas Tech University, a master’s degree in training and development from Midwestern State University, and a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Toledo.