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Career Center

Career Center careercenter@uidaho.edu
phone: 208-885-6121
fax: 208-885-2816
Idaho Commons Room 334
P.O. Box 442534
Moscow, ID 83844-2534

Hours

Career Center Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 am-5:00 pm (academic year)
Monday-Friday
7:30 am-4:30 pm (summer)
Appointment Suggested.
Drop-Ins Welcomed.

Benefits of an Internship

Benefits for Students
  • Provides a full and realistic view of workplace culture and expectations.
  • Integrates academic preparation with professional challenges.
  • Builds confidence and success through internship experience.
  • Encourages contact between UI students and professionals in their field of interest.
  • Helps students build professional networks.
Benefits for Employers
  • Provides an excellent means for enhancing your organization’s image and recruitment activities. Organizations have access to prospective employees and are given the opportunity to view interns for future potential without any commitment to hire.
  • Allows your staff to focus on more pressing projects. An intern can provide staff support on projects where it would not be advantageous to divert other qualified employees from their specialized areas.
  • Provides an effective spearhead for an affirmative action program. By offering career exposure to minorities, women and the physically disabled, the internship program can serve as the foundation of an active and on-going equal employment opportunity program and can help you meet your affirmative action objectives.
  • Reduces turnover problems. UI interns are mature and career-oriented, and by providing them with the skills to thrive in your organization early on, you create a pool of strong, dependable candidates for continued employment.
  • Cost-effective recruiting tool. With assistance of the Career Center, students with the ambition and qualifications to succeed in your field can seek you out, making your search for quality candidates less taxing.
  • Establishes strong University-Community relations. Interns are considered “good business” in building a solid relationship between the University and industry. Such a bond can pave the way for future joint projects of mutual interest.
  • Internship program are a good investment. UI interns are creative, highly motivated individuals. Through mutual commitment and joint achievement, you will be rewarded with a balanced work force and positive investment in the future.