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Employers: Confused about virtual career fair platforms? Here’s a guide to each one.
Right now, virtual career fairs can be confusing to employers. Schools use multiple platforms to host their fairs and it’s overwhelming trying to master ones you’ve never used before! To help remove the guesswork for you, we recently attended several career fairs and share our experiences to help illustrate what you can expect from each platform. Don’t see one included here? Let us know in the comments!
Careernomics
Registration/before the fair
Careernomics is a virtual career fair platform Purdue used for its Krannert School of Management Virtual Career Fair hosted by Purdue’s School of Management Employers Forum (SMEF). When registering for Purdueâs career fair, I went through Purdue’s site, then received a confirmation email from Careernomics with login details for the event. Careernomics prepares a short corporate profile of your organization, which you can review as well as share any edits or attachments (such as pictures or videos) youâd …
How to Handle a Not-So-Great Intern
Iâve been with Indiana INTERNnet for almost three years, but every once in a while, I make a mistake. It may be a small typo in an email, forgetting to follow up with a voicemail or messing up the formatting in a PowerPoint presentation. Humans arenât perfect! I quickly own up to the mistake, correct it and move on.
Thatâs why when interns make mistakes, itâs very important to realize that no one, not even yourself, is capable of delivering perfect work 100% of the time. For most interns, an internship is their very first experience working in a professional setting. Many things are new to them, so they need the freedom to learn and grow from their mistakes. However, what should you do when your interns mistakes become a bigger issue? Here are some examples:
You noticed your intern posting inappropriate things on their social media channels
You …
What to Really Look for In Your Next Intern
We recently started screening every single internship posted on IndianaINTERN.net. We quickly realized this is a time-consuming process. But it truly increases the quality of internships we share with students. I noticed, however, a common trend: Employers were putting a lot of emphasis on experiences as opposed to desired skills from potential applicants.
I see a lot of internship postings requesting specific qualifications. The employer limits its search to juniors or seniors, a student with a certain GPA, number of courses completed and/or total yearsâ experience. There are plenty of other attributes that should be considered when trying to find your next intern.
Applicantsâ skills
When you review an applicantâs resumĂ©, itâs easy to hone in on how many internships they have or have not completed. Instead of looking solely at quantity, focus on abilities developed during their professional experiences.
If the applicant doesnât have an internship background, avoid discounting them. …
Internship Description Refresh
Youâve posted your internship onto IndianaINTERN.net, and you start waiting for the applications to roll in. However, after a few weeks youâve yet to get a response. What could be going on?
If you find yourself in this predicament, the first place you should check is your internshipâs description. Poorly written and vague descriptions leave students unclear of what your internship has to offer. Your internshipâs description needs to clearly state what it entails and what type of student you are looking for. It should attract students to work for your company and leave them eager to apply.
Promote your organization
The description section of your internship is the perfect place to include details about your organization. Share some information about what your company does, where itâs located, any awards it may have received, etc. Really sell your organization to potential applicants.
In this section, you can also include information …