I can't help you with a payment figure but THANK YOU for understanding that a college student should be paid for a summer internship.
They have worked hard to develop skills that hopefully will be a benefit for your company. Most of them have college loans to consider. No one can live for free for a summer because everyone has to eat and do laundry and commute to work.
It makes me crazy when employers want capable and well-prepared students for summer interns--sometimes even for full time--and then they don't want to pay them anything. The ones who say "you can earn college credit for this" apparently don't stop to think that students PAY for the credits they have enrolled in. So not only are they not getting paid for the internship, they are actually paying to do the internship. Double whammy.
Thank you! Spread the word that paying interns is the right thing to do. My students thank you too.
Depends on the job....... If the internship generates a lot of interest, meaning you get 10+ candidates, offer no money or very little. I never understood interns that expected to be paid when there was a line 30 deep of people willing to do the internship. You give them the opportunity to see how things work......that IS the pay.
If, on the other hand, you get no interest...well then your hosed. You'll likely pay close to what the market dictates.
Depends what the internship entails. My internship is paying me $15/hr to do research and put together spreadsheets. Each spreadsheet takes about a day to assemble, which would cost much more to have someone making $100,000/year do it. Now, if they're just making coffee, $8-10 would be fine. Or less. Many internships are unpaid if they offer good experience.
You are actually going to take advice from people on yahoo? For all you know I could have given you a reasonable answer, yet I am only fifteen years of age. You should figure that out yourself, really.
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What are you going to have them do? If they are fulfilling job functions pay them slightly less than your regular employees.
I can't help you with a payment figure but THANK YOU for understanding that a college student should be paid for a summer internship.
They have worked hard to develop skills that hopefully will be a benefit for your company. Most of them have college loans to consider. No one can live for free for a summer because everyone has to eat and do laundry and commute to work.
It makes me crazy when employers want capable and well-prepared students for summer interns--sometimes even for full time--and then they don't want to pay them anything. The ones who say "you can earn college credit for this" apparently don't stop to think that students PAY for the credits they have enrolled in. So not only are they not getting paid for the internship, they are actually paying to do the internship. Double whammy.
Thank you! Spread the word that paying interns is the right thing to do. My students thank you too.
Depends on the job....... If the internship generates a lot of interest, meaning you get 10+ candidates, offer no money or very little. I never understood interns that expected to be paid when there was a line 30 deep of people willing to do the internship. You give them the opportunity to see how things work......that IS the pay.
If, on the other hand, you get no interest...well then your hosed. You'll likely pay close to what the market dictates.
Depends what the internship entails. My internship is paying me $15/hr to do research and put together spreadsheets. Each spreadsheet takes about a day to assemble, which would cost much more to have someone making $100,000/year do it. Now, if they're just making coffee, $8-10 would be fine. Or less. Many internships are unpaid if they offer good experience.
You are actually going to take advice from people on yahoo? For all you know I could have given you a reasonable answer, yet I am only fifteen years of age. You should figure that out yourself, really.