Last month was National Internship Awareness Month. Career Edge Organization founded National Internship Awareness Month to celebrate the benefits of internships and the opportunities they provide to students. In Grand Island, the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce is working to access the numerous benefits that internships can bring to the community workforce, said Cindy Johnson, chamber president.
Johnson said internship programs can be the key to finding future high-skilled employees — a problem that more than 73% of Grand Island businesses say they are experiencing.
“By implementing a program, a business is also establishing a talent pipeline of future interns and employees,” she said. “In fact, surveys on internship programs show that more than half of eligible interns are likely to become full-time hires upon the end of their internship.”
But, nationwide, internship programs have been hurt by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, reports the news service Axios. Axios reported the share of internship postings is down 15% from 2020, and 39% from 2019. But its article also reported that internship-related searches recently are up 38% from 2020, though still 8.3% lower than 2019.
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