Identify How Undergrads & MBAs Differ in Their Views of Internships?

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40390) has announced the addition of Internships Report 2006 to their offering.

Best Practices & Guidelines for Developing an Effective Internship Program:

As the campus recruiting market gets more competitive, many employers are looking closer at their internship programs as a primary provider of road-tested, full-time talent for the organization. Although offers to students are up, the conversion on those offers remains relatively low, causing many recruiting organizations to rightly question how they can better leverage their company's hefty investment in internship programs.

The Internship Program Report 2006 is based on a comprehensive survey of more than 2,000 students who completed internships or co-ops in 2005 and an in-depth look at seven best-in-class internship programs. The Report goes deep to explore the motivations of internship candidates (Hint: getting a full-time position is not foremost) and the tactics that help employers with best-in-class internship programs enjoy double the conversion rate of their nearest competitors.

The Internship Program Report 2006 provides answers to:

--What motivates an intern to accept a full-time offer?

--How do undergrads and MBAs differ in their views of internships?

--What makes for an ideal internship experience?

--How do candidates find internship opportunities?

--How do best-in-class internship programs stand out?

--Where do internship programs fail?

--What improvements to infrastructure and program execution are critical?

--How can recruiters better convert interns to full-time hires?

Here is just a sampling of the data you'll find in the Report:

--Fully 80% of MBA interns view the internship as a way to gain experience to transition to a new career

--Sixty percent of undergrads and 65% of MBAs who completed internships had multiple offers from which to choose

--Intern salaries have increased more than 12% since 2003

--Sixty-eight percent of undergrads and 65% of MBAs say that interning made them more likely or much more likely to accept a full-time offer at that company

--Employers are making more full-time offers to interns - 59% of undergrad and 71% of MBA interns had received, or expected to receive a full-time offer from their employer

--Getting interns to accept those offers remains a challenge - less than half of undergrads and MBAs who received offers had accepted them as of November

Beyond the Research:

Our Research goes beyond the data to provide employers with expert analysis that explains what the research means to your organization and how you can use it to improve your hiring yields. The Internship Programs 2006 Report also includes key recommendations from author and noted recruiting expert Steve Pollock, who leads all of the research and consulting engagements:

- The Ideal Internship Checklist

- Guidelines for Designing the Ideal Internship

- Key Elements of the Ideal Internship

Fast Facts:

- 147 pages

- 2,105 students surveyed from 50+ undergraduate programs and 40 MBA programs

- 7 Best-in-Class internship programs studied in-depth: Banc of America Securities, Deutsche Bank, Hewlett-Packard, Kimberly-Clark, Philip Morris USA, Procter & Gamble and UBS 

Topics Covered

Introduction & Methodology

Executive Summary & Implications

Overview of the Internship Market

Why Students Seek Internships

The Internship Job Market

Compensation

What Interns Think About Their Experience

Full-Time Offer Conversion

Designing & Implementing a Top Internship Program What Makes an Ideal Internship

Recruiting Diverse Interns

Appendix

Companies Mentioned

--Banc of America Securities

--Deutsche Bank

--Hewlett-Packard

--Kimberly-Clark

--Philip Morris USA

--Procter & Gamble

--UBS

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40390