2. “Odds are, your internship
will get you a job”
– Forbes Magazine
Graduates with paid internship
experience are almost twice as
likely to get a job offer over
graduates with no internship
experience
40% of all new hires come from
within companies’ internship programs
*All Information based on surveys conducted
by the National Association of Employers and
Colleges
3. “Internship Experience
Boosts Retention Rate”
-Business and Legal Resources
Employees who intern Retention Rates for Employees after 5
with their employers are Years
70
29% more likely 60
50
to retain 40
30
employment after 20
10
5 years with their 0
No Internship Experience Interned with Employer
employer than
employees who had no
internship experience
4. What do Employers
Think?
“Our internship program is a
core component of our
“Quality internship programs talent pipeline strategy. It’s a
produce the highest quality way to identify our future
candidates, the most leaders”
productive hires, and the hires
with the highest retention rate” -Vildan Stidham, Abbott Laboratories
-Dr. John Sullivan, Electronic Recruiting Exchange
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