Transcript Corporate Employers Information - The University of Texas at Arlington

WHY SHOULD I CARE?
By participating in this program, you benefit in several ways:
- Building closer ties with the UTA Marketing department
- Retaining the services of a bright, eager UTA Marketing student for a semester
- Conducting “pre-hiring” evaluation
- Providing UTA Marketing feedback about the skills and tools that graduating
students need to have
HOW DO I START?
Identify a meaningful set of Marketing duties that you want a UTA Intern work on for a
semester
Specify whether you are interested in an undergraduate or graduate student
Note: Graduate students (MBA’s) will have more tools, but are also more scarce
Develop a description of the duties, any pertinent scheduling information (start/stop
dates, hours, etc.), and approximate wage information
Email the job description to
Jeffrey P. Wallman, PhD, Marketing Department internship coordinator
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Internships are both negotiated by the student and employer as well as competitive.
When an internship position comes in to the Marketing Department coordinator, we’ll
acknowledge receipt of the availability and possibly ask a few clarifying questions
if necessary
After we have our questions answered, we’ll notify the Marketing students that a new
internship position is available
Students are encouraged to contact the employer directly, as they would in an
interview situation (you may want to schedule a block of time for student
contacts)
You pick the one that you want, and the student begins the UTA registration process
for a semester internship
CAVEATS
Students, just like employers, have choices in this world
The position, for whatever reason, may not be a good fit or interesting for students to
pursue, so you may not get many (or any) inquiries from students
The students also have choices of positions to pursue, so they may think your position
is interesting, but a competing firm has a similar position at a higher rate
Students are learning their trade, and this internship is an opportunity for them to
learn practical skills to complement their classroom knowledge. As such, they
may have great knowledge in one or more areas, but not so much in other areas
Students generally benefit most when they have a coach/mentor for a supervisor,
rather than being cast adrift with a job description and little feedback
Students are still attending classes during the semester of their internship, so they
are not available M-F 8-5 – internships tend to be part time positions
GUIDELINES FOR INTERNSHIPS:
Paid – The Labor Department has specific guidelines and tests about unpaid
internships, and we discourage companies from submitting unpaid internship
proposals – even if your company qualifies, it is really hard to get a student to
work for free
Part Time – In order to qualify for course credit, students need to work a minimum of
240 hours in a 16 week period (roughly 15 hours a week for a full semester); if it
is a summer semester which only lasts 8 weeks, they would work double the
weekly total or about 30 hours per week to get to the 240 hour requirement
Limited to a Semester – Companies are welcome to keep the intern for a longer
period, but the student registers for a 3 semester hour credit for their internship,
and can not repeat this credit; after the internship is over, it is up to the company
and the student to negotiate any work beyond that period
WHAT ELSE DOES UTA MARKETING DO?
When we get an internship opportunity, we let our Marketing students know about it
But sometimes, the position may have characteristics that would make it appealing to
students outside the Marketing department
If so, we send a copy of the internship opportunity to UTA Career Services, which
works with all UTA students to help them secure part-time and full-time positions
during and following their time at UTA
The UTA Career Services group maintains the HireAMaverick database, listing both
employer positions and student interests; it allows students to look at a lot of
opportunities and widens the net that we cast for good matches
BUT – students outside the UTA Marketing department will either be funneled into
their department’s internship programs, if available, or approach employers as
normal part-time or full-time employees, not UTA Marketing interns
UTA MARKETING CONTACT
The coordinator for UTA Marketing’s undergraduate (BBA) and graduate (MBA)
internship programs is:
Jeffrey P. Wallman
email: [email protected]
Clinical Assistant Professor
phone: 817-272-6274, 405-802-4218 (preferred)
Marketing Department, BB 225
The University of Texas at Arlington
701 S. West St.
Box 19469
Arlington, TX 76019
http://www2.uta.edu/Marketing