What gives a new college graduate an edge in the job market? Internship experience, according to employers responding to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). (www.jobweb.com)

Employers taking part in NACE's Job Outlook 2010 survey expressed a strong preference for candidates who had taken part in an internship. (www.jobweb.com).

Weekly Internship Report At-A-Glance pdf-Students may view this week's internship listings here.

1. To view internship listing details, students must be approved by the Internship Manager. Please make an appointment with the Internship Manager at the Job Resource Center at (708) 974-5737. Please see Job Seeker Registration Guide pdf
2. You must register on College Central Network.

Internship Manager's appointment hours
To schedule an appointment please contact the JRC at (708) 974-5737.
Walk-in hours are Tues. and Fri. 9-10 a.m.

Orientations
Mon. 10-11 a.m. and Thurs. 11 a.m.-Noon
You must sign up by calling the Job Resource Center (708) 974-5737.

Student Information
An internship is a great way to get work experience and college credits. Sharpen your talents, network with employer contacts, evaluate your strengths, and test your classroom skills in a real world setting.

Employer Information
Learn about the benefits of working with Moraine Valley students.

Past Intern and Internship Employer Award Recipients

Awards Received by the Job Resource Center Internship Program

Moraine Valley Intern Wins Scholarship
Congratulations to Elaine Connor, Moraine Valley's Intern of the Year, for winning the Midwest Cooperative Education and Internship Association 2011 Student Scholarship Award. The award will be presented in October at the regional conference in Milwaukee, Wis.

2011 Intern of the Year
Congratulations to Elaine Connor, 2011 Moraine Valley Intern of the Year and all of the students nominated for this award.

The Job Resource Center Internship Program at Moraine Valley presented Elaine Conner with the Intern of the year award at the Fifth Annual Intern and Employer Meeting and Awards Ceremony May 3.

Conner started her internship in February 2011 in the Moraine Valley Community College Child Care Center as an administrative assistant. Elaine Conner was nominated by her supervisor and the director, Denise Lumpkin. Ms. Lumpkin reported that during her first week as an intern, she created excel spreadsheets that allowed the Child Care Department to eliminate many repetitive notes and checklists. She created a document that could be used to track each child's attendance. In addition, for the teaching staff, Elaine provided each with a classroom document that provided a very detailed record of each child's schedule, something that out current classroom software does not permit.

Elaine successfully acquired enough information regarding the center's policies, that the Director was confident her responses to various phone inquiries would be accurate. Her presence in the center's reception area had a positive impact on the center's image of a professional, safe and secure child care environment; the vice president of Student Development, after visiting the center, spoke highly of Elaine and was very impressed with her observation of Elaine's performance.

Additional nominees for the 2011 Intern of the year award include, Christina Dwan, Traub Lieberman Straus and Shrewsberry; Melanie Eckberg, Moraine Valley IMS administrative assistant; and Jackie Kleinick, administrative Intern, Palos Health and Fitness Center
 

Elaine Conner, Moraine Valley Child Care Center

2011 Internship Employer of the Year
The Job Resource Center Internship Program awarded the 2011 Internship Employer of the Year Award to Tamima Farooqui, Job Resource Specialist.

As an internship employer at the Job Resource Center, Farooqui has had the honor of working with student interns from Moraine Valley since 2009. She also has worked with other graduate and bachelor-level students from other area universities.

The interns, provided a great deal of support to the department, especially with career-related events such as the community wide Mock Interview Days and Job and Internship Fairs-assisting with logistics, planning, marketing and event-day coordination, as well as building relationships with employers. They gained concrete skills in their area of interest to help them take their career to the next level. In addition to event planning, the interns learned about the Higher Education environment, assisted with office duties, presentations, students outreach and promotion of our department and events. The benefits of having an intern are multiple; increased productivity with many daily tasks, provided fresh insight from intern/student perspective, being engaged in teaching the interns improved management skills and critical thinking skills, contributing to an intern's learning goals ultimately strengthens the candidate pool, the community and provides the student with valuable hands-on experience. For example, today, one of the interns is now a colleague at the college.

Additional nominated internship employers include Marianne Lambur, Blue Cap Social Service Agency; and Bernadette Shanahan-Haas, Children's Museum in Oak Lawn.

Marie Harrell, Internship manager, thanks those who supported this awards program, designed to honor Moraine Valley student interns for their outstanding achievements and contributions to an internship site, and for employers who participated and provided the learning opportunities for the students.

Congratulations to all nominees and recipients for their outstanding achievements..

Tamima Farooqui, Job Resource Specialist, Job Resource Center