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STARTING A SUCCESSFUL
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
S T O R Y

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B Y

L I N D S E Y

M C F A R R E N

while co-op opportunities are offered in engineering, manufacturing
oes your aviation organization have a robust, successful
and product support.
internship program? Have you considered developing
After years of experience in managing their organizations'
one but don't know where to start? Do you think your
internship programs, pros from these companies share the benefits
organization is too small to host an internship program?
of an internship program and provide guidance for other aviation
Duncan Aviation and Gulfstream Aerospace both have longorganizations considering implementing an internship program.
standing internship programs that provide their companies with several
benefits while enhancing their interns' educations.
Benefits of an internship program
Duncan Aviation's internship program offers summertime
Attracting and retaining high-quality employees is a challenge in
production internships for airframe & powerplant students at its
today's market. The primary benefit of an
Battle Creek, Michigan; Lincoln, Nebraska;
effective internship program is employee
and Provo, Utah locations. It also offers
recruitment.
internships in support departments, to
"Internship programs are a great
include engineering, marketing and
THE PRIMARY BENEFIT
employment pipeline," said Jennifer Monroe,
information technology. These internships
OF AN EFFECTIVE
senior talent acquisition specialist at Duncan
typically last a full school year, with the
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS
Aviation. "Internships are essentially longintern completing 15 to 20 hours of work
term interviews of potential new hires."
each week during school sessions, then
Further, interns allow an aviation
working full time over the summer break.
organization to evaluate a particular school's
Gulfstream Aerospace's internship
curriculum.
program began in the early 1980s, and
"What do students from a particular school
some of those early interns are still with the
bring to their internship?" Monroe asked.
company. The company has a traditional
"When you see good interns or hires from a
internship program but also has a co-op
particular school, you can use that school to generate a pipeline of
program. The co-op program is typically a three- to five-semester
qualified interns and full-time hires."
commitment, with the student alternating semesters - one full-time
Aviation organizations hosting an internship program also have an
semester at Gulfstream Aerospace, then a semester of traditional
opportunity to influence future curriculum, due to the relationships
schoolwork. Internship opportunities are offered in communications,
between the organization and the schools involved in the internships.
engineering, manufacturing, marketing, supply chain, and other fields,

EMPLOYEE
RECRUITMENT.

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