[Editors] Hiring an intern

[Janet L Snover]

Hi Alissa and former colleagues,
I’m responding to Alissa's message to the Editors’ Group requesting information about college interns. I’m a 32-year communications veteran of MIT, though I retired very early after getting a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. However, during my tenure in five different MIT communications positions, I hired interns to help in my work. I always used interns from the Simmons College Department of Communications. I’m a graduate of that department and had the benefit of doing several internships through it when I was putting myself through college. I did both paid and unpaid internships and also received college credit for that work experience (though I did have to pay tuition for the credits I received).The Communications program at Simmons includes a wide range of required courses including graphic design, copy and proof, PR & marketing, journalism, and now web design & development (though that came after my years at Simmons). I don’t have a current contact name and number for the staff member who coordinates Communications Department internships at Simmons, but I’d suggest calling the Office of the Chair of the department at:  617-521-2827. It was great to work with some talented young women in the internships I supervised, and it was satisfying to provide work experience for them as they assisted me with my responsibilities. (I think it was a real win-win situation, and I love those.)

I hope this information is helpful to you and possibly to others in the Group.

Best,
Janet Snover
MIT retiree


On Aug 6, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Alissa Mallinson <alissam at mit.edu<mailto:alissam at mit.edu>> wrote:

Hi All,

I’m interested in hiring an (unpaid) college intern to help with communications tasks this fall. Does anyone have experience with this? Is there a particular process we have to follow or a best place to hire from?

Thanks for any insight you can share!

Best,
Alissa


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