The best part about bringing in an intern in the summer is the inflow of new ideas into the company. Internships obviously help the student gain valuable experience that they can use to improve their resume. It is also a great learning experience for them. If it is a paid internship it helps the student to cover their expenses while completing their education. But the not so obvious benefits are those that come to the company that hires them.
Interns come to your company with a new set of eyes and ears. They also come with the latest ideas and technologies that are being taught in our schools. Their input can be a breath of fresh air to a stagnant company. They may question why you do something the way ‘its always been done’, and have a really good suggestion for doing it differently. It isn’t necessarily because they are smarter, it may just be that they are seeing it from a different perspective. Don’t judge them by their youth, they may have some valuable ideas to share, that you’ll never learn if you don’t take the time to listen.
I recommend you hire a summer intern and see what new ideas come walking in your door, even if it’s just for a few months.
The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.
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