Re: getting volunteers

>i like the intern idea ... or the idea that people could use their
>volunteer experience for more than just the experience.

It sounds like a great idea but I am concerned about its implementation.
Usually, an intern receives credit for their SOMETIMES unpaid work. At the
UNC Charlotte, I am required to coordinate with the intern's professor,
outline the nature of the work and then submit a review of the intern at
the end of the internship. The student is required to apply and pay for a
class (the internship) and receives a grade or pass/fail and credit, if
sucessfully completed.

Is this the type of internship we are talking about? If not, seems like we
are just calling a volunteer an intern. Either way, if someone were to use
the experience on a resume, for example, both would seem to hold the same
weight. As an employer, I would see the experience as being received for
little, to no pay.

Tanya Spain

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