Summer Interns: Why To Get One This Year

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Jan. 16, 2009
Wall Street Journal

Don’t let the subzero temps sweeping the U.S. fool you: Summer really isn’t as far away as it seems. And many small businesses have a special chance this year to snap up talented summer interns that would typically be much harder to snag — but you need to act soon.

The reason: Many large companies are scaling back their summer internship programs due to the bleak economy, so M.B.A. candidates and undergrads have fewer internship opportunities. Many students who might have sought internships with large companies will be more open to working for small and mid-sized companies, says Tom Kozicki, executive director of the MBA Career Center at the University of California in Irvine.