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you for your interest in the internship program
at The American University in Cairo! We appreciate
the internship opportunity you are providing to
AUC students and are keen to support you as you
start on this exciting venture. We have developed
this brochure to serve as a reference to your
immediate inquires. Our aim is to ensure that
your experience with an AUC intern is a rewarding
experience. We look forward to a long and productive
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AUC strongly endorses all
types of experiential learning to help students progress in
their personal and career development. By offering internship
opportunities you are not only contributing to the career
exploration process of your student interns but also evaluating
interns’ performance and assessing employees’
capabilities prior to making them a permanent position offer.
When managers pass
up the chance to take on an intern, they are making a mistake
- but we can understand their reluctance. Along with close
supervision at work, interns often need advice on everything
from how to adjust to office protocol to where and how to
network for future jobs. However, the fact is that some of
the best future hires start as interns. Working with them
is one of the best talent-search opportunities available to
managers. It is a chance to see prospective employees in action,
to get to know their strengths and weaknesses, and to tell
how well they fit in a job and in the corporate environment
before having to make a permanent commitment. If they become
full-timers, they are several steps ahead of other new hires
in their knowledge of how to navigate in a particular company.
“Very useful for
both the organization and the students; we were able to get
more work done and the students were able to learn more about
the company’s programs, strategy and working environment.”
Mr. Robert Birkenes, Program Officer, USAID
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