Career Development

Resources for Employers

Table of Contents

  1. Resources
  2. Posting a Job/Internship
  3. Career & Internship Fair Registration
  4. Internship Guide
  5. Academic Credit Internship Definition & Standard
  6. Schedule a Phone Meeting

Dear Employers,

Welcome to the CSU Channel Islands Career Development Services website. We invite you to explore our online resources, which allow you to access the Dolphin CareerLink, a free and user-friendly way to target your recruiting efforts toward CI students and alumni. We know you are looking for individuals who match your profile for success and are confident that you will be pleased with the quality and preparedness of our students. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact me as I would enjoy the chance to personally connect with you.

Best Regards,

Amanda Carpenter, M.S.
Coordinator of Career Development Services
(805) 437-3565 (office) (805) 437-8899 (fax)
amanda.carpenter@csuci.edu

Resources:

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Posting a Job and/or Internship

Jobs and/or Internships Posting Instructions (PDF, 452.28KB)

Dolphin CareerLink is your user-friendly integrated recruiting portal to use for posting jobs and internships. Career Development Services at CSU Channel Islands provides free access to this online job/internship database. To register or sign-in to your online account click the link below.   

Dolphin CareerLink Employer Login Button

Participate in the Annual Career & Internship Fair

The Annual Career & Internship Fair held every spring semester is an excellent way to introduce your business to our University community. Many of our students are ready to transition from college into their careers. Others may be looking for internships that will help them develop the necessary skills, training and experience sought by leading companies. The Spring 2011 Career & Internship Fair featured 39 local employers and 250 CI current student and alumni attendees.

How to register for the Career & Internship Fairs:

To register for the upcoming 10th Annual Career & Internship Fair at the following link:

http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1062445

10th Annual Career & Internship Fair Invitation Letter (PDF, 260.6 KB)

We look forward to including you in our next event. If you have any questions about our fairs or additional ways to get involved on campus including other employer services please call us at (805) 437-3270 or email career.services@csuci.edu

Internship Guide

What is an internship?

Internships provide students with real world experience to explore and gain relevant knowledge and transferable skills required to enter the working world. They are designed to give students the opportunity to work in pre-professional positions and apply their academic skills to practical work-based projects. Internships should have intentional learning goals outlined to ensure both the employer and intern are benefiting from the working relationship. They can come in many forms including academic credit internships, paid internships or non-paid internships. The duration of an internship can also vary depending on the type of internship offered and can be just about as flexible as necessary to accommodate the mutual needs of both the student and the employer. An internship experience can foster professional development, enable students to make networking contacts in their field, and allow companies to view potential full-time employees. Internships are an excellent way to begin building important connections that are invaluable in developing and maintaining a strong professional network for the future.

Role of Career Development Services

Our role is to assist employers with connecting to our current CI students and alumni by providing free access to our online database where you can post internship and/or job opportunities.

Role of the Intern 

For the intern, the internship is an opportunity to integrate classroom theory, gain practical skills and develop career-related work experience. It is the sole responsibility of the student to initiate the process to earn academic credit for an internship.

Role of the Employer

Your primary responsibility as the employer is to ensure that the internship you are offering is meaningful and will serve to enhance the student’s educational experience and career development. You should establish learning objectives and development skills in relation to the internship experience and then structure and supervise the internship to meet the outlined objectives. Additional departmental specific outcomes may be required, so please see your prospective intern for details.

The CSU Channel Islands’ Career Development Services team aims to build sustainable partnerships with local employers, and in doing so we expect that all employers adhere to the Principals for Professional Conduct as outlined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.This is a terrific resource for building your unique internship opportunity for a CI student.

Paid Internships: A paid internship would be arranged between the intern and employer. The pay may be in the form of an hourly wage or salary. Some organizations offer a stipend paid in installments or as a lump sum based on the hours and weeks worked. It will be up to the intern and employer to negotiate the pay and terms of agreement for this type of internship.

Non-Paid Internships: A non-paid internship would be arranged between the intern and employer. It will be up to the intern and employer to negotiate the terms of agreement for this type of internship.

*Please note: If you are considering offering a non-paid internship, please be advised the U.S. Department of Labor has outlined a list of criteria that must be met in order for an internship to be unpaid. Please visit http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/scope/er15.asp to learn more.

Academic Credit Internships: An academic credit internship would be arranged between the intern, employer and sponsoring faculty. The prospective intern must take the initiative to prepare the paperwork and documents necessary for academic credit. Academic credit for internships is available only as arranged on an individual basis by students and their academic department.This is a contractual agreement between the prospective intern, sponsoring faculty member, and internship supervisor.

The student will need to take the necessary steps to initiate this process, which may look like this:

Step 1: Intern is offered a position by the internship supervisor.

Step 2: Intern identifies a faculty sponsor within their academic discipline.

Step 3: Intern and faculty sponsor develop internship agreement for academic credit.

Step 4: Intern presents the internship agreement to the internship supervisor.

Step 5: Intern coordinates with sponsoring faculty and internship supervisor to complete and submit all required paperwork to earn academic credit.

This process can take any length of time depending on how quickly you are interested in placement and how quickly the student decides to initiate the process to earn academic credit.

Traditionally, there are three specific times throughout the academic year when students will have the opportunity to enroll in an academic credit based internship. Please reference the chart below to plan in advance for your recruitment of a prospective academic intern.

Semester Projected Deadline to Submit Academic Credit Internship Agreement

Fall Semester

Prior to August 31

Spring Semester

Prior to January 15

Summer Term

Prior to May 1

If you have questions about the academic internship process please contact Amanda Carpenter, Coordinator of Career Development Services at (805) 437-3565 or Amanda.carpenter@csuci.edu

CSU Channel Islands Academic Credit Internship Definition and Standard:

Definition

Academic Credit Internships integrate the students’ academic study with practical experience in cooperating organizations. Through the integration of practical and academic experience, students enhance their academic knowledge in their area of study, their personal development, and their professional preparation. The teaching faculty and the on-site supervisors share in the educational process of interns. Any academic department/program/unit/faculty can develop their appropriate guidelines and procedures and structure regarding internships. However, for the purposes of legally minimizing the risk of liability and ensuring a safe and effective internship program for the University, students, faculty, and partner organizations, the following policy should be incorporated into any University-related internship program (CSU Channel Islands, 2011-2012 University Catalog).

All internships should

Include a signed agreement with a senior representative of the partner agency or corporation and the University procurement officer as designated signature authority. In this agreement, it must be stated that the university assumes no risk or liability and that the sponsoring agency/corporation assumes full responsibility for the liability of the intern, affirming that they have requisite insurance to cover any potential harm to the intern, and include basic information such as location, contact person, and organization description (CSU Channel Islands, 2011-2012 University Catalog).

Include a learning agreement signed by the student, sponsoring faculty, and placement supervisor listing the learning goals of the internship and the duties and responsibilities of each party, notifying the student of the assignment of liability, terms and conditions and the listing of relevant agency policies, and the date the internship begins. This includes mention of whether the intern is paid and conditions for receiving academic credit. Faculty and/or programs must maintain a file of the aforementioned signed forms. The Dean of Faculty will also retain a sample copy of internship forms that are used (CSU Channel Islands, 2011-2012 University Catalog).

Schedule Phone Meeting

To discuss employer services and ways to get involved with Career Development Services, please call (805) 437-3270 or email career.services@csuci.edu to schedule a phone appointment with Amanda Carpenter, Coordinator of Career Development Services.

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