I think it's tricky with interns because we'd like to assume that it means free help, but interns require at least some supervision. If you have the time and energy to support the work of a high school or college student, great. If not, don't do it.
It works best if the other involved agency or school has a thorough system of accountability, like if they make the intern come up with a work plan and grade them accordingly. Also, in retrospect, I wish I had done a better job holding some interns accountable, but, again, that's hard to do when you don't really have the capacity to support them anyway.
Of course, there are superstars out there who need very little support and make great contributions. Maybe you'll get one of those. :)
-rachael
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM, reno bikes renobikeproject@gmail.comwrote:
We have our second now.
first one was last summer. hard to keep them busy, but got a lot of good work out of him.
we will be a little better prepared for the second.
n
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:50 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
Feel like answering some questions off list?
We've been presented the possibility of hiring an intern at no cost to us, aside from coming up with the position.
I'd be interested to hear from someone who's set up a similar position from scratch, and what hurdles/successes you found, or can steer us around/towards.
Thanks!
josh.
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