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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Bottner is the President and CEO of Intern Bridge, a college
relations consulting, research and outsourced staffing organization.
In 2006, Richard founded the New England Internship Study, the
largest survey ever to be conducted solely on the topic of
internships. Backed by this research, Richard has consulted for
several organizations, helping them build effective internship
programs based on student expectations. He has been invited to speak
at numerous conferences including the National Association of
Colleges and Employers, Eastern Association of
Colleges and Employers, the Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges
and Employers, the New York State Cooperative and Experiential
Education Association, and the New England Association for
Cooperative Education and Field Experience. ABOUT INTERN BRIDGE, INC.
We are passionate about internships. At Intern Bridge, we look at experiential education as a way to build foundations for tomorrow's workforce, create a pipeline of highly talented students for organizations and foster relationships between higher education and employers. It is our strong belief that all organizations can benefit from an effectively planned and properly structured internship program, regardless of the organization's size or industry. Intern Bridge was founded in 2006 by a college student realizing a need to close the gap between students and employers as it relates to internships.
Richard Bottner, a junior at Babson College in Wellesley, MA had been studying human resources for a year when he received his first human resources internship. At the time, he was also working as a conference aid for the regional HR association. In this role, he had the opportunity to attend conferences and network with HR professionals. In early 2006, Richard attended a conference where the topic was Strategic Staffing. One of the main ideas presented was establishing an organization-wide internship program. To his amazement, few HR professionals in the room knew how to create meaningful internship programs, and he observed this same disappointing pattern in his own internship. Surprisingly, many HR professionals who he spoke with recognized the gap between student expectations and employer reality, but they did not know how to approach the dilemma. The idea for Intern Bridge was born.
Intern Bridge is a staffing and research organization. We conduct research into student expectations and experiences. We also conduct research with employers in an effort to learn about their desired outcomes and best practices for hosting an internship project. Our research projects are backed by universities and human resources associations. Part of what makes our products and services unique is that everything we do is based on our proprietary research. On the staffing and consulting side, we help organizations develop or improve internship programs to create win-win relationships between the organization, the university, and the student.
Our services include the ability to help organizations structure programs, perform recruiting and marketing tasks, select interns and supervisors, determine compensation, conduct evaluations, deliver orientation programming, provide payroll, and much more. We also offer customized workshop production and college relations \ internship programming consulting services.
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