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May 22, 2026 | 12:00-1:30 pm (90-min virtual session)
You said yes to the intern. Maybe it was a favor for a friend. Maybe someone in HR assigned them to you before you could say no. Either way, they are starting soon, and you have an actual job to do on top of figuring out what to do with them.
Most managers get very little guidance on how to manage interns well. The gap between what many students expect from a workplace and what managers are used to giving is bigger than people expect.
This is a 90-minute session for managers who want to handle the internship well, and for those who mostly just don't want anything to go sideways. We work through the situations that actually come up: the intern who doesn't communicate professionally, the one who struggles with feedback, the favor hire who comes with extra politics, and the capable intern who's been sitting around for two weeks because nobody gave them anything meaningful to do.
We will cover:
How to structure the first week so an intern isn't wandering around asking people if they need help
What expectations need to be said out loud, and how to say them clearly
How to give feedback to someone who has probably never received it at work before
What students actually expect from a manager, and what to do when those expectations cause frustration
What managers need to know about the basic legal landscape around interns
A well-managed intern can be useful, can turn into a future hire, and will absolutely tell people what it was like to work at your organization. An intern who was ignored or badly managed will do the same thing, just differently.
May 22, 2026 | 12:00-1:30 pm (90-min virtual session)
You said yes to the intern. Maybe it was a favor for a friend. Maybe someone in HR assigned them to you before you could say no. Either way, they are starting soon, and you have an actual job to do on top of figuring out what to do with them.
Most managers get very little guidance on how to manage interns well. The gap between what many students expect from a workplace and what managers are used to giving is bigger than people expect.
This is a 90-minute session for managers who want to handle the internship well, and for those who mostly just don't want anything to go sideways. We work through the situations that actually come up: the intern who doesn't communicate professionally, the one who struggles with feedback, the favor hire who comes with extra politics, and the capable intern who's been sitting around for two weeks because nobody gave them anything meaningful to do.
We will cover:
How to structure the first week so an intern isn't wandering around asking people if they need help
What expectations need to be said out loud, and how to say them clearly
How to give feedback to someone who has probably never received it at work before
What students actually expect from a manager, and what to do when those expectations cause frustration
What managers need to know about the basic legal landscape around interns
A well-managed intern can be useful, can turn into a future hire, and will absolutely tell people what it was like to work at your organization. An intern who was ignored or badly managed will do the same thing, just differently.
