Building Your Talent Pipeline: How Internships Can Grow Your Small Business

This workshop, presented by Senior Internship Coordinator Tyler Lawhead from NAU Career Development, will do a deep dive into the world of Internships in 2025, exploring ways in which small businesses in Coconino County can leverage NAU/CCC student talent and integrate internship programs into their companies and organizations.

Key points of the workshop include:

• Internships criteria, best-practices
• Internships as pipelines - win-wins for both intern and organization
• Interns vs part-time employees
• How to conceptualize your internship program
• How to secure compensation for your intern
• How to advertise and recruit for your internship opportunity