Host a Micro-Internship

What is Parker Dewey?

Parker Dewey is the leading experiential recruiting platform that helps you connect with early-career talent as they explore professional opportunities via Micro-Internships. These short-term, professional projects help you and your hiring managers access, engage, and assess candidates on the skills that matter most to your organization, whether for full-time roles, summer internships, or ongoing project opportunities.

Parker Dewey’s nationwide Micro-Internship network helps you build a diverse talent pipeline that’s inclusive, accessible, and exactly how today’s college students want to learn about career opportunities available to them: through hands-on, paid, professional projects working with your existing team.

You can also select to offer your micro- internship opportunity locally by including the colleges you would like the role offered to.  Select Minnesota State University- Mankato to recruit Mavericks and help keep talent here in the Greater Mankato area!

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     Where Micro-Internships Fit In For Employers  

• 80% of Micro-Internships have been completed by students from underrepresented backgrounds
• Over 98% of Micro-Internships are completed satisfactorily
• Over 700 colleges/universities and nonprofit organizations have partnered with Parker Dewey (and counting)
• 96% of those who complete Micro-Internships are employed upon graduation (compared to 55% of all recent college grads)
• 98% of those who complete Micro-Internships stay in their jobs for one year or more (compared to 45% of all recent grads)

  Where Micro Internships fit for employers

Click here to learn more or to get Started with offering micro-internships with Parker Dewey!

Examples of micro-internships:

Data Clean-Up	Competitor Prospecting	Candidate Sourcing	Lead Generation	Market Research
Social Media Content Creation	White Paper Development	Website Development/Updates	Social Media Analysis	CRM Lead Cleansing
Public Document Review	User Experience Testing	Vendor Research	Data Visualization	& more!

Not sure if hosting a micro-internship is right for your organization?
Check out this document to help determine if a Micro-intern can help!

Want to learn more about Micro-internships?

• Attend an upcoming CDC-hosted overview session  August 22 or September 4
• Attend one of Parker Dewey’s monthly Overviews For Employers
• Sign up for a time to meet with a Parker Dewey representative
• Sign up for a time to meet with a Career Development Center staff member