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Advantages

Cooperative Education, Internship and Externship Programs are a good source of trained paraprofessional or preprofessional manpower. These students are productive and with planning can be available year round.

• The program contributes to the improvements of personnel selection processes and drastically reduces recruiting costs.
• The program fosters effective relationships with colleges and enhances the overall effectiveness of recruiting college students. The students become "goodwill" ambassadors for your organization.
• The program facilitates the assessing of employee quality and promotability before a full-time offer of employment is extended.
• The program improves access to minority employees.
• The program improves cost/benefits in orientation and initial on-the-job training.
• The program improves the employee retention rate.
• The program increases staff quality as measured by performance appraisals.
• The program results in a higher proportion of promotable personnel.
• The program forms a closer relationship between your organization and the college.