StayInventCentralPA.com is an initiative of the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC) and the Harrisburg Market Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ). The website is designed to provide organizations located in Central Pennsylvania a quick and effective means to communicate open internship positions with the region’s workforce currently attending an institution of higher education.
Every internship submission will be automatically forwarded to career centers at over 50 academic institutions across the Mid-Atlantic region. Each individual institution can then effectively distribute the internship opportunity to their respective students.
The following is a list of colleges and universities local to Central Pennsylvania that receive internship postings via StayInventCentralPA.com.
Albright College
Alvernia College
Bloomsburg University
Bradley Academy
Central Pennsylvania College
Dickinson College
East Stroudsburg University
Elizabethtown College
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg University of Science & Technology
ITT Technical Institute - Harrisburg
Kaplan Career Institute - Harrisburg
Keystone Technical Institute
Kutztown University
Lebanon Valley College
Lock Haven University
Lycoming College
Messiah College
Millersville University
Penn State University - Harrisburg
Penn State University - York
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Reading Area Community College
Shippensburg University
Susquehanna University
Wilson College
York College of Pennsylvania
YTI Career Institute - Mechanicsburg
YTI Career Institute - York
If your academic institution would like to receive internship postings from Central Pennsylvania organizations, contact Brian Reilly, BReilly@HBGRC.org.
Top 10 Reasons Your Organization Benefits from an Internship Program
- Proven, cost-effective way to recruit and evaluate potential employees.
- Almost 50 percent of internship students accept permanent positions with their internship employers. The retention of college graduates after 5 years of employment is 30% greater for internship graduates.
- Employers can seamlessly convert student interns to full-time employees who can be immediately productive. Cost-per-hire is significantly decreased.
- Increase name recognition of your company on campus.
- Availability of continuous flow of motivated students for selection.
- Students bring new perspectives to old problems.
- The cost of recruiting internship students averages sixteen times less than recruiting recent college graduates.
- Flexible and cost effective labor and skill needed to complete special projects.
- Internship programs build positive relationships between businesses and schools.
- Freedom for professional staff to pursue more creative projects.
Need a Second Opinion?
“As a leader in the Entertainment & Hospitality Industry, we promote our internships as a great way to launch a career path while allowing the student to develop skills and gain valuable working experience. Interns are a valuable resource because they are well-rounded and professional individuals who bring fresh ideas to the table. Through their affiliations with others they are able to share their personal experience and serve as an advocate for your company, helping to build the foundation of your future workforce.“
Jennifer Mull, Recruiter - HERSHEY ENTERTAINMENT & RESORTS
“There are far too many things to be done to do each of them well, and having an intern help out with some of them can be a real weight off of ones shoulders. We’ve received significant value from a variety of interns here at Express Dynamics.”
Treff LaPlante, President and CEO - EXPRESS DYNAMICS
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