Academy of Finance Internship Benefits
The paid internship provides benefits for all stakeholders, especially the students, and the business partners providing the position.
Student Benefits:
There are many benefits to participating in the NAF Internship - not only for you but for the employer as well. Just to name a few, you will:
When businesses invest in internships, they are investing in futures. It's a great way to give back to the community. By supporting internships for NAF students, businesses can take a direct role in schools:
The paid internship provides benefits for all stakeholders, especially the students, and the business partners providing the position.
Student Benefits:
There are many benefits to participating in the NAF Internship - not only for you but for the employer as well. Just to name a few, you will:
- Use the skills and information learned in the NAF curriculum
- Learn the importance of good attendance, punctuality, and efficiency
- Apply both technical and interpersonal skills
- Earn money
- Gain references for college applications
- Make contacts for future jobs
When businesses invest in internships, they are investing in futures. It's a great way to give back to the community. By supporting internships for NAF students, businesses can take a direct role in schools:
- By offering educational enhancements and a bridge to the business and professional world for students
- By helping to shape a new generation of worldly, diverse, highly-trained and versatile professionals
- By utilizing temporary employees during critical periods
- By selecting from knowledgeable students
- By recruiting future employees
- By contributing to public school education
- By helping create a motivated, educated workforce
- Lasts six to ten weeks
- Pays at least the current national minimum wage (pay will vary depending on industry and location)
- Provides the intern with a workplace supervisor who will guide the student through the work experience
- Offers the intern opportunities to learn about many aspects of the business
- Challenges the intern to think and solve problems
- Enhances the work experience with professional development seminars or meetings
- Utilizes skills learned in special Academy courses, as well as specific knowledge of the industry and its components
- Includes pre-internship preparation activities and post-internship instruction connected to student work experiences