InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
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Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#2This is awesome. When I was in college (1986-1990) internships were a pretty new concept. Then when in MBA (1997-1998) it obviously became a bigger deal. But now, the practice is very much becoming the norm. But, the tools for students and companies to find one another are still archaic (school recruiting systems... and afterthoughts on Monster, etc).
Plus, it's just as important for companies to provide killer internships (to get the best students, year after year) as it is for students to perform.
It's an ideal way to recruit, and find great companies, and a space ripe for innovation and investment.
Very excited to see what the team comes up with (and yes, I'm a fan and advisor -- my enthusiasm runs deep, and is very genuine)
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#3I selected "any field" in both London and NYC and it had nothing for either. Not very useful without any listings.
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#4I selected "any field" in both London and NYC and it had nothing for either. Not very useful without any listings.
Sorry for the confusion. We currently only have listings active on the west coast in California, Oregon, and Washington. We should definitely make that more obvious, especially when someone searches outside of our current territory. I'll add that tonight.
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#5This is great! It's a great company that really delivers on their promises on both sides. For interns - an easy way to get an internship that's actually inline with their interests and skill development. For employers - a quality intern that can deliver quality work. As someone that's experienced both sides of the internship issue through InternMatch, this is well deserved. Congrats!
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#6Way to go guys! It's awesome to see the company grow constantly. Keep up the good work : )
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#7I selected "any field" in both London and NYC and it had nothing for either. Not very useful without any listings.
Sorry for the confusion. We currently only have listings active on the west coast in California, Oregon, and Washington. We should definitely make that more obvious, especially when someone searches outside of our current territory. I'll add that tonight.
I only searched London because that's where I am and it geotargeted me. May want to limit that functionality too.
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#8I selected "any field" in both London and NYC and it had nothing for either. Not very useful without any listings.
Sorry for the confusion. We currently only have listings active on the west coast in California, Oregon, and Washington. We should definitely make that more obvious, especially when someone searches outside of our current territory. I'll add that tonight.
Actually, suppose we have internships to offer in your nonactive territories (say, the washington DC area), should we wait to post them? Also, would REU (research experience for undergraduates) be suitable to post on your site (we tend to pay about $4K for the summer for undergrads and offer free housing...).
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#9Congrats! The InternMatch guys are awesome and are building an amazing product.
Re: InternMatch Raises $400K To Help Students Find The Perfect Internship
#10My school, Penn State, has something called the Washington Program. You apply to the program, then the program coordinator makes calls on your behalf to his personal network of Penn State alumni and other internship sponsors from the DC area. The quality of these internships was incredible: students worked on Capitol Hill, for big name media outlets, and for public affairs firms.
The program works so well because each year it can deliver students who have the "Penn State Washington Program seal of approval", so to speak. To an internship sponsor, the value proposition is simple: "Liked last year's intern? Well here's another."
It's definitely good that a site like InternMatch exists, but I think the best way for students to land a competitive internship is through some sort of social validation. The Penn State Washington Program provided this validation to students who otherwise might not have any connections in D.C.
Perhaps there is some business opportunity here: provide social validation for potential interns just like the Washington Program, but at scale (think Monster.com vs. TheLadders). Or maybe this is something best left to universities and their alumni associations.