Looking for Highshool IT Intern
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
Given his focus, an IT resume might not make the most sense. A more standard style resume might serve him better.
Again, that's why I asked him what he was going for. For just general jobs, yeah, they'll do you well. But for IT-specific jobs, they are spotty at best. The problem is the disconnect between HR and the people who actual do the hiring.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
Given his focus, an IT resume might not make the most sense. A more standard style resume might serve him better.
Again, that's why I asked him what he was going for. For just general jobs, yeah, they'll do you well. But for IT-specific jobs, they are spotty at best. The problem is the disconnect between HR and the people who actual do the hiring.
The point is he is not after IT. But instead tech based customer service
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@Minion-Queen said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
NTG is looking for an intern. Our most recent has graduated from Intern to junior level PBX Engineer so he is no longer available for some of the testing we would like to do.
The intern would need to work around 20 hours a month in our LAB. We will have various tasks laid out for them they will need to work through them and figure things out by using the ML community as their resource.
Ideally we are looking for someone between the ages of 13-15.
Edited to add first step:
Step one for a prospective intern: Sign up for account here on ML and post in this thread why they are interested in IT.How are the interns planned (duration) and what are the prerequisites?
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@Minion-Queen This isn't legal is it?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) there are quite a few restrictions on youth labor.
So outside of a few niche use case (family owned business or farms) 13yr olds can't work for a company. Last time I Checked, unpaid internships were only available for education credit type systems (Typically college under DoE regulations if I'm not mistaken) Adding in restrictions (18 hours a school week) the 20 hours a week wouldn't be supportable into the school year.
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@John-Nicholson said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@Minion-Queen This isn't legal is it?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) there are quite a few restrictions on youth labor.
So outside of a few niche use case (family owned business or farms) 13yr olds can't work for a company. Last time I Checked, unpaid internships were only available for education credit type systems (Typically college under DoE regulations if I'm not mistaken) Adding in restrictions (18 hours a school week) the 20 hours a week wouldn't be supportable into the school year.
13 year olds can't work but can intern. I interned for a Fortune 100 at 13 in NY. And the age limits are state based. Given that the internship is not even necessarily US based, only certain restrictions apply by state and some by country. But even in the US, internships do not require educational credit, internships are a key alternative to formal education, in fact. The most critical alternative.
And the hours were 5 hours per week, not 20. 20 per month. You can certainly hire fourteen year olds even in strict NY for totally valueless work at minimum wage for longer than that.
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That makes more sense. (I remember being maxed at 3 hours a day on a school day or something).
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@John-Nicholson said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
That makes more sense. (I remember being maxed at 3 hours a day on a school day or something).
Not sure what NY is, but it's 3-4 hours I'm pretty sure. But only on school days. Likely this would be more of a weekend thing during the school year. More ability to interface with mentor(s) on a Saturday morning than a Tuesday evening.
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When I was 16 working menial labour in NY, I know that on non-school days 10+ hours was allowed. There are separate rules for every two year block. <14, 14-15, 16-17, 18+ each have separate rules. And then some apply to interns and some do not. And that's just NY.
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@Michaelnp500 The original poster (OP) @Minion-Queen is out for the weekend. Normally she works weekends but is away currently so not responding. From the sounds of it, NTG might not be a good fit for you. Don't want to rule that out, it's only been a brief conversation, but it doesn't appear to have the resources that you would be seeking. At least not at this time and customer service is very difficult to do in an intern role (interns cannot legally interface with production customers, for example... they can listen in, sit in and observe, but cannot be part of the customer service chain.) But GS may have things that make more sense, so I suspect that she will circle back with you on Monday, or so.
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@scottalanmiller Thank you. We have already been in contact and I will be contacting them on Monday morning.
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@Michaelnp500 said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@scottalanmiller Thank you. We have already been in contact and I will be contacting them on Monday morning.
Oh, well I'm just out of the loop then
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@Michaelnp500 said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@scottalanmiller Thank you. We have already been in contact and I will be contacting them on Monday morning.
How did that go?
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No interns? There is way less interest in this post than there should be. For all of the people that I see talking about how few opportunities there are, you'd think someone would be interested when things come up.
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Yeah the last 2 years we have been unable to find a reliable intern. Not sure why it's so hard 20 hours a month is like 1 hour a day not a big deal at all.
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@Minion-Queen said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
Yeah the last 2 years we have been unable to find a reliable intern. Not sure why it's so hard 20 hours a month is like 1 hour a day not a big deal at all.
One hour only on working days. With all weekends off plus a few days off. It's nothing. Or it is five hours on Saturday, four times a month (so most Saturdays but with a few off here and there - one every three months.)
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I have a friend who works in IT and actually has a degree that might be a good candidate. She lives in Texas and currently works in the field but could definitely benefit from some much higher end experience. However, she's 25. Thoughts?
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@thanksajdotcom said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
I have a friend who works in IT and actually has a degree that might be a good candidate. She lives in Texas and currently works in the field but could definitely benefit from some much higher end experience. However, she's 25. Thoughts?
Get her to post here and start a discussion!
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@DustinB3403 said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for Highshool Intern:
@DustinB3403 said in Looking for Highshool Intern:
Cool, getting to play on an as awesome lab as you guys have would be a treat, wish I matched the criteria. . .
Stupid age..
But you get to drink.
True, but I drank at that age as well.... lol I didn't get to dabble with a 1/3 million lab..
I'd like to volunteer but wait, I forgot .My age
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@thanksajdotcom said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
I have a friend who works in IT and actually has a degree that might be a good candidate. She lives in Texas and currently works in the field but could definitely benefit from some much higher end experience. However, she's 25. Thoughts?
Get her to post here and start a discussion!
I have reached out to her and at this point it's in her hands...
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@thanksajdotcom said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
@thanksajdotcom said in Looking for Highshool IT Intern:
I have a friend who works in IT and actually has a degree that might be a good candidate. She lives in Texas and currently works in the field but could definitely benefit from some much higher end experience. However, she's 25. Thoughts?
Get her to post here and start a discussion!
I have reached out to her and at this point it's in her hands...
Getting people to be interested enough to voluntarily follow up is one of the toughest stages.
