For Employers
Thank you for your interest in hiring a Coastal Carolina University intern! Our students complete internships in the fall, spring and summer semesters. |
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As an internship sponsor, your organization agrees to provide a safe, structured, supervised environment where students can flourish, develop real-world experience and help your organization move forward in its daily functioning or special projects. Most interns enrolled in an academic internship credit at CCU are eligible to be paid as well.
Recruiting Interns at CCU: https://www.coastal.edu/career/foremployers/
Internship Best Practices: https://www.naceweb.org/talent-acquisition/internships/15-best-practices-for-internship-programs/
Federal Guidelines on Internships: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-internships
International Internship Providers: If you offer internships at locations outside the USA, you should reach out to studyabroad@coastal.edu to work through collaboration on the internship.
Have an intern who’s looking to get their internship experience approved for credit? Here’s how you start. Our request/approval process is through Handshake and requires you to complete online forms regarding the internship, so that they can be approved for academic credit.
If you'd like to download these instructions as a pdf, you can do so here.