...EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIPS James H. Thompson Associate Professor of Accounting Central Washington University 2400 S. 240th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, USA. Phone: 206-439-3800 x3839 E-mail: jht@cwu.edu Abstract Internships are a popular element used to enhance accounting education. Although previous studies have considered internships, many have addressed enhancement of subsequent academic and professional performance. The purpose of this paper is broader and examines several characteristics of accounting internships: the frequency of participation, eligibility requirements, process for securing internships, level of participation, availability and amount of academic credit, area of assignments, nature of post-internship requirements, and benefits to students. Two random samples, one in 1998 and one in 2003, of 100 accounting programs were analyzed in the study. For each program selected, the survey was mailed to accounting program administrators. Responses were collected by fax. The results of this study should be of interest to accounting students, faculty program administrators, and practitioners. Gaining real-life knowledge of accounting tasks and obtaining insight regarding career planning were the two most important benefits identified. Future research should consider the perceptions of accounting students and practitioners. Introduction Internships are a popular element of accounting education. Supervised practical...
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...Internships Internships are an excellent way to shape any career or business development goal and the benefits available for both interns and businesses can be a win-win opportunity. Internships are available in a wide range of specialized and general fields. They offer individuals the opportunities to "test the water" before entering into any permanent commitment, giving the ability to explore their options fully. The valuable experience gained by internships can not only improve but also extend our individual potential. Businesses gain access to talents they may otherwise not have discovered while individuals gain valuable employment experience, a diverse range of skills and abilities and even long-term earning opportunities. Internships are more than a short term contract, instead they are challenges and adventures that people will remember for the rest of the lives. Internships are able to help to develop skills and abilities impossible to learn from the books. In years to come when you look back at your career, whether you remain in China or not, you will know that internships provided you with resilience adaptability and interpersonal skills that made you a success. Success might mean seniority at work, it might mean running your own company, it could be simply being a more rounded and experienced person. I consider internships first explore the various types of internships available and determine whether a paid or non-paid opportunity fits best with my personal...
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...The Internship Report Rationale ∗ (Eng 498/698) Because the student who does an internship receives credit from the university, graded credit determined by the technical writing faculty, there needs to be documentation in addition to the site supervisor's evaluation as a basis for that graded credit. Submitting an internship report not only provides the faculty with a document which qualifies the student for graded credit, it also provides the faculty with in-depth information about the profession they are responsible for preparing students to participate in. Furthermore, and of considerable importance, the internship report increases the student's responsibility by requiring the student intern to gather information and plan the report throughout the work experience. The student then has an opportunity to demonstrate maturity as a technical writer by presenting, analyzing, and evaluating his or her own work on the job. Report Content and Format The internship report comprises four parts, each involving a different kind of information and a different mode of written discourse: (1) introduction, (2) narrative, (3) analysis and evaluation, and (4) appendix. Introduction The introduction explains the setting where the work was accomplished and gives a sense of how the intern's job related to the entire work of the hiring organization. This section lends itself to the inverted pyramid organization, moving from general information about the entire organization to a specific...
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...State & Local Tax Intern Position Description At McGladrey, interns work with large and small companies in various industries. They develop strong working relationships with clients built on understanding their businesses and challenges. Interns work on multiple team engagements each year, including several pieces of any particular assignment not just one part. Working in a mutually respectful team environment helps our associates perform at their best and integrate their career with their personal life. As a State and Local Tax Intern at McGladrey, you will work with various sized businesses in diverse industries and receive hands-on client experience with direct access to business owners. Working on numerous team engagements throughout your time with us, you will work on several pieces of any particular assignment -- not just one small part -- and you will feel a great sense of accomplishment when you are done. Interns provide quality Tax and Consulting services to the Firm's clients by performing the duties and responsibilities listed below in an efficient and effective manner. - Develops relationships with client employees. - Becomes proficient in assisting clients with routine accounting functions. - Becomes familiar with and adheres to the Firm's policies and procedures. - Prepares federal and state and local tax returns. - Has a working knowledge of all microcomputer applications, which are routinely used. - Is knowledgeable about accounting and tax pronouncements...
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...AFS Internship Short Answer Questions 1) In general, what do you think the activities of an intern should be? (Remember: this is NOT a production internship. Through my work as an intern at other film companies, the usual activities I performed included answering phone calls, organizing files, and helping out wherever else I was needed whether in the office or on location. I think the main goal of an intern is to just be helpful. Tasks can range from inconsequential to high magnitude, but both are important in order to make a company run smoothly. 2) What makes you stand out as a great candidate for this position? After my first year of college as a film major and working as a film production intern for a non-profit arts company, I have...
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... | Hi Dorian Von, Applications now open for Shell's summer Internships. Shell Australia is seeking remarkable students from a variety of disciplines to join us for 12-weeks summer internship. Shell's Assessed Internships consist of well-defined projects with clear objectives and deliverables that will allow your students to work with a number of interesting and stimulating colleagues on projects that have real business impact; allowing them to gain valuable experience and skills. Our internships provide regular and structured performance evaluations from mentors and direct supervisor. It's also an opportunity for your students to get a look into the energy industry and explore what Shell has to offer as an employer. | | NOW RECRUITING We are seeking university students who are in their pre-final year of study from the following disciplines: * Accounting, commerce & finance * All engineering disciplines * Economics & related * Geography/Geomatics * HR/Psychology * Information science * Law * Maths, statistics & related * Physics & related * Quantity surveying * Science & research We encourage you to share and refer your students to these exciting internship opportunities with Shell. Encourage them to visit our careers site: www.shell.com.au/graduate or share the following items with them: Shell Assessed internship brochure Shell internship Flyer Forward your students this email Hints and tips for a successful...
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...Unpaid Internships Since recently being added as a requirement for many college degrees, internships have seen a huge increase in the number of participants. According to the research firm Intern Bridge, it is estimated that “undergraduates work in more than one million internships a year, an estimated half of which are unpaid”(Greenhouse). Unpaid internships have become a huge debate over the past couple years. There have been many cases in which interns have gone to court, suing their employer for not paying them throughout the internship. Such as the case for Eric Glatt and Alexander Footman, production interns for the movie “Black Swan,” who sued Fox Searchlight in September of 2011 according to the news article written by Steven Greenhouse for the New York Times. The judge in their case ruled that both should have been getting paid while participating in the internship, since both “were essentially regular employees.”(Greenhouse). Anya Kamenetz, an op-ed writer who also writes for the New York Times wrote an article titled “Take This Internship and Shove It,” explaining how society views unpaid internships as valuable and argues that we are viewing them all wrong. Kamenetz’s main claim in her article is that unpaid internships are bad for not only labor market but also for an individual’s careers. She argues this claim with two main arguments. First being opportunity costs such as an individual’s loss of wages and not to mention the living expenses on top of that. She...
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...BONITA REG NO: S1324/1003 Internship report submitted to The faculty of business and administration in partial fulfillment for the Award of a bachelor’s degree in project planning and entrepreneurship April 2015 Agency supervisor NAME…………………………….. SIGNATURE…………………….. DECLARATION I kemihingiro Bonita declare that this internship report is my original work and has never been submitted to any institution for any award of a Bachelors’ Degree in Project planning and entrepreneurship Signed …………………………. Date ………………………… APPROVAL This is to certify that this internship report by kemihingiro Bonita has been carried out at mukono district local government He has been under my supervision and the internship report is now ready for submission to the faculty of Business studies at Uganda Christian University. Name ……………………………… Signature …………………………… Date……………………………. DEDICATION I dedicate this piece of work to my grandfathers, Brothers, Sisters and Friends for the continued support and encouragement both financially and academically throughout my course of study. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Like any other report, is not well presented by the name of a single author, rather its contents reflect the contribution from various sources without anyone of which the report would certainly have been much more difficult and of a lesser quality. I thank the Almighty God for making it possible for me to accomplish this internship report. Special thanks for...
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...Context……………………………………………………………………3 Building a Solid Base of Support…………………………………………………………4 Identifying and Prioritizing Program Ideas……………………………………………….5 Developing Objectives……………………………………………………………………9 Devising Transfer of Learning…………………………………………………………...10 Designing Instruction…………………………………………………………………….11 Formulating Evaluations…………………………………………………………………13 Making Recommendations………………………………………………………………15 Format of Internship Program …………………………………………………………....16 Identifying Programming Staff…………………………………………………………..17 Budgets and Marketing…………………………………………………………………..18 Facilities………………………………………………………………………………….20 Appendices: Appendix A: Caffarella’s Interactive Model of Program Planning……………...22 Appendix B: Needs Assessment…………………………………………………23 Appendix C: Faculty Survey……………………………………………………..29 Appendix D: Student Survey…………………………………………………….30 Appendix E: List of Graduate Programs with Internship Components………….31 Appendix F: Internship Learning Agreement ……………………………………32 Appendix G: Possible Internship Sites for HALE Master’s Program…………...35 Appendix H: Sample Brochure…………………………………………………..36 Introduction The HALE master's program prepares individuals for entry-level leadership positions in postsecondary education, public agencies, and business settings. The program provides a broad understanding of educational systems from social, historical, cross-national, normative perspectives and...
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...differences Raise awareness of global mindset among students OCP OC Exchange Delegation OC Finance & Logistics OC Special Event - ER OC Marketing OC Event Marketing IT Job Description 1 Build detailed content for Camp Job Description 2 Conduct/Facilitate sessions during Camp Job Description 3 Run/ Participate in activities promoting for camp Job Description 4 Improving global learning's system for project/LC members to develop global mindset Job Description 5 Integrate in Cultural Activities organized by AIESEC FTU HCMC: cooking day, Vietnamese class, city tour, etc. JOB DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS Pre-Internship BENEFITS During Internship Function bonding LC activities engagement Intern’s House Pick-up interns at air port Bus map reading skill training Culture shock training Project engagement Post- Internship Interns feedback Interns farewell party CONTACT Ms. Tuyet Anh Organizing Committee of Exchange and Delegation Skype: tuyetanh1106 E-mail: anh.luong@aiesec.net TN DETAILS TN-In-VN-HF-2013-292 TN-In-VN-HF-2013-293 TN-In-VN-HF-2013-294 TN-In-VN-HF-2013-295 TN-In-VN-HF-2013-296...
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...Responsibilities Daily contact with leaders at all levels of the organization including senior management, team members, individual contributors and vendors Provide customer service to all areas of support personnel and clients as necessary Understand processes and work flows and make recommendations for process improvements Bring closure to issues, questions and requests. Solve problems independently Understand business needs and provide possible solutions by explaining in a clear verbal and/or written communications to customers and/or management Consistently learn new systems, applications, processes and techniques Participate in or lead projects or support activities, which are moderate in size and organization span Responsibilities Analysts assume significant responsibility that may include: Developing and maintaining models to depict projected financial results and to value companies Working closely with senior bankers on presentations, financial and credit analysis, and the preparation of financial projections and models Supporting various financial analyses, including valuations and merger consequences Performing comprehensive and in-depth company and industry research Preparing presentations and other materials for clients Participating in client meetings, due diligence visits, and other client interactions to gain exposure to key executives and senior bankers Structuring customized investment strategies using conventional cash and derivative products...
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...INTERNSHIP CASE STUDY Department of English & Communication University of Texas at Brownsville Your case study must reflect excellence in research, organization and presentation. Follow the organizational format provided. Clarity of writing and proper usage, grammar and spelling are expected. The case study must be typed and double-spaced, using a standard term-paper format of 1” margins at the top, bottom and right and a 1.5” margin on the left. Use a 10 or 12 point typeface. Case studies should be placed in a folder or notebook. The student’s name, Communication Internship, semester, and the sponsoring organization are to appear on the front. PART I: INTERNSHIP SETTING (3-5 pages) 1. Explain the role and purpose of the organization with which you are doing your internship. Give a brief history of the organization. Describe the internship site (a photo is helpful but not mandatory), and provide the current staff size. 2. Outline the organization’s current leadership, including the educational and professional background of those in top positions (or those you work with most directly). 3. Prepare an organizational chart with names and titles of those in the direct chain of command over you, from the owner/president to your immediate supervisor to you. 4. List the organization’s “publics” (its audiences, people it influences or affects). Define these publics, using your organization’s latest data (circulation figures, listing of clients, viewership/listenership...
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...Field Study Journal #5 The last week of my internship has been a very busy and at times stressful week. Two of the current interns are leaving the company, including myself, and two new interns are joining the company. Most people might envision their last week at a job as being very laid back and relaxing with not much work being done. My last week has been a very hectic and busy week compared to what most people imagine. One of the new interns began working less than two weeks ago and I find myself spending a significant amount of time helping him settle in. I have several responsibilities in helping him prepare for our busy season which is less than two months away. Everyone who works within the Risk Advisory Services department must learn to input his or her time into both programs that we use. The first program is called ‘Kronos’ which is simply used to log how many hours an individual worked in a given week. The purpose of the second program that we use is to allocate the amount of time worked on each project. By tracking everyone’s hours per project, management can use this information to assist them in planning the audits in the following year. Another important piece of information that I was able to share with the new intern was related to communication with all of the different business process owners. Most of the requests that must be made for testing support are made by interns. I spent nearly thirty minutes with the new intern showing him how to properly send a...
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...12 months internship training program for Hospitality Industry Introduction Proposed Research Topic: This proposal seeks to investigate the effectiveness of the 12 months internship training program of ABC Hospitality Group. Organizational Outcomes: Intern’s higher satisfaction as well as supervisor’s satisfaction according to trainees’ performance and high retention rate of interns. In this project, I will explore intern’s satisfaction with company’s internship training system as well as supervisor/manager’s satisfaction of intern’s performance. In particular, I will focus on how the training system influence the retention rate as well as the effectiveness of the program it self. Desired outcome from company’s perspective view would be higher satisfaction rate from both trainee and their supervisors and in the end, retaining successful trainees. Literature review [Train interns their first day on the job—and every day thereafter—to make them better employees.]. [Katie Willoughby spent the first four weeks of her internship last summer in Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark Cards Inc.’s marketing department accompanying her boss from one meeting to the next and gathering background information for her data analysis project. She loved every minute of it. Janell Rodriguez, a 2005 engineering intern at National Instruments in Austin, Texas, was able to field complex customer questions on the workings of her company’s data acquisition technology after spending...
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...MANDATING FOR ALL UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE INTERNSHIPS? SHOULD IT BE MANDATING FOR ALL UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE INTERNSHIPS? ANNA GRIGORYAN TOURO COLLEGE Professor: Dr. Boros SHOULD IT BE MANDATING FOR ALL UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE INTERNSHIPS? Abstract In highly competitive job market, one will need to make himself/herself stand out among others. The internship experience will expose interns to professionalism and allow them to observe how skills and ideas are applied in the real world. Doing an internship significantly increases student’s networking opportunities by connecting them with professionals in their chosen field. Networking also allows to develop references that can attest to student’s abilities. Preparing academically for your career shows your intelligence and ability to learn, but internships give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge to the real world and develop their...
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