The model for the AIC Hybrid Intern Program will request area businesses to provide scholarships for students who in turn would engage in meaningful internships with these businesses for up to 20 hours a week throughout the school year.
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Demonstrate Strong Attendance:
Consistently meeting the obligations of one’s schedule, defined as the accumulation of uninterrupted sequences of being recorded as having been present when expected. “80% of success is showing up.”
Exhibit a Strong Work Ethic:
Being productive and engaged with the business of the day; consistently making a measurable contribution meeting a high standard of quality through one’s efforts throughout the duration of one’s scheduled time. Satisfying the other 20% of success–being present and involved.
Be Persistent:
Showing the ability to work through adversity and to continue to problem solve rather than giving up and becoming discouraged even when the challenges are daunting.
Be Reliable:
Faithfully following through on responsibilities and commitments.
Display Dedication:
Possess an ownership of the job, a commitment to the mission and to the goals of the organization that transcends the mere completion of routine tasks but reveals an appreciation for the larger aims being pursued.
Present with Professional Comportment:
Showing a professional bearing as a person who the organization can be proud to have represent them, one who is respectful in interactions with others, who can effectively communicate verbally, and has the polish to not appear uncouth.
Be Accountable:
Taking responsibility for the quality and quantity of the work performed, the actions taken, and the results and outcomes that result.
Lead:
Taking initiative, and, regardless of the individual style, finding a way to positively impact the team.
Have Self-Awareness:
Understand one’s own styles of leadership, learning, communication, decision-making, preferred method of receiving information, orientation to the external world, and ways of structuring one’s experience. Holding a fair appraisal of what deficits one has, which ones that they cannot change and how they can off-set them but also what strengths and opportunities are available.
Openly Receive Criticism and Feedback:
To graciously be able to hear positive and negative assessments of one’s work without becoming defensive and to process and apply it effectively to future efforts.
Work as a Team:
Acting as a collaborative, cooperative member of the work group, willing to contribute to the cause.
Write Well:
Utilizing the English language to effectively transfer information at a level of quality that is expected in the work environment.
Exude Competence:
To be recognized as a person whom, with appropriate training and resources, can be reasonably expected to appropriately execute basic responsibilities with confidence.
Harness Modern Technology:
Exhibiting the aptitude to use Microsoft office products, leverage social media, and the wherewithal to become proficient in new systems at the employer’s location.
Manage One’s Career:
Evincing a sense of purpose and direction of what they are working toward in a career, and having an accurate appreciation for what opportunities they have for growth.
Global Intercultural Fluency:
Signaling an awareness and openness to diversity, an ability to adapt to new environments, acclimate to the culture of a business organization, and adapt to change.
Think Critically:
Undertaking high-level analysis and assessment of circumstances and be able to identify appropriate conclusions in an objective, data-informed manner.
Skillfully Present:
Giving an overview of concepts and proposals verbally in a professional, compelling way.
What type of work would I be doing?
In year one, it will be entry-level work designed to hone basic fundamentals toward taking on larger responsibilities in each of the following four years.
