We welcome internships from all employers! Whether you’re from a private firm, a public organization, a university or are an individual practitioner, you can offer internships on our platform.
FAQ Group: FAQs for Internship Providers
Here are some common questions we receive from potential internship offerors. Trust you would find the responses to these commonly asked questions, useful. However, should any of your question be absent from the below list, please email Debolina at debolina@internshipbank.org.
Can I offer an internship, if I do not have a female staff in my organization?
While we would prefer internship Bank’s female candidates to be mentored by other senior female professionals at your organization, we appreciate that your organization may not have the requisite number of senior women professionals in the relevant department where you seek an intern. In such situations, a female personnel of Internship Bank will externally mentor… Continue reading Can I offer an internship, if I do not have a female staff in my organization?
When to make the internship offer advertisement?
We would strongly encourage you to advertise your internship requirements on Internship Bank’s website https://www.internshipbank.org/offer-an-internship as soon as your needs become apparent and as early as possible from the start date on which you would like the intern to join your organization.
How soon should we let you know our decision?
After we handed the student’s profile to you, please kindly let us know the result latest by 2 weeks, so that interns are assured of on internship position early on and will thereby be discouraged to look elsewhere for other opportunities.
Do we have to provide a minimum number of internships a year?
There’s no minimum number of internships that you must provide and you are free to provide a one-off internship offer. However, we very much welcome long-term collaborations in which case, Internship Bank would extend some facilities to your organization. For details on long-term collaborations, please reach out to debolina@internshipbank.org
Since the platform narrows down the selection criteria, does it tend to compromise the quality of student selected?
No. Internship Bank does not compromise on the quality of students. The platform only facilitates channeling of profiles to the right authorities (like yourself), of highly meritorious female students who have excellent academic and extra-curricular accomplishments but lack the brand name of a good university or college, or come from a humble background and lack… Continue reading Since the platform narrows down the selection criteria, does it tend to compromise the quality of student selected?
How does the selection process work?
The student first sends her profile and a personnel at Internship Bank preliminary screens through the profile to make sure that your basic intern requirements are satisfied. We then arrange an interview with the internship seeking applicant and if she passes the interview we send across her profile to you. You may then choose to… Continue reading How does the selection process work?
How long does it take to get the intern?
This would depend on how particular your requirements are and whether the start date of the internship period coincides with ongoing university classes!. From experience we have noticed that interns are easily sourced within a short time period including within 6 days, if the internship start date coincides with a semester break and the intern… Continue reading How long does it take to get the intern?
How to provide internships?
To provide internships, please simply visit https://www.internshipbank.org/offer-an-internship and complete the internship offer form! For any special enquiries before you complete an internship offer, please reach out to Debolina Saha at debolina@internshipbank.org
Is there any fee for the process?
No, the platform is completely free to use! We won’t charge you any fees! However, should you decide to extend a paid internship offer to any of the candidates then you would need to pay the candidate in accordance with your initial commitment as per the complete internship offer form.