Administrative Services: Virtual Interns (Finished)

SAIT
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Instructor/Practicum Coordinator
(4)
3
Experience
10 projects wanted
Dates set by projects
Preferred companies
Canada
Any
Any industries
Categories
Social media marketing Databases Communications Project management Event planning
Skills
organizational efficiency ms office suite office management digital marketing
Learner goals and capabilities

Virtual Internship Opportunity for Administrative Services: Bring in one or more students from the (AIM) Administrative Information Management diploma program from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) to be your virtual interns. Students will work on one or more projects of your choosing over the internship period, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools. Students are available for 4-weeks (160 hours) in 2022.

SAIT's AIM Students can help your small or large business through:

  • communication and information exchange,
  • document management,
  • project management,
  • event planning,
  • online research,
  • database creation and entries,
  • data presentations,
  • managing email,
  • social media content creation and maintenance,
  • scheduling,
  • travel research,
  • bookkeeping.

Given the uncertainty of COVID-19 in 2022, placements can either occur virtually, or in-person if federal and provincial regulations allow.

This is a 4-week, for-credit, unpaid practicum.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
Project
160 hours per learner
Learners apply to projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

AIM students should complete 4-weeks (160 hours) with your organization by the end 2022.

Students can complete a range of work for you, as outlined in the above section. Most commonly, AIM students have helped to organize company resources and documents; manage calendars; organize meetings and events; do research; create and manage content.

Students will complete predetermined projects in the predetermined time-frame given by the company. The exact nature and scope of the projects will depend on your company’s individual needs.

Students and their supervisor will meet at the onset of the internship for on-boarding. Weekly performance reviews will be conducted. At the end of the internship the supervisor and the student(s) will have a final written performance review with an assigned grade. The weekly and final written performance reviews will be submitted by the company supervisor to the AIM Practicum Coordinator.

Project Examples

Students from SAIT's (AIM) Administrative Information Management diploma program can help in the growth and development of your business by creating, implementing and maintaining business processes.

Students can complete projects for a range of business functions, including office management, human resources, and any area of a company's operations. Project examples may include, but are not limited to:

  • Creating and or updating effective and efficient document filing systems
  • Creating and delivering software training
  • Creating new employee on-boarding manuals
  • Migrating and updating company files from old to new systems
  • Market research and preparing findings and recommendations reports
  • Planning and executing meetings and events
  • Managing multiple calendars, schedules and meetings
  • Creating marketing materials for upcoming campaigns
  • Creating and maintaining websites and social media sites
  • Creating and maintaining company intranet
  • Creating and/or updating company internal and external forms
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the internship program to review the project scope.