Mentorship
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Help Us Say Adieu to (Most Of) the Summer 2019 IWCO Direct Interns
Another year in the books that the interns didn’t burn down IWCO Direct. I think I can speak for the group when I say it was an amazing summer full of learning. Below are some final words from both the IWCO Direct interns and their supervisors, reflecting on the past three months [...]
10 Ways to Help Turn an Internship into a Full-Time Position
Most workplace interns are current college students, and their internships are usually for college credit and/or professional experience. My first internship was between my junior and senior year of college. I learned a lot and was even offered a position with the company after my internship ended. Actually, 52% of interns are offered a full-time […]
How We’re Making Mentoring Month Last All Year Long
Long-time readers of SpeakingDIRECT may know that January is National Mentoring Month, as we’ve been writing about mentoring and our work with programs like MENTOR Minnesota for at least eight years. The official designation goes back to 2002, when President George W. Bush proclaimed January as National Mentoring Month, endorsed by both chambers of the […]
IWCO Direct’s Megan Lester Adds “Cal Poly Award Recipient” to Her Numerous Accolades
We just learned of a new benefit from our media monitoring service: It provides visibility to an employee’s achievement when she is too modest or humble to tell us about it herself. Imagine our surprise and delight when “Megan Lester” and the video below appeared in our daily report! [ ... ]
Why Should IT Professionals Look for a Career at IWCO Direct?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US job market is seeing historically low unemployment rates. That’s great news for our economy and those job-hunting, but can lead to challenges for employers who are having to fight for qualified individuals. This is also true at IWCO Direct—for instance, it took more than five […]
