By employing students as interns, your workplace will be infused with new energy, ideas and increased productivity. Interns are a great resource for a special project or new initiative. Finally, interns impact your bottom line – they are an affordable source of labor and are a valuable, low-cost recruitment tool. See what employers are saying about the Impact of Regional Talent:

“I thought you guys did a great job!”
     ~ Christian Babin, Kinetix

“Great fair! Thank you for providing the BEST program with such an incredible opportunity. We received a lot of resumes and will be placing students.”
     ~Robin Brennan, The Reinvestment Fund

“We hired three interns as a result of the internship fair. It was a great program and worked well for us. The students were presentable and of good quality.”
     ~Cristina Gutierrez, The MONY Group

“I support CareerPhilly’s outreach initiative. I sincerely believe that this initiative will create a significant number of new regional opportunities for college and graduate students.”
     ~Craig Single, Director, Office of Cooperative Education
     Widener University

“CareerPhilly has developed [job and internship] programs at a critical time for the Commonwealth. CareerPhilly’s programs…retain young workers within the State, reverse [the] out migration trend and develop the Commonwealth’s economy.”
     ~William V. Larkin, Ed.D., Deputy Secretary
     Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education, Department of Education
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

“GSK is dedicated to our internship programs…CareerPhilly supports us in this goal…We applaud and support CareerPhilly’s programs. The more internships created, the stronger the regional workforce will be for GSK and other employers.”
     ~Joe Voelcker, Manager, US University Recruitment
     GlaxoSmithKline

“CareerPhilly helped the Ballet to access students from throughout the Region at the College Festival Internship Fair…we were able to find many qualified students who were specifically interested in working at the Ballet, and hired an intern that proved to be a valuable asset to our staff.”
     ~Roseann Capaccio, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator
     Pennsylvania Ballet

“We support the efforts of CareerPhilly to retain graduating seniors and graduate students in the Region because it will help our companies access the talent they need to thrive and grow…Last year, we had an extremely positive intern experience with an intern who attends a local university, and would recommend the intern experience to any other firm with hiring needs…CareerPhilly programs are a win for employers, students, and the Region as we use the Region’s talented labor pool, enhanced by internships, to grow our companies.”
     ~Brenda D. Gavin, Managing Partner
     Quaker BioVentures

“As the Chairman of KIP and the President of the University of Pennsylvania, I cannot reiterate enough how important CareerPhilly initiatives are in our efforts to retain college students, our knowledge workers, in the region and support our knowledge-based economy.
     ~Dr. Judith Rodin, President
     University of Pennsylvania

“CareerPhilly’s Internship-in-a-Box program is a helpful resource because not only does it give human resource managers the tool to create meaningful internship experiences for students, but it also educates us on how we, as employers, can maximize the benefit from the internships as well…CareerPhilly will benefit us, and the Region’s college and university students.”
     ~Ellen A. Johnston, PHR
     Society for Human Resource Management

“Our company had much success in finding intelligent and mature candidates for our internships. From the [College Festival Internship] fair, we hired two interns and since that time we have hired two additional interns using the [CareerPhilly.com] website. The students have brought so much energy to our office and I am delighted to be a part of such a wonderful program.”
     ~Lisa Cosner, HR Representative
     Soluziona

“What a wonderful and highly informative website!!  It leaves virtually no
stone unturned for the serious student seeking job opportunities.  Armed
with such a vast array of information, this website makes it easy for
students to go into a company prepared and confident.  Keep the
information coming!!”
     ~ Marla S. Hamilton
     Vice President, Development
     Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

“We hired an Intern as a result of the Student Intern Fair, for an intense two month project.  Hue Doan
started on 03/29/04 and is scheduled to complete a two-month internship.”
     ~ Stacey James
     Consultant
     The Kimmel Group

“I’d like to live in a big city and I feel that Philadelphia is big enough while retaining a friendly atmosphere. Its proximity to DC and New York is also nice.”

“I love this city! The diversity and resources are phenomenal!”

“Santomero said in his initial speech the key for the region is to “encourage migration of knowledge workers” from outside the Delaware Valley and to better train and retain the region’s students.”
     ~ Philadelphia Business Journal