WELCOME

Dear Employers,

On behalf of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and the University of West Florida, the Pensacola Young Professionals would like to thank you for your interest in the Internship Pensacola program. We look forward to having your company participate in our program during the upcoming summer academic semester. Internship Pensacola is an exciting new program that will benefit both the employers and the students, as well as our entire local community.  Again, we are very pleased to have you as a participant.

EMPLOYER COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Participating employers are expected to provide interns with a full-time schedule of meaningful labor for the entire thirteen -week duration of the internship.  The interns' work should be both educational and challenging for them, as well as beneficial for your company.  Employers should complete the online Job Description form to the right and submit it to Internship Pensacola.  In completing this form, please remember that you are marketing your position to a college audience. 

The selection of a student will be made exclusively by the employer.  Internship Pensacola makes no representations concerning the suitability of any student for any position.

Employers, please download Commitment Letter >>

All students will be full-time employees of the employer.  As such, each student will be:

• Paid by the employer

• Covered by employer's workers’ compensation and liability insurance

• Considered “at will” employees and thus expected to meet the same standards for employment as other employees, including risk of termination for insufficient or substandard work performance

All employers must be able to handle the hiring process via e-mail and internet services, and most correspondence between Internship Pensacola, the employer, and the student will be handled electronically as well.

The employer is required to personally interview a student before selecting him/her for any position.