In today's manufacturing environment, it is essential for building organizational talent to have an educated and skilled entry-level workforce. There are many opportunities for companies to engage with regional and national resources to build the talent pipeline. Manufacturers can tap into local resources such as universities to gain access to newly graduated students. With new knowledge in the field and basic experience, manufacturers can mold an efficient and skilled employee out of recent graduates.
Keeping your best interns working on campus during the school year puts them 2-4 years ahead in experience and gives you the best chance of retaining them, both at graduation and in the long-run. No on-campus presence? Prairiefire hosts and mentors your interns at the University of Illinois Research Park while they work on your projects with your engineers.
You get to evaluate your interns for years while they do real engineering work. Prairiefire helps them connect critical classroom lessons to engineering skills each semester; they return to you each summer and after graduation.
If you’re ready to invest in an on-campus presence, we are your guide for establishing your own intern engineering design and analysis program at the Research Park or elsewhere. There’s a lot to take care of and we've been there before. You’ll develop great engineers at Illinois and everywhere you apply our mentoring and engineering methods.
Student Benefits:
-Real engineering work with in-depth projects
-Experience & networking
-Get to know your company
-Connect the classroom to the real world
-Escape the yearly internship search
Company Benefits:
-Develop experienced, contributing engineers - years ahead of others
-Build a high-value pipeline
-Cut the waste of re-recruiting
-Increase retention
-Measure performance under stress before hiring
By utilizing resources like on-campus intern hosting, manufacturers can have improved access to educated, entry-level workers who will help build a strong foundation for the company. Having skills and knowledge of the industry will help manufacturers cut time with training and educating new employees, saving them time and money.
For more information contact Prairiefire at onCampus@pfcae.com or call 224-484-0411
Call your regional IMEC Business Development Specialist for help with your workforce and other strategic development needs.