In this interview process I found three new upperclassmen in
the sport management field that will soon need an internship. I explained to
them about my proposed partnership service for students with the need of
internship for personal benefit or for graduation requirements. Similarly to any
other interviewees I have had they were very receptive of the idea. In this assignment
we were asked to go a few steps further so I did that.
The attributes that are looked for while finding an
internship include: Obtainability/Competition, Pay, Variety, Quality of
experience, potential for future employment, Cost, and Convenience.
There is not a huge list of alternatives when it comes to
this service but rather two option, find an internship on your own, or use my
service. When evaluating these options I believe that my service has the
advantage when it comes to competition, pay, and convenience. I believe that
finding an internship on your own will only have the advantage of being more
cost effective as it is free to gain an internship but through the school it
will most likely cost an undetermined amount of money. I believe that quality
of experience, and potential for future employment are equally positive for
both options. All three of my interviewees were very attracted to the
convenience and potential for pay as most internships don’t pay.
Customers would “purchase” this service through the school
by getting approved for a position that they applied for. The goal is to create
a free program, but if that is not possible than the goal is to create just an add-on
cost to the actual course that students go through when they require an internship.
For this idea it is assumed that the post purchase
evaluation would take much longer than that of a normal product. The things
that seem to be most important is quality of the experience gained, potential
for future employment, and overall value whether they paid for it or not. If
those are not met then they feel that it would be a bad purchase.
From these interviews I feel that this idea is staying on
track and getting stronger. I believe that if done correctly with the right
partnerships there will be continuously see positive post purchase evaluations
which will help grow the program.
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