Potential Intern Duties

Accounting

Billing Customers (Accounts Receivables) Reconciling Accounts
Paying Vendors (Accounts Payable) Prepare periodical financial statements
Internal Auditing Create and adjust inventory counts
Assist with audit and risk advisory projects Identify and evaluate risk and control measures
Present/Distribute charts, worksheets, summaries Assist advisors in manipulating and analyzing data
Audit-related project; present your findings to management  

Documentation or Communications

Create newsletters Revise training manuals/documentation
Write product descriptions Write job descriptions
Solicit clients/client relations Update forms
Edit/update website Write documentation of product function (software)
Power Point specialist Create branding and logos
Researching market demographics/recruiting trends Update policy forms

Human Resources

General administrative work Make hotel arrangements
Assist new employee orientation Arrange employee appreciation events
Prepare materials for interviewers Submit and prepare expense reports
Contact references of potential employees Performance evaluations, and classifications
Identify staff vacancies and prepare job descriptions Schedule on-campus and on-site interviews
Administers surveys to employees and tracks results Coordinate worker training in safety laws
Review findings from accident investigations or facility inspections
Process, verify, and maintain documentation relating to personnel activities such as staffing, recruitment, training,
Record data for each employee: addresses, weekly earnings, absences, performance evaluations
Perform searches for qualified candidates using advertisements, internal postings, etc...
Process and review employment applications, evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants
Give tours of facilities, explain operations and benefits, and job or career opportunities
Become liaison with local Universities/Tech schools for recruiting candidates
Help develop trainer and associate reference materials for classroom delivery
Inspect facilities, machinery and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards

IS/CS

Create websites Applications development/expansion
Setup software and hardware Troubleshoot applications and software
Transfer applications between languages (ex. Cobol -> C++) Create/edit databases and records
Observe methods and make improvement suggestions Test programs
Create web-based user/customer surveys Provide “help desk” assistance
Coordinate training modules for software use  

Marketing

Plan and execute a marketing campaign, set up budget Update old brochures and mailing flyers
Research, design and write an internal newsletter Research the market demographics and trends
Write press releases Create newspaper or flier advertisements
Create logos, branding and promotional material Assist with promotional advertisements

Public Relations

Plan an Open House, Business After-Hours, Sale Plan Christmas Parties or special lunches
Organize a seminar or educational session Research and poll employees
Organize groups or teams for charity events Write press releases
Set up public focus groups and surveys Execute the research to produce feedback
Research a formal giving program in your budget and set one up Help with website development, improvements and content

Non-Profit Agencies

Write newsletters Create and mail donation forms
Write press release Fund raising
Events planning Edit/update website
Edit/update policy documents Take/draft and distribute meeting minutes
Manage/update database of donors Mass mailing packets and forms
Agency/grantee follow-up (grant reporting; manager) Desktop publishing projects
Recruit volunteers and organize training program sessions Research funding opportunities and draft proposals
Schedule committee meetings and place reminder phone calls Budget planning, treasury, general human resources/accounting work, tax audits