Employers
Rural Works! welcomes private, public, government, and non-profit organizations in rural communities to host an intern for Summer 2023. The Rural Works! program coordinator is available to assist employers throughout the process. Please let us know if you have any questions about the program.
Employer Requirements
To qualify for the Rural Works! program, employers must:
- Be located in or work with a rural community in North Carolina
- Compensate the intern a minimum of $10.00 per hour for 40 hours per week for 10-12 weeks
- Help the intern identify temporary housing within the community
- Provide the intern with interim and post internship feedback (a template will be provided)
- Complete a post internship evaluation survey
- Provide each intern eight hours of compensated time to conduct or participate in a community engagement activity outside of their job to deepen their understanding of the community.
Process
- Submit the Employer Interest Form
- Submit the Internship Description Form
- Rural Works! will promote the internship opportunity to NC State students November 2022- March 2023
- Employers will review applications, conduct interviews, and hire an intern by April 15, 2023. Please read the Hiring Process Information.
- Employers should complete the Employer Hiring Form once they have selected an intern (no later than April 15, 2023)
- Employers may begin their hiring process in November 2022. All hiring must be complete by April 15, 2023.
- Contact Sam Sanger – swsanger@ncsu.edu with any questions about deadlines.
Engineering Participation Stipend Award
The College of Engineering Summer Internship Participation Stipend award is provided to cover a 12-week internship experience over summer 2023 for engineering students. The exact award amount may vary depending on the hourly rate paid by the employer (employers must pay a minimum of $10 per hour) but will ensure the intern’s total compensation is equivalent to approximately $25 per hour. The College of Engineering Summer Internship Participation Stipend award will not pay stipends above wages of $25 per hour. The intern will be paid a participation stipend at the beginning of the internship. If the internship is less than 12 weeks the stipend will be adjusted, however the internship must be a minimum of 10 weeks. The stipend will not be increased for internships for longer than 12 weeks. Learn more about eligibility for the participation stipend award here. Please be sure to verify the interns’ eligibility before extending an offer.
Hiring Process
- Read the Hiring Process Information
- Log into ePACK to review applications
- Verify student eligibility
- Conduct interviews
- Extend offer
- Complete the Employer Hiring Form
- Complete hiring by April 15, 2023
Support from Rural Works!
The Rural Works! coordinator is available to assist employers throughout the entire process. If you need help creating an internship description, developing interview questions or onboarding the intern, we can help. If you would like to hold interviews on campus, we can reserve space for you.
Important Dates
- Fall 2022: Internship Description Form due
- April 15, 2023: Deadline for hiring to be complete. Hiring decisions made after this date will not be eligible for the College of Engineering participation stipend award.
- April 15, 2023: Deadline to submit the Employer Hiring Form
- Mid-April 2023: Conference call for employers with Rural Works! Coordinator
- April 2023: Students attend Rural Works! orientation
- Late May 2023: Internships begin
