Every summer, college, and graduate students participate in summer internships in various American companies. Internships allow students to gain invaluable hands-on work experience while providing companies with young and eager workers passionate about their industry.  This is a mutually beneficial arrangement, and often, companies will hire their interns for permanent positions once they graduate from school, making internships an excellent pipeline for hiring new talent. Unfortunately, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many companies’ offices are closed, with most of their workforce working from home.  This leaves organizations in an unusual position to cut down on their internship, hire drastically, or cancel their internship programs altogether. If this “new normal” has shown us anything, though, it’s that businesses can run efficiently and effectively with virtual employees. Given the success of the work from home model for full-time employees, remote internships can be just as successful. … [Read More]