Considering hiring an intern to join your organisation this summer? We can help you find the perfect HR or marketing student to join your team.
Summer of Biz internships are full-time, paid, entry-level HR or marketing roles, that run from mid-November to mid-February. Once you register to hire a Summer of Biz intern, you’ll have access to a database of hundreds of university students and recent graduates with huge range of skills, including marketing strategy, communications, digital marketing, social media, human resources and many more
This means you can handpick exactly the right person to join your team and hit the ground running. Your chosen intern will work on real projects and help you to get to important work done. Like any new employee, you’ll need to make sure they have a dedicated manager, the equipment they need to do the job, and a supportive learning environment. You’ll also need to abide by a few basic industry guidelines.
If you’re interested in hiring an intern for a tech or design role, head over to our Summer of Tech page to find out more.
Our job is to support you, and our internship candidates, through the recruitment process and to make sure you have the skills and information you need to make the internship a success.
We work hard to prepare our internship candidates for the working world. Before they join an organisation, they’ll attend a series of training workshops and bootcamps to introduce them to a range of practical and specialist skills.
You’ll get access to a database of hundreds of potential internship candidates that you can search based on the skills you need for your organisation.
We’ll host a Meet & Greet event that allows you to network with internship candidates in a casual setting, before you progress to the interview stage.
We’ll invite you and your top internship candidates to attend a series of quick-fire, 10-minute interviews, so you can get to know each other better.
Once you’ve hired your perfect intern, we’ll continue to provide you with practical tips and advice on how to maximise their potential and ensure they’re delivering in their role.
SoB Summer Internships line up with New Zealand uni holidays. These dates will help you understand which part of the process we currently are in, and what's coming next.
Deadline for internship listings
Complete your organisation profile, post internship roles, and search SoB student profiles
Recruitment events: Meet & Greet and Speed Interviews to narrow down your shortlist.
Your chance to meet SoB students in real life, for informal networking and speed interviews.
Speed interviews
Employers interview students shortlisted in quick fire 10 minute interviews, longer interviews are scheduled for top students.
Offers: all SoB Internship offers are released on the same day, to ensure it's a fair market for top talent.
Make sure your shortlist is finalised and you have offers ready to send to your top candidates.
Internships start: most students are available from mid November to mid February.
Internships are full time, usually 400 hours during the summer break. Dates are flexible, to be agreed between you and your intern.
Internships finish: if students are returning to study, they'll need to get ready for the academic year in March.
Many interns are retained into full-time or part-time roles after their internships.
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