{"id":3497,"date":"2015-01-22T17:22:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internships\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:05:14","slug":"internship-opportunity-turns-into-full-time-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/internship-opportunity-turns-into-full-time-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship Opportunity Turns Into Full Time Employment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tech-Data-Costa-Rica-e1418838994461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3499\" alt=\"Tech-Data-Costa-Rica-e1418838994461\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tech-Data-Costa-Rica-e1418838994461.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to Dominic Gianfrancesco. Dominic is a 2014 graduate of SPC and is the first student to participate in an international internship with SPC and Tech Data and the first in securing immediate employment with a great company. Dominic interned at Tech Data in San Jose, California before traveling to Costa Rica for a six-week duration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTech Data is appreciative of the opportunity to partner with St. Petersburg College in support of their international internship program,\u201d said Marian Morlock, Director of Human Resources at Tech Data. Morlock continued, \u201cinternships are a win for students, academic institutions and employers.\u00a0 They provide invaluable hands-on experience to supplement what is learned in the classroom. Low in cost and high in value, internships prepare students for the workforce while creating talent-ready job applicants.\u201d Jason Krupp, Director of Workforce Services, agreed, stating this was a \u201cgreat example of how internships lead to increased employment opportunities, and how SPC teams worked together to help a student connect with one of our area&#8217;s top employers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramona Kirsch, Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/pages\/dynamic.aspx?id=2343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC International Programs<\/a>, added, \u201cthis type of international partnership is an important collaboration in which an academic institution and a global corporation see first-hand the essential role global competencies and international job experience plays in a graduating student\u2019s ability to be competitive in the marketplace and to secure employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read all of Dominic&#8217;s blogs and learn more about his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=6981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internship<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC Center for International Programs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Follow internship news at SPC on Twitter at\u00a0<\/b><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/realtime?q=%23spcintern&amp;src=hash\"><strong><i>#spcintern<\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dominic Gianfrancesco. 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