Our commitment is to build strong relationships with employers, and we are here to facilitate that connection through career fairs, mock interviews, job and internship postings, etc. The Career Centers have multiple opportunities for you to meet with targeted groups of students and fill your hiring needs.

ON-CAMPUS NETWORKING AND STUDENT RECRUITING

University Events

• Part-time Job Fairs are a great way to connect with students for part-time opportunities perfect for a college schedule. Allison West oversees all the part-time job fairs. Allison.west@lipscomb.edu
• Technology Networking will give you a casual environment to connect with students about internships and jobs. This event is held each October. Connect with Monica Wentworth to learn more. Monica.wentworth@lipscomb.edu
• Nursing Fair gives medical organizations the opportunity to connect with junior and senior nursing students. This event will be hosted in November. To learn more email Diane Cothran at diane.cothran@lipscomb.edu
• Nashville Area Career Fair is hosted in February in collaboration with many schools. This year’s fair will be at Gaylord. www.nashvillefairs.org

College of Business Events

• Meet the Firm is specifically designed for organizations seeking accounting and finance students. Market your accounting and finance internships and full time job opportunities at the beginning of school. Contact Suzanne Sager for more information. Suzanne.sager@lipscomb.edu
• Business & Technology Networking Event allows a small group of organizations to meet business and technology students in a relaxed environment. Share your internship and job opportunities while connecting with talented students. This event is held each October. Email Suzanne Sager to learn more. Suzanne.sager@lipscomb.edu

College of Engineering

• Engineering Career Fair is a must for any organizations seeking engineering candidates. Contact Megan Davis to learn more. Megan.davis@lipscomb.edu

Connect with highly qualified and well-prepared students and alumni at multiple fairs throughout the year. We offer career fairs that allow employers to target a specific group of students. 

Lipscomb is excited to be part of Handshake, the nation’s largest job posting platform that allow employers to post jobs and internships for our students and alumni. Employers can create an account and post jobs for free at joinhandshake.com/employers. A CDC representative will approve your account and job, so there will be a short turn around time. We are very interested in partnering with you to learn more about your staffing needs.

Hiring Policy

Currently Lipscomb is not posting babysitting or personal jobs. We recommend contacting Sitting Made Simple (www.sittingmadesimple.com) or TAKL (www.takl.com) for these types of jobs.

Our commitment is to build strong relationships with employers. Beyond the job posting process, our services connect you to talented students through more personal engagement.  Several opportunities exist for you to partner with our office and connect with the Lipscomb community.

Mock Interviews

Build your brand on campus by serving as a mock interviewer. These sessions help prepare our students for today’s workplace. As the interviewer, you ask real interview questions and give the students professional feedback about their interviewing skills. You can offer valuable advice that will help students in the current job market.  

Contact us at careerdevelopment@lipscomb.edu to schedule your participation in an upcoming on-campus event.

Serve as a Mentor

Exploring career options understandably raises a lot of questions for students. Lipscomb’s Mentor Network helps students explore careers by linking them with those interested in providing information and guidance about their chosen professions.

The program is not designed for job networking, but rather it serves as an educational and informational program to enhance a student's career exploration. The amount of time and frequency devoted is entirely up to each mentor. Whether through a “shadowing experience” or a more long-term mentoring relationship, this gives students an "inside look" at career options through informational interviewing, networking and observation.

The short-term internship programs offer students real world professional development through supervised learning opportunities while helping employers fill their staffing needs.

Details of Internships

Internships may occur in the fall, spring and/or summer semesters. Internship range from 2-9 months in duration although the average internship lasts about a semester. A normal workweek is usually between 10 and 15 hours, although some students are interested in working longer hours. Details about the number of hours worked, length of internship, rate of pay and other specifics are negotiated between employers and potential interns with the guidance of a faculty adviser or the career center. Normally, an intern does not receive employee or retirement benefits.

Types of Internships include:

• Paid or  Unpaid
• Academic credit or Experience only
  • Note: Students earning academic credit are required to pay for the hours earned. For this reason, internships that are “unpaid and for credit only” receive the least amount of interest from students.

For Credit Internships

Employers offering internships for academic credit must comply with university guidelines while offering the student a variety of opportunities that are relevant to the academic department granting credit. For interns receiving academic credit, the internship duration should coincide as closely as possible to the semester in which the student is receiving credit.

• FALL: mid August through early December 
• SPRING: January through early May
• SUMMER: June through end of July

The university gives credit based on learning outcomes, we call them “objectives," and the overall value to the student completing your internship. These objectives should describe the skills, activities, and professional development opportunities relative to the academic major you are targeting with the opportunity. For example, a marketing internship might offer new client identification, marketing collateral development including content development, research and execution, and sales training prior to entering the field to call on new clients.  

Employers must sign an agreement that they are offering credit, complete an initial performance review, and submit a final evaluation of the intern’s performance.

Any intern seeking academic credit must meet the total number of required hours that coincide with the amount of academic credit they seek. 

• 1 Academic Credit = 10 hours for 13 weeks (for Fall & Spring interns), 130 hours (for Summer interns)
• 2 Academic Credits = 12 hours for 13 weeks (for Fall & Spring interns), 156 hours (for Summer interns)
• 3 Academic Credits = 15 hours for 13 weeks (for Fall & Spring interns), 195 hours (for Summer interns)

Not all internships must be completed for academic credit if the student does not need the credit to graduate. In this case, the student would work for an organization as a part-time temporary employee. It is recommended that all of these types of positions be paid to meet government regulations for interns.

Email the position description and details to careerdevelopment@lipscomb.edu. It will be posted to Bison JobTrax where interested students can contact you directly.

We recognize this may be a new process for employers and that you have questions. We are happy to discuss your organization's individual situation. Contact Allison West, Assistant Director of Career Development and Internship Coordinator at Allison.West@lipscomb.edu. You may also contact Monica Wentworth, Director of Career Development at monica.wentworth@lipscomb.edu.

Non- Credit internships

Internships that are for experience only more like a part-time temporary work arrangement between the student and the employer. Many students may not need the additional internship credit to graduate and elect to do it for experience only. Employers must determine if that fits their structure.