Description

Gain skills in the field of economic development and develop a working knowledge of business retention techniques in order to assist Estrella Mountain Community College, Southwest Valley Chamber and southwest valley cities in gathering survey information for identified business clusters in the west valley.  Learning and utilizing real world applications for survey writing techniques, interview skills, written and oral communication. Participants/employees are expected to complete a group project and independently perform, initiate and coordinating interviews. Once selected for the Internship the student must register for GBS 298 AA and AB. Interns will be paid $9 per hour approximately 10 hours per week for a total of 8 weeks in the Fall Semester and 16 weeks in the Spring Semester.

• Current enrollment in Estrella Mountain Community College.
• Completion of application and interview process.
• Permission of the instructor.

• Proven ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative.
• Ability to make effective verbal and written presentations.
• Ability to organize and prioritize own work in order to handle multiple projects at one time. This position requires the ability to multi‐task.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the business community, economic development officials and the chamber.
• Possession of writing skills for business correspondence, survey writing and report writing.
• Analytical thinking skills.
• Communication skills, verbal and written.
• Desire to work with businesses and economic development practitioners.
• Experience with data collection.
• Enthusiastic.
• Ability to think on their feet.
• Self starter that can work with little supervision.
• Ability to work with a team to complete a group project.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Computer skills; word processing, database management, PowerPoint