A whirlwind of sustainable success for The University of Tasmania

It’s hard to manage interns (or is it?).

They’re young, energetic, and often require a large time investment. If you didn’t ask for an intern, you might feel that they’re in your way. If your intern isn’t performing well, it may be easy to blame them (though it’s not usually their fault). And, if your intern is costing you more than they’re repaying the organisation, you might start to get a little resentful.

Managing interns can be a tricky thing to navigate, but it doesn’t need to be.

Over the last few years we’ve worked and engaged with dozens of organisations who have a fully-fledged internship system, and a whole lot more who are making increased efforts to welcome interns into their organisation.

You’re going to love this! We’ve invited Adam Connell from James Cook University in Australia to show us how Warp It is working on their campus, on the other side of the world!

We've recently produced a report looking at the reuse and surplus asset sector in universities, some of which are based in the USA. One of the common things we discovered is that most of the projects, if not all of them, have some sort or student intern, student helpers, or student employees.

In the US it is standard practice to engage interns to deliver a meaningful proportion of the surplus assets reuse program- we found that out in a recent study we conducted.  Download here.

We caught up with London Metropolitan University’s Pamela Rodrigues, a graduate intern working in the sustainability and environmental teams within the university. Pamela plans to go on to study her Master’s degree and work in Environmental Auditing, but right now she’s here to talk to us about her experience of working with Warp It within the university.

At the end of this article we also give you access to a free intern job description for your reuse program.

Warp It's Daniel O'Connor is here to talk about asking the right questions...

I received a text from a friend who is Head of Sales at a multinational organisation. He has just gained several new sales staff and lost a few already, so he asked me for some good interview questions.