Employers

The Office of Career Development abides by the NACE Principles for Professional Practice for Career Services and Employment Professionals and expects employers to do the same.

All employment opportunities posted must abide by Equal Employment Opportunities standards.

The Office of Career Development does not recommend or select candidates for employers.

The following types of employment are not accepted for posting:

• In-home/private/independent home health, senior and childcare, nanny or tutoring
• Campus marketing internships that are unpaid, stipend or commission/quota-based or part-time positions
• Application processes that ask students to use their social media profiles or release information associated with their social media profiles (i.e. number of followers/friends)
• Part-time positions whose payment structure is commission-only (does not apply to full-time career employment)
• Positions or programs that charge a fee or upfront payment of any kind for participation
• Employment outside the United States posted by a third party
• Electronic job boards will not be used to solicit business of any kind

The Office of Career Development reserves the right to refuse service to any employer that violates the NACE Principles for Professional Practice or any Ohio State policy.

The Office of Career Development reserves the right to refuse service to any employer if a review of the specific opportunity or nature/status of the company suggests that it is inappropriate for our service population; if students are injured or exposed to unsafe working conditions; if the employer discriminates; or if the office receives student complaints about discrimination, harassment, threats, unsafe working conditions or any other questionable circumstance.

Employers and postings may be denied for additional reasons deemed appropriate by the Office of Career Development. Note that college career services offices may have additional posting policies beyond what is listed below. Please consult directly with a career services office if you have further questions.

While unpaid internships are accepted, we strongly encourage employers to review the items below with their human resources department and legal counsel to determine whether or not their internship is in compliance with federal law.

The purpose of the internship position description is to provide a framework to what the intern will be doing throughout the experience. An internship position description should include:

• internship position title
• company/organization name and location
• intern supervisor name, title and contact information
• preferred major or program of study
• primary duties/responsibilities of intern
• position requirements and/or preferred skills and experience
• number of hours student is expected to serve in the internship (if not set by the academic program of study)
• daily hours per week/days per week service is to take place
• internship start date/end date
• wages employer is to pay intern per hour/week/month, if applicable
• how a student is to apply for the internship

Consider identifying special projects such as writing assignments, evaluating or processing data, creation of a project or special report for the internship site organization, etc.

Post your opportunity to Handshake, Ohio State's electronic job and internship board.

Every student participating in a non-credit-bearing internship must provide documentation prior to the start of the experience. The internship agreement should be reviewed and signed by the:

• participating student
• internship/experience site supervisor 
• Office of Career Development

The student returns the completed form with an internship position description to the Office of Career Development located in Warner 226.