Melinda Paulson, a Rhetoric & Writing graduate who did an internship at Trane (here in La Crosse) and is now working for Trane full time in St. Paul. She is currently looking to hire an intern herself. See below for more information about the position:
I’m looking to hire an intern in La Crosse to do some of the things I started on, and wanted to reach out to you about it. If you could share this information with any students you think would be interested, I’d appreciate it!
The process to apply is through eagle opportunities / career services. I can’t see that description and I don’t receive those applications directly. They go to our HR department, which pre-screens them before sending them to me. (They make sure they meet minimum qualifications). The reason I wanted to reach out about this is that I’m a little more flexible than I believe the process will look. For instance, although it probably says minimum of 20 hours per week in 3 hour increments – we can work around that. I understand the college schedule and am thinking 10 – 20 hours per week with flexibility for midterms, etc. It probably also says minimum of 1 year and I’m thinking of a start date at the beginning of June and going through April. (I don’t expect them to work through finals / graduation unless they want to).
I do want someone that’s good with deadlines as a large part of the internship is a weekly publication. They need to be a good writer and editor. The description gives some other qualifications. It’s a paid internship at $10 / hour. The bulk is publication work and some event communications, but I’m open to offering other experience as well if time allows and there’s something specific they’d like to learn. (I do a variety of things in my position, from developing communication plans for manufacturing locations to technical writing to PR initiatives – a visibility program for our leaders at universities and promotion for customer projects).
If you could share this, I’d appreciate it! Also, feel free to give out my contact information if anyone would like to contact me directly with questions. They’ll still need to follow the formal process, but I’d be happy to hear from them. I’d like to do in-person interviews in April, which means the sooner they apply, the better.
Melinda Paulson
Communications Project Coordinator
Trane Commercial Systems
4833 White Bear Pkwy
St. Paul, MN 55110
Tel: 651-407-3974
Mobile: 651-332-1296
E-mail: mpaulson@trane.com
http://www.trane.com
