Recruit Summer Interns for Your County

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Recruit Summer Interns for Your County through the Georgia County Internship Program

The Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) is currently seeking counties to participate in the summer semester of the Georgia County Internship Program (GCIP). Many college and graduate students are looking for internship opportunities to gain experience in a certain field or to satisfy academic requirements for their degree program. This is the perfect opportunity for counties to recruit these students to assist with projects that will benefit the county and the public at large.

At this time, no grant funds are available, however many students are more interested in receiving academic credit or work experience than they are in a paid position. In fact, some degree programs do not allow interns seeking academic internships to receive payment. To this end, we encourage counties to submit both funded and unfunded internship positions.  ACCG will be heavily promoting the summer program through our GCIP website, www.georgiacountyinternships.org, social media sources, and by participating in the largest college career fair in the state in April.

Counties that are interested in participating in the summer program need to complete the employer application form and submit it to Kanika Greenlee via email at kgreenlee@accg.org or fax it to her at 404-525-2477 by March 14.  Once the position is approved, it will be posted on the GCIP website and with area universities. Any student interested in the position will apply directly to the county.

Hosting an intern not only benefits the student, but it also benefits the county. Over the course of the GCIP, students have completed projects on updating and creating websites,  mapping  for trails, monuments, stormwater drains, conservation areas, public safety routes and crime victim locations through GIS technology, creating inventories of businesses not paying occupation tax to the county, revising and updating HR manuals and procedures, writing press releases, providing talent, scripts, video, and story ideas for county television studios, updating mobile home inventories for ad valorem tax purposes, drafting ordinances, conducting energy audits, and assisting with record management projects.

ACCG encourages you to participate in this internship program.  Don’t miss out on hiring the next generation of county employees!