What makes Commsgrad so bloody good for both hosts and interns?

Becoming a Commsgrad Internship Host is great as it gives you a monthly extra set of hands that doesn’t hurt the budget. But, what it does cost is a little of your time to brief your remote intern and manage their tasks.

The Commsgrad’s objective is to add value to your business whilst they learn along the way. The biggest benefit for them, outside of learning and honing their skills, is a short written referral from you that they can list on their CV or LinkedIn. These couple of sentences that you can write for them is super powerful in helping them secure their first professional role and can be the difference in the 1000’s of other applicants.

A lot of people in media and the communications industry (aka, the gatekeepers of storytelling for news, brands and businesses) look the same. There is a lack of diversity issue that we are trying to work toward improving. By giving students unbiased access to work experience it can give them opportunities to more easily bridge the gap to their first professional role. We have removed choice because sometimes there is some unconscious bias that can go unchecked.

By becoming a Commsgrad Internship Host you are helping us on our mission to create meaningful access to equitable, unbiased work experience. This all helps us to further move the dial on the diversity of voice in the media and online - the more diversity we have in the communications industry, across all sectors, the more diverse storytelling outcomes - which is better for everyone.

Thank you for helping Commsgrad on our mission to create better, equal opportunities for students.