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Human Resources Internship Opportunity!

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Access: Supports for Living is a non-profit agency serving the Mid-Hudson Valley community and beyond in all aspects of human services. Growing and expanding Behavioral Health including Community Counseling Clinics, PROS Clinics, Mobile Mental Health, Psychiatric Urgent Care, Community Outreach. This position is tailored towards Organizational Communication students. This position requires that applicants be eligible to receive credit hours for their internship and must be studying Human Resources or a related field.

This position is located in Middletown and unpaid with flexible hours within the following time frame, Monday – Friday 8am – 4:30pm.

To be considered, please submit a cover letter with your application that includes the school you are attending, degree program, details on your internship requirements, and the Access program(s) that are of interest to you.

Duties consist of:

  • Marketing and advertising jobs.
  • Researching and writing effective job descriptions.
  • Provide onboarding support.
  • Provide support to the recruiting and training teams.
  • Perform surveys and data analysis.
  • Gain HRIS experience.
  • Assist in archiving, as well as some electronic file management and organization.
  • Additional assignments may be determined at a future date.

The application link to this position can be found here.

Org Comm and Interpersonal Comm Majors Should Take Research Methods Courses to Prepare for Senior Seminars

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The Department of Communication offers two research methods courses (see below) that play a crucial role in preparing students for the subsequent 400-level seminar courses, CMM454 Organizational Communication Seminar or CMM455 Interpersonal Communication Seminar. For this reason, the Department strongly recommends you take one of them instead of CMM353 Persuasion & Social Influence prior to the semester when you take your senior seminar. 

Both methods courses, CMM352 Qualitative Communication Research Methods and CMM354 Quantitative Research Methods, help students become critical consumers of data and scholarly research as well as become familiar with techniques for how to design original research. Broadly speaking, CMM354 focuses on types of research and techniques that result in numbers-oriented data (e.g., surveys, experiments), while CMM352 focuses on types of research and techniques that lead to more context-centered data (e.g., observation, focus groups). Please don’t let the words “research methods” scare you! In the information age, being able to manage and analyze data are skills increasingly sought by employers from a wide range of communication-related industries and professions. 

In sum, these two research methods courses play a crucial role in preparing Interpersonal/Intercultural and Organizational Comm. students for their later 400-level senior seminar. Again, we strongly suggest taking one of the methods classes in place of CMM 353 Persuasion & Social Influence to make sure you are best prepared for success in the senior seminars. 

 

Want to Declare a Comm Major or Minor? Here’s the Paperwork…

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Want to declare or change a major or minor within the Department of Communication?

To declare or change a major or minor, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/0Wg0W5gvkt

You will be assigned a faculty advisor in our department.

Communication students aren’t required to do internships but are encouraged to do one. This form explains that it is your responsibility to get certified eligible to do an internship at least one semester PRIOR to LOOKING for an internship placement. Once approved for credit, approval remains valid until graduation, so long as your GPA remains above 2.5.