Assignment 25A

Interview 1:

For my first interview, I spoke with a rising senior studying finance that plans on graduating in spring of 2021. He liked my initial idea a lot. His suggestion was for the firm to not only place recent undergrads, but add classes or guidance for students early into their college careers so they can look for jobs on their own. He thinks mot students are left in the dark for the hiring process and thinks all students could use some job searching skills and ways to make themselves more marketable to employers.

Interview 2:

My next interview was with a small business owner in Tampa. While he liked my idea, he also suggested that my firm look for internships for college students. He believes if his company got a good intern from my recruiting firm, it could help students get hired earlier than their senior year.

Interview 3:

For this interview, I talked to a student at UF studying business administration. She also thought seeking out internships for students would be a possible move forward.

From these three interviews, I believe the next move for my venture is focusing on current students and not just recent or soon to be graduates. Placing students for internships was something I had thought about briefly, but I was not sure it would be successful because I believed that it is mostly larger companies that offer internships.

 The issue is these bigger companies do not need recruiting firms to find interns because they receive so many applications but my interview with a small business owner has me second guessing. I was under the impression that smaller businesses do not offer as many internships and my company would not be able to consistently place students. However, my interviewer said he would be willing to hire interns as a "trial run" for an entry level job. This would also allow smaller companies to get their foot in the door with top incoming talent before they are hired by Fortune 500 companies.

Interview 4:

I spoke with a sophomore studying business administration. He is planning on searching for internships this fall. He said he would be very interested in using a recruiting firm to find him and internship and potentially a job after. He thinks the toughest part of implementing this is exposure among college students. He thinks it can be successful if students know about my business concept.

Interview 5:

For my final interview, I discussed my business concept with an undecided incoming freshman. She thought this was a great idea and surprised it had not been thought of yet. I told her it would be mostly small to mid size companies and her concern was the availability of internships for students like her. Internships are uncommon for small companies so I would have to convince smaller companies looking for interns to come onboard with my business concept.