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Ask HN: What are the best ways to find and recruit interns for start up?

12 points by Igor_Bratnikov ↗ HN
We are start up in early stages looking to ramp up and need some pretty talented interns in marketing, sales, tech and general wizardry! What are the best ways to reach out and find interns and how to attract them to an early stage company.

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caw
Try posting at the local college (flyer or email) or the co-op/internship office. If you email though it's best to go through the school rather than try to obtain a list of emails and send it yourself. I know I tend to delete those without reading.

From a college perspective the biggest problem with startups was trying to find one. You had to know somebody who knew somebody to even hear about a startup, let alone apply. A few friends of mine applied to some really cool startups but I didn't find out about those until after I had accepted a position elsewhere.

Igor_Bratnikov
Yup reached out to the local schools career postings today. Hopefully we can incite some talented interns as I think we have some great experiences for them.
mschalle
Posting on places like HN isn't a bad idea either. I'm actually a CS student at CMU so I'm on the lookout for summer internships. Just reply if you'd like to get in touch
jessepollak
Agreed, I'm a student at Pomona College outside of LA looking for a summer internship too. I'd love to talk if you're interested.
Igor_Bratnikov
Great as I said all HN folks are welcome! Let me know how to get in touch.
Igor_Bratnikov
Def let's talk we like all the HN minded people we can get. Send me your email and I will contact you with some ideas. =)
sahil_lmn
Check the Who's Hiring threads:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3181796 (November)

This is such a long thread that it is actually paginated so make sure to go the next page via the More link at the bottom and search each page for intern/INTERN.

LilValleyBigEgo
Set up a table on a college campus and offer anything for free (beer, t-shirts, soda, candy) in exchange for a resume.
Igor_Bratnikov
Thats proper HN thinking out of the box that I like
WillyF
I run http://www.onedayoneinternship.com/

Send me some info on your positions and I might be able to feature your company on the site. No promises, but I'll at least take a look. There's contact info in the sidebar of the site.

Igor_Bratnikov
Awesome will do! I think we have a great product and a very skilled person on our team with whom the interns will primarily work with. So a great experience for some college kids.
SanjeevSharma
There has been a lot of flak around free (non-paid) internships lately. As a bootstrapper, I cannot afford to pay an intern. How should I handle getting an intern on-board?
Igor_Bratnikov
If you offer the student credit and make sure you abide by the schools rules so that the student can receive credit than legally you can employ the intern without monetary compensation. This should get you on your way!
Bry789123
I would definitely be interested in an internship at a growing start-up. I would classify myself as a Non-Technical business person, though I do have a strong passion and general knowledge of technology. Feel free to send me an e-mail @ Lyandve_brya@bentley.edu
ensynk
No one mentioned InternMatch so here it is. http://www.internmatch.com/
Igor_Bratnikov
Sounds like a great idea minus the fact that you have to pay! Which is probably worth it for a large company it's not worth it at our stage.