Blach builds killer intern program
- Moryt Milo
- Print Editor- Silicon Valley Business Journal
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I sat down for a cup of coffee
with Blach this morning and learned about his internship program. The San
Jose-native hires up to 25 summer interns yearly from colleges throughout the
country, including interns from his business neighbor across the street Santa Clara University.
In fact, this summer he is even bringing on one of the professors from SCU
who teaches civil engineering. The Ph.D. is going to get on-the-job experience
that he will bring back to his classroom in the fall. It’s SCU’s way of getting
the profs out into the real world so they can incorporate their experiences back
into the classroom.But lets talk about the program. It has grow over time Blach said, and its very structured. The students work along side the employees in various departments — HR, engineering, finance and marketing. He sees it as training tool and a potential job pipeline for Blach and its working. The students find out if this is where they want to work and Blach Construction decides if they are right for the company.
Tierney Silier is a perfect example of the process. She came in as an intern and then became a full-time hire with Blach. In fact, she now heads up intern hiring at the company.
Even after interning, getting a job at Blach is not a given. The hiring process is rigorous he said. The potential hires will go through three interviews. He says they take the process very seriously.
It’s probably one of the reasons the company has close to zero turnover.
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