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Internship Survey Form
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Demographic Information
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Internship Survey
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Demographic Information
Please be assured that all information submitted will be confidential and only averages of the data will be released.
1. How many employees (both full and part-time) does your business have (categories are based on various definitions of small businesses)?
0 (only owner/owners)
1-5
6-20
21-100
100+
2. What is the average annual revenue of the business (categories are based on various definitions of small businesses)?
up to $100,000
$101,000 to 999,999
$1 million – 10 million
$11 million – 25 million
$26 million – 50 million
$50+ million
3. What state(s) is your business primarily located in? (Note: we will release data by multi-state U.S. and multi-province Canadian regions. Data from individual firms will be aggregated with many others.)
US States and Territories (Select more than one state by holding down the "Control" key)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Canada Province (Select more than one provinces by holding down the "Control" key)
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
4. What area(s) of horticulture is your firm involved with? (mark all that apply)
▪ Floriculture, greenhouse, florist:
Floriculture production/wholesale (bedding plants, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, indoor plants)
Florist
▪ Nursery, landscape, interiorscape, turf, green infrastructure:
Nursery production/wholesale
Christmas trees production/wholesale
Landscape design, installation and/or maintenance
Interiorscape design, installation and/or maintenance
Turfgrass
Green infrastructure/environmental horticulture
▪ Fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants, cannabis, herbs, spices positions
Fruit product/wholesale (small fruit, tree fruits, grapes, etc.)
Vegetable production/wholesale (field and/or greenhouse)
Herb, medicinal plants, spices production/wholesale (field and/or greenhouse)
Hemp/cannabis production/wholesale
Culinary horticulture
▪ Additional horticultural sectors:
Garden center/farm market
Farmer’s market
Public garden, public horticulture
▪ Industry suppliers/service providers:
Horticultural supplies/services (products/supplies, equipment, import/export, trucking, etc.)
Horticultural marketing
Horticultural consulting/writing
Horticultural therapy
Other
5. If you marked more than one category, but your business has a dominant section, please indicate that sector here:
Internship Survey
1. What is the current status of internships at your company, office, or organization? (select the most appropriate response)
Do not offer an internship and do not have an interest in offering one at this time.
Do not offer an internship, but are thinking about offering one.
Offer one or more internships
2. If you do not offer an internship, what is preventing you from doing so? (select all that apply)
No value to business
Unsure how to develop an internship program
Unsure of the liability associated with an intern
Unsure that a student would want to intern with business
Unsure of where to find interns
Don’t have enough time to supervise an intern
Other (please specify)
3. For what season(s) do you typically hire your interns? (select the most appropriate response)
Primarily Summer
Primarily Fall/Early Winter
Primarily Spring/Late Winter
Multiple seasons or year-round internships
Multiple internships take place at different times of the year
4. What type of students do you accommodate in your internships? (select all that apply)
High school students
Traditional university and college students, including community colleges
Non-traditional university and college students, including community colleges
5. What type of internships do you offer? (Feel free to include a website address)
6. Internship wages and benefits
Number of full-time interns/year:
Number of part-time interns/year:
Payments (select all options that apply) Hourly wages:
list average
(low)
(high)
Lump sum stipend:
list average
(low)
(high)
Lump sum stipend is paid:
Weekly
Monthly
One payment at end of internship
If internships are unpaid, mark here
Benefits provided to:
Full time year-round position only
Part- and full-time year-round positions
All positions (including seasonal)
Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, etc.)
yes
no
Health care
▪ Medical
yes
no
▪ Dental
yes
no
▪ Mental
yes
no
▪ Vision
yes
no
Life Ins./ADD
yes
no
Purchase discounts
yes
no
Professional development
yes
no
Professional development (select all that apply):
Classes
Conferences/workshop attendance
Tours, trips to other businesses
Mentorship
Other (please specify)
Do you provide housing and/or meals to your interns? (select the most appropriate response)
We do not provide housing, but provide a weekly or monthly stipend, in addition to a salary, to offset the cost (Please provide stipend and frequency in the text box below.)
We provide both free housing (within walking distance) and meals on-site
We provide free housing on-site
We provide housing on-site that we subsidize and the interns pay for the rest at less than the local rent rate
We provide housing on-site that interns pay for at the local rent rate
We provide housing that is not on-site (and might require students to have a car or other transportation)
We do not provide housing, but provide a weekly or monthly stipend, in addition to a salary, to offset the cost
We do not provide housing or subsidize housing
Please list the amount of the stipend and the frequency that you provide it, i.e. every week or month:
We provide free meals on-site during work days:
Breakfast
yes
no
Lunch
yes
no
Dinner
yes
no
7. Please list any other benefits or support that you provide to your interns:
8. Over the last two years, were you able to: (select the most appropriate response)
Fill all internship positions
Fill most, but not all internship positions
Fill less than half of the internship positions
Fill none of the internship positions
9. Over the last two years, how would you characterize the preparedness of the interns that you hired? (select the most appropriate response)
Most of the interns were well qualified and well prepared for the internship
About half of the interns were well qualified and well prepared for the internship
Few of the interns were well qualified and well prepared for the internship
None of the interns were well qualified and well prepared for the internship
10. What suggestions do you have for faculty and departments in regards to improving their internship programs?
11. Over the last two years, how would you characterize the impact of your internship program? (1-5, five being most impactful)
1 (least impactful)
2
3
4
5 (most impactful)
12. Referring to the previous question, please list one or more ways that your company, office or organization has benefited or not benefited from your internship program.
13. Where do you rank the importance of internships in comparison to other components of a student’s resume when hiring employees? (mark all components that you think are more important than an internship; mark none, if you think internships are the most important component)
High GPA
Proper course selection
Research experience
Teaching experience
Extension experience
Club/organizational leadership
Club/organizational participation
Honors program
Study abroad
Peer mentoring programs
Volunteerism/community service
Job in major
Job outside of major
Portfolio of creative projects
14. Over the next two years, is your company, office, or organization likely to: (select the most appropriate response)
Increase your internship program
Maintain your internship program at the same level
Decrease your internship program
15. Is there anything else you would like for us to know in regard to internships?
16. Do you list your internship(s) on the Seed Your Future webpage? (select the most appropriate response)
https://www.seedyourfuture.org/internships
Yes
No
No, but will do so now that I know about this resource for students.
17. Are you familiar with Seed Your Future’s Green Career Week initiative? (select the most appropriate response)
https://www.seedyourfuture.org/green-career-week
Yes
No
18. Are you familiar with Seed Your Future’s Job Boards? (select the most appropriate response)
https://www.seedyourfuture.org/job_boards
Yes
No
Thank you for your time and your support of horticulture!
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Name
Company name
Email address
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