We are delighted that you are joining us for an internship during your OPT period.

 

Please bookmark this page, so you can return to it and find the following information and links.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIMING OF OFFER LETTER

This page and the materials cited below specify certain items and information we need from you.

After you submit everything, we will send you your Offer Letter, so that you can submit your internship to the OPT portal. The effective date of the Offer Letter will be the date you notify our HR team that you have submitted the last of the required materials (or a later date if you prefer, for instance if you need to wait for your EAD start date).

In any event, we will endeavor to send the Offer letter within three business days of the time we receive your materials.

You are allowed ten days from the Effective date of the Offer Letter to file it with the portal, so this gives you plenty of time.

 

REQUIRED INFO AND MATERIALS

 Please do the following:

SOCIAL MEDIA BANNER

Every company you interview with is likely to google you. In fact, a survey commissioned by Microsoft states that:

• • 79% of U.S. recruiters and HR professionals surveyed report that their companies actually require hiring personnel to research applicants online.
  • 85% of U.S. recruiters surveyed said that positive online reputations influenced their hiring decisions.

To help you look great online and to help your prospects when you apply for a job (or for anything), we will create a personalized social banner for you.

• • This form further explains the opportunity. Just fill it in and follow the instructions there. https://form.jotform.com/232965412943057 
  • Please post it to Linkedin and to any social media accounts you have, as it will improve your online presence and help you look good whenever anyone (including a potential employer) searches you online.
  • Then use this form to confirm that you have posted that banner: https://form.jotform.com/230345784371155 (If you do not have a Linkedin account, you are severely undermining your job search, so be sure to create one).

 

VARIOUS

• • Complete the form, CtP - New Intern Welcome Materials and Files, which appears at https://form.jotform.com/221927183316153
  • Read the Welcome Manual, and complete / submit all items discussed in it. That manual is at https://ChangingThePresent.org/welcome
  • Complete / submit all items discussed in the Onboarding checklist, which you can find at https://form.jotform.com/210741101416136 
  • Submit the form, Documents for OPT Interns, which is at https://form.jotform.com/233132739950155 

 

REQUIRED MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION

• • Pay your first $75 monthly contribution, which you can do here: https://changingthepresent.org/products/intern-contribution-to-changing-the-present  Subsequent payments are due on the monthly anniversary of your Offer Letter, for as long as you intern with us. Please add the date to your calendar so our HR team does not need to spend time reminding you.

 

• DAILY REPORTS

Be sure to submit your Daily Report of time and activities each day you work, as discussed in the Welcome Manual. If you do not do that or do not work the required hours:

• • the HR department will notify you that your internship was terminated
  • we will notify your school that you are no longer interning here
  • we will be unable to verify your hours worked when you apply for STEM extension or for employment.

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• FINAL STEP
• We are working on automating our systems. Until then, please send an email to our HR team to let them know that you finished the items above, so they can send your offer letter. You can also contact them if you have any questions. You can decipher the HR email from this (it is written this way to protect it from spammers): ctphrteam [AT] gmail [DOT] com

 

• Thank you very much!  
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