EAST STROUDSBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today completed his 14-month tour of all Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and state-related universities at East Stroudsburg University, highlighting the department’s new career pathway program called Intern to Hire.
“If you think it makes sense to recruit our future workforce from PASSHE and state-related universities, you’d be right,” Auditor General DeFoor said. “With most of our employees reaching retirement eligibility in the next five to 10 years, we need today’s students to be our future fiscal watchdogs. When these students don their cap and down at graduation, we want them to know their future is secure with a great job, great benefits and the opportunity to make Pennsylvania stronger.”
Auditor General DeFoor launched the Intern to Hire career pathway to help ease the transition for Pennsylvania students after they graduate college. The program gives students real world experience that will lead directly to a rewarding career with the department.
To participate in the program, individuals must be enrolled in an accredited college or university as a full-time undergraduate student and be in a declared bachelor’s degree program with a focus on accounting, information technology or other related field. Students must also have successfully completed at least 60 college credits.
After being accepted as an intern, students must then complete the following to be hired into a full-time position:
- Complete 900 hours of work during the school year or within three months of graduation. Hours can be earned over the course of two years, part-time during the school year or over holiday breaks;
- Achieve overall “satisfactory” remarks in their final Employee Performance Review;
- Graduate with a bachelor’s degree that includes 12 accounting or IT credits; and
- Meet Pennsylvania residency requirements for employment.
To help promote the program and other job opportunities with the department, Auditor General DeFoor set out on a statewide tour with a goal of visiting all the PASSHE and state-related universities within his first two years in office.
In addition to the East Stroudsburg University visit today, Auditor General DeFoor visited the following universities over the past year:
- Commonwealth University Bloomsburg– Sept. 21, 2021
- West Chester University– Oct. 6, 2021
- Lincoln University– Oct. 7, 2021
- Shippensburg University– Oct. 21, 2021
- Penn State University– Nov. 9, 2021
- Commonwealth University Lock Haven– March 9, 2022
- Cheyney University– March 18, 2022
- Temple University– March 25, 2022
- Slippery Rock University– April 5, 2022
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania– April 11, 2022
- University of Pittsburgh– April 12, 2022
- PennWest California– April 13, 2022
- Commonwealth University Mansfield– Oct. 4, 2022
- Millersville University– Oct. 19, 2022
- PennWest Clarion– Oct. 20, 2022
- PennWest Edinboro– Oct. 20, 2022
- Kutztown University– Oct. 31, 2022
- East Stroudsburg University– Nov. 3, 2022
To learn more about the Intern to Hire program and find the latest career opportunities, visit www.paauditor.gov/careers, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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