Dear fellow Long Island interns and business leaders,

"There's nothing to do on Long Island" is the phrase I hear most from Long Island students. Internships are commonly used to combat this feeling and they do provide a great way to see how dynamic the Long Island business community is. After all, the Island has a vibrant economy and is overflowing with smart young people. Still, internships only provide half the picture. We've identified three main ways Internship PLUS will paint the whole picture for interns: Yellow screen of Death.

• Completing experience: Students in internships only see what goes on inside the office. Much of business takes place outside the office, during breakfast meetings, lunches and after-hours events. Internship PLUS provides an opportunity to see how professionals interact outside the office through our networking events featuring speakers.
  
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• Long Island brain drain: Young native Long Islanders are infamous for leaving the Island to go to college and never coming back after graduation. Our heavy investment in high school education is not yielding a full return for our own community. The reasons are obvious: costs to live on Long Island are high and the rewards don't appear to outweigh those costs. For students, time during a summer internship is critical to forming an opinion of what life after college would be like on Long Island. Interns in big cities such as New York City and D.C. are exposed to an active social scene for interns through many commercial venues and large employers that provide a place to congregate. Long Island offers few such options since it covers a larger area and has many small businesses. Internship PLUS seeks to focus on this problem and provide opportunities for interns to network on Long Island.
  
  
• Clueing in interns: Students hired by companies may be great students and well organized, but likely do not have much business savvy or knowledge of the Long Island economy. It is shocking how many native Long Island students do not know what Computer Associates or Symbol Technologies does, who their county executive or Congressman is, and how to network in a professional environment. These understandable omissions will hinder performance and leave businesses less benefit for their investment in interns. Internship PLUS addresses these issues and strengthens the intern's effectiveness.

We're geared up for a great summer of discovery, networking and simply kicking back after work to have a great time.

Looking forward to meeting you,

Greg Galant
President
Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce