Career Edge is a national, not-for-profit corporation that has been established to execute the mission of bringing Interns and Host Organizations together and ensuring the quality standards of these experiences are maintained.

Career Edge internships are open to graduates of university, college or high school wishing to spend six, nine or twelve months gaining career experience with a Canadian company. A stipend of $1,500 per month, less required deductions, is paid to Interns during their experience.

All Career Edge internships have four common elements -- employment experience, learning, coaching and networking. Combined, these elements bring the concept of Career Edge to life and serve to foster a mutually rewarding relationship between Interns and Host Organizations.

Organizations interested in providing internships apply to become "Host Organizations" by registering with Career Edge and signing the Application and Agreement to Become a Host Organization -- Code of Conduct and Workplace Practices document. Once approved, Host Organizations are invited to post their internships on the Career Edge Web site.

Youth can browse the Career Edge Web site and apply to internships of interest to them. Host Organizations receive the applications and are responsible for screening the résumés and selecting their Interns.

After a verbal offer has been made by the Host Organization, Career Edge enters into an employment agreement with the Intern. Host Organizations pay Career Edge a fee, which includes the internship stipend, normal payroll taxes and a small administrative fee. Interns are paid semi-monthly by Career Edge.

Graduates are entitled to only one internship through Career Edge, regardless of outcome.

You can apply directly on the Career Edge Web site. From our Home page, click on Host Organizations, then click on register now!.

Complete the on-line Application and Agreement to become a Host Organization and electronically submit the application; printout the Application and Agreement to Become a Host Organization with the attached Code of Conduct and Workplace Practices and sign them; fax or mail both signed forms to us with your most recent annual report and your deposit.

The Executive Sponsor is usually a senior person within your organization who undertakes your organization's involvement with Career Edge, endorses the program -- acts as its champion and maintains final accountability for the success of the program.

The Co-ordinator is the person within your organization who works with managers to define internships and write postings, co-ordinates recruitment and selection of Interns, and ensures the selection and training of Coaches. The Co-ordinator also acts as day-to-day contact for Career Edge, ensures compliance of the Code of Conduct and Workplace Practices, monitors and ensures the quality of the internships and processes payment of Career Edge invoices.

The Coach is the person or persons within your organization who works one-on-one with the Intern, preparing the Intern for work, ensuring the Intern is gaining the employability skills he or she needs to gain permanent employment, such as responsibility, teamwork, flexibility, critical thinking, and communication and networking skills. The Coach will also provide formal and informal feedback to the Intern.

From the home page, click organizations, register now, then our members.

The stipend is a fixed nominal remuneration to cover basic living costs during a learning experience. It is not a salary or an hourly wage. It is a fixed amount paid to all Interns in the program regardless of which organization they are working for, which province, and their education level.

You can also choose to reward your Interns with a new Bonus plan. This new option lets you acknowledge your Interns with a maximum bonus of $4,000. Host Organizations can either pay a one-time bonus or reward Interns with several smaller bonuses throughout the course of the internship. Please complete and submit the Bonus Selection Form to the Career Edge office to process your request.

In the registered Host Organization section, click on the Add New option. Fill out all sections of the form and submit.

Most likely you have left a section of the form blank. Ensure that all sections are filled out and resubmit.

The User Name the computer assigned to you when you registered is case sensitive and was assigned to you in lower case. Please ensure that you are typing your user name correctly. The first digits of your User Name are letters, the following digits are numbers.

In the registered Host Organization section, click view other internships and click on the Search Internship Opportunities option. You can either fill out the form to search for specific opportunities or you can leave it blank to view all opportunities then click on Search.

In the registered Host Organization section, click edit contact info and edit organizational info.

Career Edge offers two different options for you to choose from. The first option is to have interested applicants submit their résumés directly to the organization offering the opportunity on the Web site. It is then up to each Host Organization to review the résumés and interview only those who are eligible for the program. The second option is to use the Career Edge Selection Services. Career Edge can review the résumés and take care of telephone interviews for the Host Organization. We will then present your organization with a short list of candidates for you to interview directly.

Interns do not necessarily have to be recruited through our Web site, you can also post the opportunity at your local college or university or go through the general résumés received in your office. The advantage of potential Interns viewing the position on the Web site is they understand the concept of the internship and the stipend paid to the Interns.

To get information on registering your new Intern, select Intern Registration & Forms from the registered Host Organization Services section of the Web site. Here you will get the step by step Intern registration procedure and the Intern registration form that you will have to fill out.