WHAT INTERNS CAN OFFER THESE YOUNG MINDS WILL HELP YOUR BUSINESS THRIVE
luckily, unlike regular hires, you aren’t making a long- term, expensive commitment to your interns. During their internships, you can test whether or not they will be a great fit for your company before offering them a permanent position. And if an intern impresses you enough to hire them on after graduation, you can rest assured knowing they will already be familiar with their job by then. There’s a reason top companies like Facebook and Chevron invest heavily in their internship programs. By bringing in young, innovative minds, you open up your business to fresh, unique solutions. Interns have spearheaded effective social media campaigns, modernized standard operating procedures, and even designed apps to help their businesses run smoother. In a world where remaining relevant is key to growth, businesses can’t afford to be out of touch with the next generation of consumers. So, while interns will likely do much of the grunt work at your business, don’t be afraid to hand them more responsibilities. Bring them into strategy meetings, ask for their thoughts, and treat them as valued parts of the team. Do this and you’ll be in step with some of the biggest players in the business world. FRESH PERSPECTIVES wouldn’t pick up the phone to call him until “their house was on fire.” This fostered unhappiness on both sides, as Scott cleaned up legal messes that had gotten much further out of hand than necessary and his clients got larger bills. Scott was sure there was a better way. So in 2012, he hired a business coach to help him put together a proactive program for small-business owners called the Access Legal Coaching Plan. Through the access plan, REIBLAW is able to offer a subscription service to clients rather than billing them by the hour, giving both sides more peace of mind. Even if nothing is going wrong, Scott and his team check in with their access plan clients for 20 minutes each month. He tells Shmuel that his health has improved since leaving corporate law, and, these days, his clients call him just to chat, proving that ringing a lawyer isn’t — and shouldn’t be — something to dread. “Law offices aren’t emergency rooms; they’re primary care,” Scott says.
Often utilized as file organizers, envelope lickers, and coffee
fetchers, college interns are usually at the lowliest rung on the corporate ladder. But, as some of the world’s most successful companies have proven, these young team members can be incredibly valuable to your business. If you haven’t considered offering internship positions before, the following benefits might just convince you.
PROACTIVE RECRUITING
In today’s competitive job market, recruiting a recent college graduate with relevant experience feels like finding a unicorn. But a coveted hire doesn’t have to be one in a million. An effective internship program can give you the opportunity to bring college interns on to your staff who could potentially become full-time employees. And
THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
HOW BOTH SIDES BENEFIT FROM INCREASED ACCESS
Would your life be easier if you had a friendly lawyer on call? Would the lawyer’s? This summer, Scott joined “Love Your 9 to 5” podcast host Shmuel Septimus to discuss those questions, comparing conventional lawyer-client relationships and their effects to the bonds formed through Scott’s access plan. Here’s a look at their conversation.
EPISODE 45 OF THE ‘LOVE YOUR 9 TO 5’ PODCAST: ‘AMERICA’S LEGAL COACH WITH SCOTT REIB’
Scott Reib took the roundabout route to becoming a Lone Star State lawyer but now has 20 years of experience under his belt. Today, he focuses on providing legal coaching to small businesses through his access program — the innovation that earned him the title “America’s Legal Coach.” The idea for the access program grew out of Scott’s dissatisfaction with corporate law. “It was so boring,” he says. “I wasn’t helping anybody. I guess somewhere down the line I was. But I didn’t feel like I was, so I was pretty disillusioned.”
To listen to this and other podcast episodes featuring Scott Reib, visit ReibLaw.com/podcasts.
Scott gave up the corporate grind to work with small businesses, but he was disturbed by the fact that his clients
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