The Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE), the peak industry body for the early careers market, is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Top Intern Programs lists.
For the eleventh year in a row, the Top Intern Program rankings provide an authoritative guide for identifying employers that offer outstanding internship experiences, helping students to make informed decisions about their career opportunities.
The Top Intern Programs have been ranked in one of three lists of 20 based on their intake size, enabling improved comparability and usability. A total of 60 employers are featured across these three lists. The rankings are based entirely on feedback from interns themselves sourced from the annual AAGE Intern Survey. The AAGE commissioned McCrindle to administer the 2024 AAGE Intern Survey.
The survey was in the field between January and March 2024, surveying respondents who were engaged by a participating employer during the March 2023 – February 2024 period. Over 2,400 interns from 147 different organisations participated, offering valuable insights into the internship experience.
The survey is completed anonymously and students are asked to rate their employer across 15 different criteria including:
- Induction and training
- Content of work
- Ability to work on different projects or in different areas of the organisation
- Quality of supervision provided by management
- Amount of responsibility
- Access to senior management
- Feedback on performance
- Social life
- Organisation's culture and values
The subsequent analysis provides a comprehensive assessment of each employer's performance across the broad range of criteria. The individual responses from interns at a particular employer are combined and used to determine an overall average rating for that organisation. The overall average ratings are then compared and ranked, subject to a minimum response rate. The employers with the highest overall average rating are shown at www.topinternprograms.com.au.
For further information please contact Shanan Green, AAGE CEO.
