Write a 300 to 500-word letter to your employer’s HR department outlining why they should not cancel the internship.

You’re a graduate of PACE’s (name of the program). Two years ago, when still a PACE student, you began a month-long internship with a local employer .

At the end of the internship, you were offered a full-time position with the organization and that’s where you continue to work today.

It’s been an excellent work experience  providing you with opportunities to gain practical skills, knowledge, and confidence in your ability to contribute in your chosen profession.

Your employer, however, has announced that they will not participate in PACE’s Internship Program this year

. No one, it seems, has the time to create a supervised work experience for an intern.

You know the value of Internship positions to graduating PACE students and want to help others to have the same valuable opportunity made available to you.

Assignment Instructions:

• Write a 300 to 500-word letter to your employer’s HR department outlining why they should not cancel the internship;

• Be persuasive. Convince HR of the importance of having the intern program renewed;

• Choose the best approach (direct or indirect) for a letter of this nature;

• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of renewing the internship program. Can you turn the disadvantages into advantages?

• Organize your argument in a way that leads the head of HR in a logical way to your conclusion  that the internship program should be continued.

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