Intern Selection Process

Reviewing Applications

The Admissions team at SCA recruits and provides qualified applicants for you to review and ultimately hire. Each Admissions Placement Associate is assigned to assist specific partners based on the state in which a site is located. You can contact your Placement Associate at 603-543-1700 if at any time should you wish to consider additional applications or if you have any questions. Below is a list of states and the Placement Associate who is responsible for each.

There are currently six application deadlines based on your position's start date. Your Placement Associate will begin releasing applications for your review according to the schedule below. If for any reason you need to review applications sooner, please contact your Placement Associate.

Your Placement Associate will release pre-screened applications to your MAX position account, generally at the ratio of three or four applications for each available and funded position. We strongly recommend that you complete your selection within a week from the time you receive applications. Applications are often sent to more than one site for review, so it will increase the likelihood that you will get your first choice of candidate if you phone applicants right away to start the interview process.

Interviewing an Applicant

We advise applicants to view this call as an employment interview. During this conversation, be sure to cover the following points:

Clarify the details of the proposed work assignment including specific job duties. Be sure to mention any changes in the job description that may have occurred since its publication.

• Discuss the dates of the project and your degree of flexibility with them.
• Advise candidate of living and working conditions. Please see Intern Arrival
• Discuss uniform and special clothing requirements.
• Please be flexible in scheduling the arrival and departure dates of interns to allow them time to complete SCA administrative procedures and to use bus transportation if necessary (with the exception of AK, HI, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
• When a candidate accepts a position, obtain verbal confirmation of his/her acceptance, and be sure you both agree upon the dates and whether a uniform or personal transportation is required. SCA will obtain written confirmation of acceptance, a Medical Form with emergency numbers (forwarded to you), a Release Form and Travel Grant Request from the selected intern.

Please do not offer a position to an applicant who has already agreed to serve at a different site.

Making a Selection

• Start and end dates of the position
• Whether a uniform grant is requested
• Whether a vehicle is required for the position
• Address to which the intern's subsistence allowance check may be sent
• Immediate supervisor's name and telephone number

Keep a copy of the selected applications for your records. We also suggest you keep the applications of alternates in case you need to contact them later. Applications of other candidates may be recycled or discarded. Occasionally, an applicant accepts a position and later declines the offer. If a selected intern declines after accepting your position, please call our office immediately. We will assist you in finding a replacement. Do not assume that the applicant has notified SCA.

The SCA reserves the right to cancel positions if selections are not made promptly, or if we are not promptly notified when a selection has been made.