Describes a seven-step program for stretching limited department resources and giving a boost to fledgling human resource development practitioners, and looks at how two companies employ interns effectively. (JOW)

The findings of a study conducted to identify critical skills needed by instructional technology program graduates to compete successfully for jobs in training have been adopted as a framework for preparing and evaluating student interns, as well as a yardstick along which course objectives and methods may be measured. (MER)