Now, I usually write themed posts for holidays, but since today is only a holiday for me and those whom I force to celebrate (it’s my birthday), I don’t have a themed post. I will, however, be announcing a contest later today where we’ll be giving away an iPod touch in celebration of my birthday. We also have another great internship opportunity for you today. Last week, a woman named Stephanie Johnson from Rent Marketer e-mailed me and told me that she had “relied on One Day, One Internship (and Job) to get ideas about what a great internship looks like.” She wanted us to share the details internships with you, and since flattery works we’re telling you about it today. Rent Marketer is in the business of helping property owners post their rentals to dozens of sites all at once. Repeatedly posting For Rent ads can be mind numbing (kind of like applying to a lot of internships), and they do it all for you in a simple and cost effective way.
When you start researching Rent Marketer, one of the first things that you’ll see is that they were founded by ex-Googlers; in fact, most of the press that Rent Marketer gets is in reference to the founders’ former employer. Nobody wants to live in the past, but you have to like that Rent Marketer is using any attention that they can get to promote their product. Their rental advertising platform is about as simple as it gets – you give them the info, and they post it on rental sites for you. Since most college students are tenants and not landlords, you may be more interested in their rental search engine, RentBits.
Since Stephanie said that she modeled the Rent Marketer internship program after the companies that she’s seen featured here, let’s see how she’s done. Rent Marketer is currently looking for some Operations Interns at their headquarters in Englewood, CO. Rent Marketer has apparently carried on with the Google workplace philosophy – they have a casual environment with massages and foosball, but what about the work? Here’s the internship description:
Job Description: Build your resume while helping to build Rent Marketer, a new and dynamic company. Valuable experience awaits innovative and web-savvy individuals. Responsibilities for our Operations Intern include creating and managing client advertisements across our network of sites, quality assurance, market research, and various other projects as needed. Please note these are non-paying internships; however we will work with you to arrange for academic credit. We ask for a 15 to 20 hour a week commitment and offer flexible hours to fit your class schedule.
Qualifications: Candidates must possess excellent written and verbal communication, research, and computer skills; be able to juggle and prioritize many tasks at a time; and balance working independently with the willingness to function as a part of a team.
Looks pretty good! This is a perfect internship opportunity for someone who is interested in real estate or online marketing. With the real estate market like it is for buyers and sellers, rentals and online are where the action is. Rent Marketer is right in the center of it. Our only two gripes about Rent Marketer’s internships are that they are unpaid (we think that every One Day, One Internship reader is worth at least $10 an hour to any company) and Rent Marketer doesn’t post the internships on their Careers page. Since Stephanie is listening, we hope that she’ll take note and address both of these issues.
If interning with Rent Marketer is something that you’re excited about, then send your resume and cover letter to stephanie@rentmarketer.com.
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Happy birthday Willy!!!
Happy Birthday Willy! Thanks for featuring Rent Marketer today! We’ve got the Internship description up on the Careers page now, for anyone who is interested. Thanks again and I hope you have a great day!
Thanks Stephanie. I’m glad you responded well to my feedback. Now, how about budgeting to pay the interns? I know it’s tough, but I really think that it’s the ethical thing to do.