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Voluntary Internship Program Intern Exit Survey

Voluntary Internship Program Intern Exit
Survey
Thank you for interning with NARA! As your internship comes to a close, we want to express
our sincere gratitude for your hard work and dedication in supporting our agency.
We value your input and would like to hear about your Voluntary Internship Program
experience. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey by Friday, August 30,
2024. The information collected will be used to improve the Voluntary Internship Program
and will not be shared directly with your NARA site/office.
If you have questions, contact [email protected].
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* Indicates required question

1.

Email *

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Which internship did you complete? *

Dropdown

Mark only one oval.
Broomfield, CO - RRFD - Judicial Records Internship at the National Archives at
Denver
Chicago, IL - RRFC - Archival Internship at the National Archives at Chicago
College Park, MD - H - Human Resources for Office of Human Capital
College Park, MD - IM - Microsoft Power Apps Developer
College Park, MD - L - Communication Internship for Legislative Archives,
Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services
College Park, MD - NEEO - Equal Employment Opportunity Office Internship el EEO
Program
College Park, MD - NGC - Law Clerk
College Park, MD - RR2R - Archival Internship for Augmented Processing &
Reference
College Park, MD - RRSS - Digitization Internship for the Special Media Division, Still
Picture Branch
College Park, MD - RXC - Conservation branch intern
College Park, MD - RXT - Materials as Data: Developing Scholarly Resources
Internship for Heritage Science
Grand Rapids, MI - LP-GRFM - Combined Public Relations + Retail Internship
Hoffman Estates, IL - LP-BHO - Archival Internship for Barack Obama Presidential
Library
New York City, NY - LO - Education Programs Internship
Riverside, CA - RRFR - Archival Internships for the National Archives at Riverside
San Bruno, CA - RRFS - Archival Internship at the National Archives at San
Francisco
Seattle, WA - RRFE - Archival Internship for the National Archives at Seattle
Waltham, MA - RRFB - Description and Digitization Internship for the National
Archives at Boston
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Washington, DC - F - Law clerk for the Office of the Federal Register
Washington, DC - F - Legal intern for the Office of the Federal Register
Washington, DC - LO - Education Programs Internship at the National Archives
Museum
Washington, DC - RR1P - Processing Internship for the Textual Division in DC
West Branch, IA - LP-HH - Curatorial/education Internships
Other

Training, Support, & Professional Development Opportunities
Your host site/office

3.

Rate the orientation and training you received from your site/office staff. *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Did not receive much or any
Hightraining
quality

4.

Rate the feedback you received about your work quality and quantity from your
site/office staff.

*

Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Did not receive much or any
Highfeedback
Quality

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Rate the availability and willingness of your site/office staff to answer questions and *
provide resources.
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Were not available or willing
Very available & willing

6.

Rate how well equipped you were with resources and hardware for completing your *
assigned tasks.
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Entirely Unequipped

7.

Well Equipped

I was able to make meaningful contributions to the team's work. *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Strongly disagree

8.

Strongly agree

I felt respected, included, and supported by my team. *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

Strongly disagree

4

Strongly agree

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Please provide suggestions on how your site/office staff could improve your
orientation, training, support, and/or integration into the team.

Training, Support, & Professional Development Opportunities
Voluntary Internship Program-wide

10.

Rate the quality of the overall Voluntary Internship Program activities, events, and *
training sessions
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Did not attend or participate
Highinquality
training

11.

How many overall Voluntary Internship Program activities, events, and training
sessions did you attend/complete?

*

Mark only one oval.
1

None

2

3

4

All

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Indicate the intern activities, events, or training sessions that you attended or
watched:

*

Check all that apply.

Archivist of the United States Welcome and Q&A Session
Federal Hiring & Student/Recent Grad Opportunities Session
LMS training
Meet & Greet with Jay Bosanko, Deputy Archivist of the United States
New Intern Orientation
Writing Your Federal Resume (hosted by OPM or the US Department of Treasury)
None

13.

If you did not participate in any intern activities, events, or training sessions,
indicate why.

14.

How could we improve the overall Voluntary Internship Program activities, events,
and training sessions?

Internship Work Assignments
This section will provide us with feedback about your assigned work during your internship. Your
responses will improve work assignments for future interns.

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Provide a summary of the work that you were assigned during your internship: *

16.

The work I was asked to complete was meaningful and substantive. *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

Strongly disagree

17.

4

Strongly agree

What could be improved about the work you were asked to complete?

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Rate the amount of work that you were expected to complete *
Mark only one oval.
Correct amount of work (I was busy and occupied throughout the internship)
Too much work (I was stressed and possibly had difficulty meeting
deadlines/expectations throughout the internship)
Too little work (I was underutilized and sometimes bored throughout the
internship)
Other:

19.

What were your personal and professional goals for this internship? *

20.

How well did you meet your goals? *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

Entirely unmet

3

4

Fully met

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If you did not meet your goals, why?

22.

Rate how helpful your NARA internship experience (both work and training) was

*

in preparing you for future career goals.
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

Not all all helpful

23.

4

Very helpful

What could be improved about the internship experience that would have better
helped prepare you for your career goals?

Help us improve our program
Please answer the following questions to help us improve the Voluntary Internship Program for
future interns. Only questions 1-3 are required, yet any additional information you provide will help
us improve future NARA internships.

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Describe any highlights of your internship experience that meant a lot to you: *

25.

Would you recommend NARA to a friend as a good place to intern or work? *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

Very unlikely

26.

Very likely

Would you consider future employment with NARA? *
Mark only one oval.
1

2

Very unlikely

27.

3

4

Very likely

If likely, what career fields would you consider? If unlikely, why not?

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What was the most challenging or frustrating part of your internship, and how could
it have been improved?

29.

What are your thoughts about the city in which you interned? What would you tell
future interns staying in that city for the first time?

30.

What else would you like to share that could improve NARA’s Voluntary Internship
Program?

31.

Are you interested in being part of NARA’s intern alumni network? *
Mark only one oval.
Yes
No

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If "Yes", provide the email address connected with your LinkedIn account. If you do
not have a LinkedIn account, enter your permanent email address.

Thank you for your valuable input. If you have questions about this survey or the
internship program, contact [email protected].
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