HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today celebrated the department’s designation as one of the “Greatest Places to Intern” by the Pennsylvania Chamber for the second year in a row.
“Our interns are the next generation of leaders in government, business and industry, so it’s important to keep them here living and working in the Commonwealth,” DeFoor said. “Our Intern to Hire program provides real-life work experience and gives students a clear pathway to employment after they graduate. Since the program began in 2022, we have had 18 interns join our department as full-time employees after they graduated.”
The department’s current Interns are from Pennsylvania’s state, state-related and private universities. They include:
- Leah Arthur – Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania – Bloomsburg, Business Management;
- Liya Sara Aji – Penn State University – Abington Campus, Information Technology and specializing in Business Applications;
- Caleb Bernstein – Penn State University – Harrisburg Campus, Concurrent Bachelor of S Accounting/Master of Business Administration;
- Brian Merk – Elizabethtown College, Professional Writing; and
- Lindsey Wang – Penn State University – Main Campus, Accounting.
The Auditor General’s Intern to Hire program creates a pathway to full-time employment for students and recent graduates from Pennsylvania colleges, universities and community colleges.
“From the start of the internship, I was given good training and meaningful tasks,” Austin Pastal, one of the department’s first Intern to Hires said. “Going from an intern to full-time employee was streamlined since I had already been working and training with the department. I think the Intern to Hire program is an amazing opportunity, and I sincerely encourage students to check out employment opportunities with the Auditor General.”
Pastal still works for the department and currently serves as a mentor to intern Liya Aji, highlighting the strength and success of the Intern to Hire program.
Students must meet the requirements below to apply for our Intern to Hire Program:
- Current enrollment as an undergraduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared bachelor’s degree program in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and successful completion of at least sixty (60) college credits at the time of the internship with a minimum 2.5 GPA; or
- Recent graduate (within six months of the internship commencement) of an Associate degree program at an accredited college/university with an area of concentration in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and a minimum 2.5 GPA; or
- Current enrollment as a graduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared master’s or doctoral program in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and a minimum 2.5 GPA at the time of the internship; and
- Someone who is passionate about their area of focus and public service; who is detail-oriented with curiosity and a desire to learn.
Interns in the Bureau of Information Technology Audits, the Bureau of Performance Audits, and the Bureau of State and Federal Audits must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program or higher at the start of the internship. Associate degree graduates are encouraged to apply for all other Bureau internship opportunities.
For more information about career opportunities or the Intern to Hire Program, visit www.paauditor.gov/work-with-us and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
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MEDIA CONTACT: April Hutcheson, Auditor General, 717-787-1381 or news@paauditor.gov