<p>S is interning at a company. The company does not recruit on his campus. The company has asked such interns if they would be their campus ambassadors (I don’t think there is any money).</p>
<p>What do they do? </p>
<p>what are the positives?</p>
<p>Is it a big time commitment? How would it reflect if he turns down their invitation? How would it reflect if he seeks internship at other companies while a campus ambassador for this company?</p>
<p>Sudent ambassadors are ususally just a good will position as your son would talk about what it is like interning at the company. The company value, culture, what he learned and why students should consider interning/ working for the company.</p>
<p>This may not take too much time. I thought he might be expected to host some events.</p>
<p>I’m not an HR person so this is just my hunch/opinion, but my guess is it would look bad for him if he turned it down. </p>
<p>My assumption here is that it is an “ambassador” role in which he would be a local contact as sybbie mentioned. Some other companies such as beer or computer companies have campus reps but these people are more on the lines of local salespeople rather than ambassadors.</p>
<p>Assuming it’s an ambassador-type role, its natural for the company to want to extend their reach so-to-speak to colleges they don’t visit for recruiting. If your son declines it might seem to the company that he isn’t that happy with them, or that he’s unwilling to make a small sacrifice to help them out.</p>
<p>As far as him seeking other internships (or jobs, when that time comes) that isn’t a problem. He’s not their employee, nor have they promised him a job. He’s not violating any trust or expectation by doing so. On the other hand, one benefit from internships is that the company where one interned often extends a job offer upon graduation; after all they’ve seen the work for a summer or other long period, they know you better than someone just interviewing for a few hours.</p>