Virtual internships keep the talent pipeline open: Students still get the experience - it's just a very different one

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DETROIT - Kristina Nunez is trying to land a full-time job in the auto industry - and do it without meeting her boss in person. Many internship programs were canceled in the spring when offices across the country closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But some have been able to pivot and allow interns to work online, just like their full-time counterparts. Nunez and other work-from-home interns are confronting the difficulties of working with people they know only as tiny, pixelated faces or phantom voices on the phone. It's harder than in the past for interns hoping to snag job offers to make a strong impression or develop relationships with peers and mentors. But doing an internship online keeps them in the pipeline.