Hire KC Micro-Internship Program
KC Digital Drive is excited to launch the Hire KC Micro-Internship Program sponsored by Bank of America! Micro-Internships are paid, professional projects that give students a chance to explore a variety of career paths and industries through a short-term engagement. The Hire KC Micro-Internship Program creates an opportunity for Kansas City organizations to connect with local students and recent grads via short-term projects.
Most Micro-Internships range from 10 - 40 hours. For this program, the student you select will receive $20/expected hour of completion when they have completed the project. The funding for this program is provided by the Bank of America Charitable Trust, and approved organizations can participate at no cost to you.
Click on the links below to view sample projects based on how long you think your project will take. If you have questions about Micro-Internships, you can complete the form on this page, and a member of the Parker Dewey team will reach out to you to help.
The funding for these projects was made possible by a generous grant from Bank of America Charitable Trust.
How it Works




Frequently Asked Questions
Hire KCC Micro-Internships are funded by Bank of America Charitable Trust. You will not receive an invoice for this project.
If you are not sure how long your project will take, complete the form at the top of this page, and the Parker Dewey team can assist.
In short, it’s easy as Parker Dewey handles it all. No HR burdens. No questions about ownership or worries about confidentiality/liability.
Employment: Micro-Interns are not your employees, contractors, interns, temps, or freelancers. Similar to working with a consulting firm or any other service provider, you are engaging Parker Dewey LLC to complete the assignment, and the student you select is a contractor or employee of Parker Dewey.
Liability: Parker Dewey assumes all liability. Not happy with the work product? We’ll work with you and the Swarthmore team to determine next steps.
Work Product: All work product is owned by you.
Confidentiality: While most projects involve public-facing information of a non-sensitive nature, both Parker Dewey and all Career Launchers sign strict NDAs to protect your information. In addition to the standard provisions, the students understand that they are risking their academic transcript or expulsion for any violation of confidentiality.
Background Checks: Given the short-term nature and structure of these assignments, we do not conduct background checks. While companies are always welcome to conduct a background check directly, the nature of the specific assignments and lack of a direct relationship with the individual who is selected has caused most organizations to defer the background check until after a Micro-Internship is completed and a student is offered a traditional internship or full-time role.
Micro-Internships can be either on-site or virtual, depending on the requirements of the project. Whenever possible, Hire KC recommends providing remote Micro-Internships whenever possible as this allows the opportunity to be accessible to a maximum number of students.
These Micro-Internship opportunities are intended to engage students attending Metropolitan Community College or Kansas City Kansas Community College but may be expanded to students nationwide depending on student interest and availability.
- Log back into the Parker Dewey platform by clicking this link. If you do not remember your password, click on "Forgot password? Reset it" button.
- Once you log in, click on Details underneath your project. Then select View Applicants.
- Click Details next to each student to read more about each student's background and his/her answers to your application question(s).
- Once you have made your selection, you can select Approve Applicant for This Project. If you want to send your student a message you can click Send Them a Message! to set up a time to do an interview or ask the student for more information.