South Dakota Company Recruits Interns

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens (www.kpijci.com), Yankton, S.D., has announced its new summer internship program. Two interns have been selected to help out in the company’s marketing department.

In a press release, Lisa Carson, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens marketing manager, says, Daniel Filsinger of Clearwater, Neb., and Jordan Slate of Yankton, S.D. are the first interns to enter into the company’s summer 2011 program. The internships are designed to give outstanding students a chance to hone skills learned in the classroom and apply them in a real-world business setting. Carson says she plans to develop the internship program as an ongoing strategy to recruit the best and brightest marketing students to KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens.

“I am very excited about the direction the company is moving in,” Carson says. “To be able to put together a program where we can utilize the talents of interns is invaluable to our department. Likewise, the skills our interns learn here will be valuable as they continue to grow as marketing professionals. ”

Filsinger, a junior at Mount Marty College in Yankton, is pursuing a dual degree in graphic design and media arts and business administration. His background in business will be used to create market share reports and research opportunities for prospective buyers. Filsinger’s design skills also will be put to use through the development of new materials for dealer support.

Slate, who recently finished his second year at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, S.D., is fulfilling an internship requirement for his marketing degree. As the grandson of production supervisor Mike Staniech, who has been with the company since 1973, Slate has been familiar with KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens.

The internship program runs until August. Applications for the 2012 internship program will be due by spring 2012.

More information can be found at www.kpijci.com or by e-mailing Lisa Carson at lisacarson@kpijci.com.