How to hire a wellness internship

How to hire a wellness internship, step by step

Here's a step-by-step wellness internship hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a wellness internship job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new wellness internship
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your wellness internship job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a wellness internship for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect wellness internship also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents wellness internship salaries for various positions.

   Type of Wellness Internship	Description	Hourly rate
   Wellness Internship		$12-32
   Fitness Coordinator	A fitness coordinator spearheads and organizes fitness programs in gyms and other facilities, ensuring efficiency and client satisfaction. Their responsibilities include performing research and analysis to develop ideal programs, identifying program requirements, coordinating with fellow fitness experts, establishing objectives and guidelines, monitoring budgets and schedules, and ensuring that facilities meet the clients' needs... Show more	$13-25
   Health And Wellness Coordinator	A health and wellness coordinator specializes in devising programs and strategies to promote physical and mental health. They may work in gyms, learning institutions, private companies, communities, and even healthcare facilities... Show more	$12-33

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Wellness Programs
   • Rehabilitation
   • Fitness Programs
   • Incentive Programs
   • Health Education
   • Public Health
   • Administrative Tasks
   • Fitness Assessments
   • Health Screenings
   • Healthy Lifestyle
   • Health Fairs
   • Blood Pressure Screenings
   • Mental Health
   • EKG

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage overall time off processing and reporting as it relates to FMLA and disability programs.
   • Assist with the coordination and facilitation of diabetes prevention programs, including one on one wellness coaching.
   • Collect intake information with new patients, participate in health assessments, create brochures for alternative treatments for diabetes
   • Educate patients about healthy lifestyle behaviors -Developed anaerobic and aerobic exercise routines derive from a doctor's physical examination of patients
   • Perform annual TB testing for all employees, administer annual flu shots, administer new hire urine drug screenings.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your wellness internship job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A wellness internship can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, wellness interns' average salary in kansas is 43% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level wellness interns 63% less than senior-level wellness interns.
   • Certifications. A wellness internship with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a wellness internship's salary.

   Average wellness internship salary

   $41,701yearly

   $20.05 hourly rate

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   Entry-level wellness internship salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 19, 2026

4. Writing a wellness internship job description

   A job description for a wellness internship role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a wellness internship job description:

   Wellness internship job description example

   Do you value health and wellness, and want to help others along their wellness journey? Are you a hard-worker and have great time management skills? If you're passionate about all elements of wellness and want to help our employees improve and achieve their goals, this may be a great opportunity for you!
   
   Who We Are: At Farm Bureau Financial Services, we value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We're proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive. Our wellness team is passionate about health and wellness, and works day in and day out to help our employees succeed with their health and wellness goals.
   
   What You'll Do: As our Wellness Intern you will work alongside our two Wellness Specialists to assist with planning, marketing and implementation of a variety of fitness classes, education, health and wellness promotion and incentive programming to improve the overall health of the Farm Bureau Family. You will also provide encouragement and guidance in a safe, enjoyable and supportive atmosphere by assisting members with wellness equipment. You will also keep employees up to date on current wellness news, activities and information through out intranet sit, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint site, bulletin boards and email reminders.
   What It Takes to Join Our Team:
   
   * Be a current college student majoring in health and wellness or kinesiology (Junior/Senior status)
   * Be able to motivate and encourage people
   * Strong written, non-verbal and verbal communication skills
   * Be able to work during the Spring 2023 semester, Monday through Friday here in our West Des Moines, IA office.
   
   If you're interested in getting your career started on the right track, want to join a company that appreciates people and provides growth and professional development opportunities, we invite you to apply today. Farm Bureau....where the grass really IS greener!
   
   Work Authorization/Sponsorship: At this time, we are not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future, such as additional or permanent work authorization. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not considering candidates with OPT status.

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5. Post your job

   To find wellness interns for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any wellness interns they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level wellness interns with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your wellness internship job on Zippia to find and recruit wellness internship candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with wellness internship candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new wellness internship

   Once you've decided on a perfect wellness internship candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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