In today's competitive economy, every bit of experience is valuable.
Graduates and students often leave education with nothing more than brilliant results, which is fantastic, but employers are looking for much more than the degrees and the diplomas.
To get into the cycle of work, more than ever you need work experience in your industry. But in order to gain experience, you need to find work. But how can you gain this experience? The easiest way to enter this vicious job market is often through an internship. Employers are often willing to hire students, graduates, young people and often experience people looking for a change in career, without practically any experience at all.
To get into the cycle of work, more than ever you need work experience in your industry. But in order to gain experience, you need to find work. But how can you gain this experience? The easiest way to enter this vicious job market is often through an internship. Employers are often willing to hire students, graduates, young people and often experience people looking for a change in career, without practically any experience at all.
Be paid to learn and train, while on the job.
By doing an internship, you are working for a company, gaining the necessary training and skills needed for your chosen industry. You will also have the opportunity to form close bonds and network with those more senior than you within your company, and as every ambitious employee knows, the more contacts you have the higher you can climb! Interns are often monitored closely by employers and managers, who will get to know you and will help you through your early career. Not only this, but at the end of your internship, those references from the people you worked with will look amazing on your CV!
Teamwork and personal development.
Working for a company, in a team, with other people who are themselves experienced in this industry will only do good to your own personality, work and teamwork skills. These will reflect on you when you take your next serious job interview. Interviews can often tell you rounded you are as a person, and can gage from your past experience how likely you are going to fit in with the team well.
Get employed! Internships lead to jobs.
More than often an internship often leads to a full time job, depending on how much you impress your managers and co-workers!
The National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2009 Experiential Education Survey revealed that
The National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2009 Experiential Education Survey revealed that
- 67.7% of interns were offered fulltime positions after their internship was over.
- 83.6% of these offers were accepted.
- 35.3% of employers' fulltime, entry-level college hires came from their internship programs.
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