the latest academic knowledge always find a way of keeping them.
undergraduates bring with them. And it However, even if you fail to secure an offer
does both jobs very cheaply. of employment from the company you
intern with, the internship remains a
Internship – what’s that? valuable asset on your CV. This is because
Internships can vary enormously in length a second advantage of internships is what
from a few weeks to a year; they can be they give you over any academic
Internships
paid or unpaid (although usually the rates of experience - transferable skills.
pay are about midway between that of an
– the new
ordinary student job and a prestigious Sean Lynskey is on the second year of a
graduate role); they can be very formalised BSc. in Information Management and
graduate
and run through human resources or they Business Studies at the University of
can be an almost ad hoc arrangement Loughborough in the UK. He is currently on
degree?
organized by an operational manager; they a year-long industrial trainee internship in
can be taken part-time during term time or the sales-operations department of IBM.
full-time during vacation. What’s more,
David Williams of QS some companies (but not all) will accept “My primary role is to support a sales team
topgradschool.com looks applications from people who have already who are selling into our business partners
at how internships and graduated from their bachelor degrees. who then sell IBM products down the line
graduate degrees compare as to their customers, so I am primarily
must-have additions to the Internship – what’s in it for you? supporting an extension of the IBM sales
seriously competitive CV. The opportunity to be hired is the first team,” he says. “This involves tracking the
advantage of the internship, particularly in a pipeline and meeting with our business
Internships are fast becoming an essential recession. Do well and your path into partners. On top of this, I am also involved
part of the university experience for permanent employment with the company in events management.
ambitious undergraduates and companies. will certainly be smoother if and when you
Not only does it give organizations a decide to apply for a post-graduation job. In “These are all professional skills I am
chance to trial potential employees in a fact, there is anecdotal evidence that learning, but, alongside this, I am also
work situation, it also gives them access to companies who like an intern will almost receiving education in tools such as MS
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