Excel and in areas such as presentation organization, approach them directly. in the UK, USA and Europe. From
skills and personal branding. The internship Speak with their HR department and ask administration to finance, engineering to
has made a huge difference to my personal about opportunities. However, don’t narrow equity, you’ll find a match.
development and has given me a lot of down your search. There may be other Topinternships.com is also the key point of
confidence. It is all very well sitting in a companies out there which provide a better information for internship and placement
classroom and learning the theory, but it is fit for your career. Topinternships.com is a news, features and application advice. Find
very different going out into the real world site dedicated to undergraduate and out how to make the most of your
and having face-to-face sales meetings with graduate internships. It’s a free and easy internship, the best way to tackle internship
outside business partners. Being able to way to search for internships from application forms, and get top tips to hone
develop skills and put them into practice graduate recruiters across multiple sectors your interview technique.
gives you a lot of confidence and belief in
your ability to handle these potentially
intimidating situations.”
A third advantage to doing an internship is
that it allows you to experience for yourself
the reality of life in the career area or
company you are interested in. You never
know, you might learn that your dream job
doesn’t suit you after all. Another
advantage of an internship relies on the fact
that it can be a lot easier to apply to.
Because the company is not committing
itself to hiring you into a permanent role, the
selection process can often be less robust
and rigorous than if you were to apply to
their full-time recruitment program. An
internship is offering you a chance to get in
though the back door.
Graduate degree versus internship
Internships appear to be the ultimate win-
win for job-seekers and employers. As well
as the benefit of a salary, interns get the
opportunity to be hired, to gain transferable
skills, to differentiate themselves from their
competitors and to find out whether the
career area really suits them. The employers
get an opportunity to road-test future
employees while avoiding the potential
costs of hiring the wrong person on to a
permanent contract.
But is an internship so beneficial that it
cancels out all the learning you gain from a
graduate degree? While an internship
always seems to be beneficial, in the end
the choice to do a graduate degree comes
down to a careful consideration of the skills,
attributes and knowledge you already
possess and what the degree will add.
Want to apply for an internship?
If you want to add an internship to your CV
how do you go about getting one? If you
wish to gain experience at a particular
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