What kind of internship(s) did you have during college? Were they related to your major? Did they help with securing a job afterwards? Share your experiences!
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I did a year long internship after third year university and it absolutely helped me get my first job out of school. It wasn't so much what I did (although it was related to my major) that was important but the skills I learned. I really learned how to talk to people in a professional setting and obtained some transferrable skills like some of the most commonly used softwares.
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Also, it gives your resume a little more "oomph", since I managed to secure interviews at almost every company I applied to.
FYI, a resume boasting a good GPA and job experience is pretty much guaranteed an interview. Hope it helps!
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Never pass up a chance for an internship. Real life experience goes a long way. In most orgs nowadays, internee are treated the same as full time staff.
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I didn't go for year placement just doing the summer placement for 3 months only. However, I am planning to go for Graduate Internship once I complete my graduation next summer. I have heard it is really helpful since employers look for experience more so better to get paid and get trained at internship.
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We have to do a mandatory internship. It's supposed to be related to your major, but I've seen a few (okay, two) people intern in a different major from the one they eventually start their career in.
My advice for internships is, ALWAYS go for them them. But make sure it's a place you'll actually learn something. Having interned solidifies your resume for a lot of reasons - it shows you were invested in learning more than just theory even before you graduated, it proves that you're able to successfully complete projects because you've already worked somewhere else, it puts an employer at ease because s/he knows there's a previous employer they can call to ask about your work ethic, so you're less of a potential liability than someone who's never had any work experience before graduating. It also helps if the place you interned at is well-known. Places like those are picky about what interns they take on, so if you made it there, the immediate impression is that you were obviously a capable candidate.
That's the 'CV' aspect of it. The practical aspect of it is (in my opinion) a lot more important. You get to learn a LOT - you have to learn to work in a team, meet deadlines, work with some people you absolutely hate. So it's a lot of learning. Some of the most important things I've learned from interning are things like - what if there's this dominating person on your team, who just takes over the whole project? How do you make yourself get heard? How do you stand out? Or, how do you deal with someone who doesn't do their share of work or someone who does their share of work, but they're just... naturally bad at it. Saying 'You talk to them and, if they still don't listen, you go talk to your boss' is easy, but the real challenge isn't that - the real challenge is learning how to develop skills that enable you to handle people like that, and make sure they do get their share of work done and done right. Also, things like how to handle seniors/ much older people whose ideas aren't good enough, without being disrespectful; how to use certain softwares; how to create proposals and documents and the like; how to conduct yourself (walk, eat, talk) in a professional environment. These may seem like little things, but eventually they're some of the most important, and a good internship teaches you a lot of them.
And yes. Big-name employers DO hire their internees, later one. If you intern at a place like KPMG, for example, and impress the people there, you'll get preference when they're hiring, because what every employer wants is good employees. So if they've already seen your work and know it's good, they'd like to hire you instead of someone about whose work ethic they don't know a thing - hiring someone else is taking a chance, but when they're hiring you, they know they're not taking that chance that you might turn out to be a slacker/ someone who only looked good on paper.
And that was long. XD
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^ Really helpful :k:
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thanks! im applying for internships at banks and was wondering i should or should not. an admin job at bank will pay more but internship will look better in my resume