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The Benefits Of Getting An Internship
During the last two years of your college career, you will want to strongly consider the possibility of getting an internship. In some degree programs, doing an internship is one of the requirements for graduation. Even if it is not, doing an internship has enough benefits that you might want to consider one.
It's An Asset
To make it simple, having one is an asset to your long-term career success. When it comes time to apply for a permanent position, most employers will be looking for evidence of an internship on your resume. In fact, a lot of companies out rightly say that they consider having done an internship in the field to be an important factor in deciding whether they will be accepting a new graduate for a full-time position.
Learn The Secrets Of Your Field
If you are to ask graduates who have taken internship what they got out from their time, many of them will emphasize the knowledge they have gained. During your internship, you will be learning the tricks of the trade of whatever industry you are in. You will gain practical experience in the actual techniques used by professionals in the field, rather than merely theoretical approaches that you learned in the classroom.
If you are a hands-on learner, and especially if the person who is considering hiring you learns best by doing, having that internship on your resumé will be really convincing evidence that you know what you're talking about.
Demonstrated Evidence Of What You Can Do
During your internship, you will be helping with work that is usually done in your field, including long-term and group projects. The work that you do in your internship can help build up your portfolio or resume. In an ideal situation, you will be involved in a single project from beginning to finish in the course of your internship. Thus you will be able to show a portfolio of related materials rather than a mishmash of things from a number of unrelated projects.
Get Connected
One of the most obvious benefits of getting into an internship program is the the connection that you can make. You will meet people in the know, which is obviously useful when you graduate and start looking for a permanent job. Even if these people don't have a position open when you are ready to graduate, they are likely to know someone who does, and will be able to put in a good word for you that will make it easier to get hired.
Improve Your Confidence
The experience that you will gain in an internship will help you feel more confident about your ability to take on challenges. Since you already have an idea of what is it like in the workplace, then by the time comes that you are officially to be employed, you wouldn't have much of those butterflies in the stomach kind of feeling.
Provided that you successfully completed your internship, prospective employers will expect you to have a general grasp of how workplaces in your field operate. You will also have become familiar with the types of the tasks that may be given to you. As a result, you will be able to anticipate the things that will be asked of you and not be caught unprepared.
Also, you will feel confident associating with other people in the office, since you have made acquaintance with people on this level during your internship. In fact, if you've had your internship with the same company you will be working with, you already know the people in the office and will have less adjusting to do in the first weeks and months of your employment.
These are just some of the benefits you can gain from an internship. Even if your degree program doesn't actually require an internship for graduation, the benefits you can gain from one are sufficient that you will want to give serious consideration to having one.
