Importance and Advantages of an internship - domestic and international

Students usually intern in various companies – from MNCs to middle level companies to start-ups in summer. Summer Internships are typically from May to end July since most of the universities fall semester begins in the month of August.

Domestic internship :

The advantages of interning in the hometown are that the place is familiar, local language is spoken, people can relate with each other more with respect to culture, festivals celebrated, regional languages spoken etc. There is a certain amount of comfort with them.

Abroad internship :

The advantage is that the intern gets to learn new culture and practices and learns to adapt to their working environment. The experience during the summer internship paves the way for applying in the next summer too in the same company or bigger companies in the related field.

It is the best way to gauge whether you have chosen the right field and also to try out newer departments. It also exudes confidence in the intern since he learns the application of his educational knowledge right in front of him.

Forms of internship

• Paid Internship

• Unpaid internship

Advantages of Internship

Interning has multi-fold advantages :

1. It will be the student’s first-hand experience to observe as to how an office looks, run, work culture, etiquette and pressure on officials to achieve targets.

2. It makes the student more competitive

3.The student is able to visualize and experience that whatever career path he has chosen, whether it is the right one

4. It gives him a real-life experience of polishing his behavioral and soft skills based on his interaction with peers, seniors and head of the department.

5. Building up of network – After graduation, his contacts made during internship will be quite handy since those officials will have had the first-hand experience of working with him. Their comfort level in recruiting a “known” person would be better than recruiting a “stranger”.

6. Working under strict deadline, the intern can learn as to how not to crack under pressure and maintain calm and be confident.

7. Post the internship, the employer issues an Experience letter which is very useful when the student applies for job.

8. Internship looks great on a CV and accelerates the chance of the interned student to get a job faster than an inexperienced one.

Thus, start hunting for good internship opportunities and go for them with full swing to make a strong mark on your resume.