Why should a student do Internship?

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bharat

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It has been witnessed that students all rush for internship whenever they get a break, be it a semester break or any vacation. This is because of the growing competition and the job providers today look for experienced people for appointment in jobs. Students go for internship because they need to include experience in their CV or resume for applying in jobs. Students all over the World are now rushing for internship and another important thing is the concept of sustainability is making it a major matter of concern and because of this, students should do internship. What are your views?
 
The concept of doing internship is going viral all over the World and this is due to the rising competition in every aspect. You are right on the point that today companies look for experienced people and having an internship in the CV is going to be very helpful. Does it is becoming very important for students to do internship.
 
Internship has become must for every student, especially for the ones who have opted for professional courses. Internship not only adds value to the resume but also helps the students to acquire practical knowledge about the subject, which they can apply while in job. It helps them to learn the working process and grooms them so that they become successful in their professional lives.
 
VandeMataram said:
Internship has become must for every student, especially for the ones who have opted for professional courses. Internship not only adds value to the resume but also helps the students to acquire practical knowledge about the subject, which they can apply while in job. It helps them to learn the working process and grooms them so that they become successful in their professional lives.
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I totally agree with you that internship is important because it helps students to understand the work environment that they will be entering after completion of work. Moreover, it also helps the students to get a practical hang on the subject and understand it in a better way. It definitely helps them in their learning process.
 
Intenship is very important for the students. Intenship helps to improve the practical knowledge of the students.
 
Yes very important for a student to be competitive with others.I can suggest that rather than taking a break in their studies better do it in some holidays.
 
It is a good idea for students to go for internship as it helps them gain experience and knowledge about how the corporate world works, and also, they get to get a clear picture of what it is like to work in a particular field or industry and then analyze whether it is actually their true calling or not. For example: A management student can take up internship in either the finance or marketing or HR profile and get first hand experience about how these fields work, and then make up his / her mind about what field he would like to pursue his full fledged career in.

Internships not only benefit the student but also the organizations as there are many small part-time projects which require manpower. Interns can be of great use for such short term projects.

If one follows the career which matches ones inherent strengths, then they will naturally be able to enjoy their work. So if an intern takes up a part time project with an organization which is in sync with his inherent talent or strengths, then he will be able to perform well in his job, and, chances of his getting a pre-placement offer from the same organization also increases.

But many students do not know what their inherent strengths are. Or they have a miscalculated understanding their inherent strengths.
 
To get the basic knowledge and to polish the skills of the respective field, internship is very necessary for all students especially in technical type of education. This also helps them to get the proper and permanent job.
 
Before concluding what makes internships really important in today's world, you must know how and why it originated in the first place. To understand the ideology behind a concept, its history is important. Chances are if you were a collegiate before 1980s, you were never conscious with anything called interning. Post World War I, physicians in training were known as interns who were referred to as people with a degree but without a license to practice. Earlier the alternative term was apprenticeship and the word internship was eventually replaced and was voyaged to other careers like politics, social work, engineering, and more. The idea was to conglomerate theoretical knowledge with that of practical experience beside a sense of social accountability.

Since then nothing has changed much except that now few colleges have made internships compulsory in their curriculum.
The purpose is not only to assist students in becoming professionally equipped but to be conscious of the actual principle of snowballing competition in this globalized World. I could point out some of the benefits here:
  • You get to have a first-hand experience of the company, the organizational motives of which is definitely related to your field of interest.
  • With India's education system lacking proper ways of dissemination of practical knowledge at college level, it has become compulsory for MNCs or even national companies to include 'atleast some level of experience' at entry-levels. While the youth complaints how the term 'fresher' and 'experience' be expected to collide, yet internships are the answers in disguise.
  • It is something to just listen to or read about how a company works and to experience it in real. This is one of the easiest way to find out whether the job is parallel to your interests and professional expectations.
  • Source is everything in today's time and internships help build a very healthy professional network. Beginning from the janitor to the manager to the CEO of a company, everybody has their own set of experiences that gives you an insight of what you are looking forward to. Your connections also prove useful for future professional references during hiring process.
Apart from the above mentioned justifications, I would like to conclude with a very simple message though - Any kind of experience is an experience.
 
Of course friends, internship is important as it offers students a good opportunity to work in their desired field. They learn how their course of study applies to the real world and build valuable experience that makes them stronger candidates for jobs after graduation. Interns get a chance to meet with different people and get exposed to work environment that helps them to learn a lot about the work that makes easy for them to get jobs in this corporate world.
 
Internship can be related to the preliminary stage of joining any full time, permanent job. As other fellow friends have highlighted the various aspects advocating the importance of internship for a student; I strongly feel that job satisfaction is attained only if you have the knowledge regarding that particular job. So, internship provides you a rehearsal stage to confront the upcoming difficulties in your job life. Moreover, it all adds up to your resume which is again in augment to your achievements. Internship serves as a ‘pilot job’ in every student’s career and builds up your confidence level too. Anyway, experience is the source of all knowledge and teacher of all things. So all should go on with internships at least once in their lifetime.
 
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