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Paid or Unpaid Internship

Doing an internship is one of the best ways one can find a job. An internship will equip the student with the necessary skills and experience needed to do a job. Nowadays, it is particularly difficult to find a job, you have to stand out from the rest if you wish to find a job. What is that one thing that sets you apart from the rest? You have to ask yourself this question. An internship will help you to set yourself apart from the rest.  Now there are two kinds of internships paid and unpaid.  Paid internships are basically just internships that will pay you a certain amount during the internship period, and an unpaid internship is basically where you work for free, in exchange for work experience. Most students are lucky coming from homes that can support them, this means that even if they are doing an internship, they will be supported by their families, but this is not the case for many of the students and graduates, who may have to support themselves. They d...

Why Indian students shouldn't underestimate the value of doing an in internship in the Middle East

Doing an internship will help you highlight your profile among many others, who looking for the same job as you. It will help you transcend the notion that you are just an intern. It will transfigure you from "just an intern " into a professional. But where to do your internship is one major question. There are several agencies and companies offer to give students internships, and that too from different parts of the World. But many graduates underestimate the value of doing an internship in certain parts of the World. If you are from India, then there are obviously several options for you, you can either do a domestic internship , or you can do an internship abroad . One of the best places to do an internship if you are from India is in Dubai. But many students underestimate the value of doing an internship in Dubai. An internship in Dubai will open for the same doors for you, if you had done the same internship in the West. There are several reasons on why you should con...

Why you should not focus on part time Internships

A part time internship is where you, intern for a short period of time during the day, along with your academic education. Most students think that it is a dual advantage. Because why not? You can complete your degree, and you can complete an internship . But there are factors that most people or students do not consider while doing an internship. And the main thing to consider is the academics. Doing well in academics is close to impossible if you are considering doing a part-time internship. But doing a part time internship will smoothly your academics, right? Nooooo. It doesn't. In fact it is just the opposite, you would feel extremely tired, dragging yourself home every night, without having an ounce of energy, and you would only have the time to sleep, considering you might only reach home at 10:00 PM.                 So you ask, " Why, I do not care, I still have an internship to pull me through". Again, no, the only way your inte...

Skills you develop while doing internship

An internship is basically a training, where you work for a company for a very low salary or for free, and in turn you will receive the experience and skills to do the necessary job. With that skill and experience, you are eligible to apply to jobs as a permanent employee. An internship will equip the person with the corporate weapons needed to survive the business World. In other words it is the transfiguration of someone from a graduate to a professional . Here are some of the skills that you would hone, on completing your internship. The Modus Operandi This simply means the mode of operation in which something is done. It is way in which something operates. When you complete an internship program, you would have learned exactly how a corporate office operates. This is crucial if you are planning on working in the corporate world in the future.  Business Culture ans Socialization You would be familiar with the culture and social ways surrounding an office. You wil...

Why you should follow your passion while doing an internship

Doing an internship, is like going through an initiation process. As the initiation ends, you become a professional or a man. We do internship for one reason and for one reason only and that is to gain experience, and get a high paying job. But before you jump in to do any internship , there are certain things that you must realize, and one of that things to realize is top recognize your passions. Why is this important? I will tell you why. An internship is something, that will decide what you do for the rest of your life                               Human beings aren't like other animals, they will get bored, if they do something for a long time that they are not passionate about. This is the reason why it is important to choose an internship based in your passions and interests. Suppose you have chosen a field of internship , you may get a small job after completing that internship, but after sometime do...

Why you shouldn't consider, only interning in your core subject

Interning is a great way to build you career profile and boost the value of your C.V. At the end of your graduation, you are confused about what to do with this degree, and how to get a job. It is very difficult to get a job right after graduation . There are perhaps hundreds or even thousands of students, who have graduated with the same degree as yours and at the same time and with the same GPA as yours. So doing an internship is a great way to boost your profile and stand out from everyone else. But graduates and interns make a major mistake while choosing a field of internship . Most often they are not willing to intern in a subject, that is not related to their field of study. Why is this important?                                                             Well the first thing you need to realize is that, money matters more t...

Advantages of doing an internship

An internship is basically where you work as an intern for a company, for a very low pay or even for free. The purpose of the internship is not to make money, but   to gain experience working as an employee, Experience with which you could get a real job with a decent pay and salary. The whole point of doing an internship is to build the skill required to work in a corporate company. Doing an internship has a host of other   benefits as well. Develop Industrial Skills Doing an internship will help you to develop the necessary industrial skills. Skills that you don’t learn from college and books. It will help you to develop hands on skill working in an industry. You can choose your true career Doing an   internship will help you to choose your one true career. Interning will help bring out your unique talent. While you work, you will gradually act on things that you are passionate about, that way   you will be able to bring out your strengths and focu...

Are companies utilizing their interns in a bad way?

After graduation, an internship is something that can skyrocket your career to the next level. It is really awesome to have done an internship. Companies who look for skilled individuals to execute their work will usually hire graduates who have done an internship and who are experts in their field. But many small companies and companies with good reputation hire many interns promising them that an internship in their company, would give them a brighter future. Interns usually work for these companies for free or with no pay. So companies utilize these interns to the fullest, sometimes utilizing them unnecessarily. courtesy: croner i Company managers and presidents sometimes unnecessarily use their interns to do their personal work. Sometimes having them work 16 to 20 hours a day. This inconspicuous exploitation of workers and employees are often overlooked by the employees themselves, who only wish to gain work experience, and who most of the time ignore the fact that they ...