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Internships @ The world’s a workplace
JUMP START What if you could intern at Google, the UN or the World Bank? Experts tell you why you should consider the option of international internships even if they are not entirely paid for, and how you can best prepare for it
ORGANISATIONS
SUCH AS THE UNITED NATIONS AND GOOGLE OFFER INTERNSHIPS THAT ARE OPEN TO
STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD
As colleges begin to prepare for
the summer, so must students. Most graduates take the nearly two months of
leave to intern, which get them hands-on experience and can bring a degree of
clarity to how they want their careers to unfold.
Increasingly, students
are opting to do these internships overseas.
“Universities in countries such as France, Germany, Egypt
and the US reach out to students because many of those who intern at an international
university return there for further study, after graduation,” says Arjun
Krishna, co-founder of WeMakeScholars, a studyabroad portal.
Organisations such as the United Nations and Google also
offer internships that are open to students around the world.
The benefits are immense, from cross-cultural benefits to
an extended global network to help jumpstart your career.
“With increased opportunities, student queries and
interest in international internships on our
portal have gone up by nearly 50%
since 2015,” says Krishna.
ON OFFER
There are several portals that aggregate such internships
— WeMakeScholars, InternShala, overseas education portal IES Abroad, global
youth organisation AIESEC, Canadian nonprofit organisation Mitacs. Together,
they offer a wide range of options that cover communication design, sustainable
development, engineering, primary education and youth organisation, science and
the humanities.
How does one select the right internship? “There are
broadly three parameters — organisation, job description and financial
implications, says Udit Bhatnagar, senior counselor at study abroad consultancy
ReachIvy.
Even if it is paid, the stipend may not always cover all
your costs.
And not every foreign internship will add value to your
career. “Accounting internships are generally restricted to research. If you
want a career as an analyst, this may not help much,” says Bhatnagar. “For
lawyers, consider going abroad only if you plan to specialise in universal
areas such as human or animal rights, or international law. Pick an internship
if you plan to study further in that country.”
The US, Singapore are good
destinations to pick for software engineering internships, Germany for
mechanical or automobile, adds Hiren Rathod, business head at Imperial Overseas
Education Consultants.
Source |
Hindustan Times | 4th April 2018
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