Internships are often viewed negatively by engineering graduates due the belief that interns are made to do menial jobs which don’t add up to their resume. While the tasks assigned to an intern may not be the most challenging or interesting, summer training can provide value beyond the actual tasks an intern is assigned.
Because some internships don’t provide compensation, many people take them as an activity not worth their time. The truth is, the value they provide is often worth more than the pay that you could get from a part-time summer job unrelated to your field of interest. Since they offer multiple ways to enhance skills in a specific job function, internships are a great way for engineers to break into a new career. Unlike working in an unrelated job for the summer, an internship will give you an opportunity to gain real working experience, and possibly get hired by the company with which you’re interning.
Internships are not limited to college students. Anyone seeking a career change will find that internships introduce them to a new career, help them to explore different skills, and prepare them for new experiences. For college students, summertime is an ideal opportunity to explore career interests while still in school but not actively involved with classroom and homework requirements.
Apart from this summer training also helps engineers in developing the below mentioned skills:
1. EXPERIENCE A PROFESSIONAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Obtaining real-world working experience is essential, especially if you’ve never been employed. When you intern in a new workplace, you’ll gain first-hand knowledge about how a professional environment works.
2. INTERNS ARE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR A NEW HIRE
Whether the internship is paid or unpaid, it’s advantageous to do the job correctly and to the best of your ability. You’ll also want to fine tune your communication skills and style to create positive relationships with other employees. Managers and supervisors will be watching how you interact with others. Specifically, they’ll be monitoring your performance to judge how well you are able to:
- Work under pressure
- Take the lead on assigned projects
- Make decisions and complete goals
- Collaborate compromise to facilitate group decisions
These factors matter, and the more you show how well you can perform, the higher the chances are that company will bring you on as a paid employee. Think of your internship as your live, ongoing interview.
3.BUILD AND PRACTICE NEW SKILLS
Gaining new skills is the best reason to pursue an internship. It’s necessary for anyone entering a new career to build the specific job skills required by their desired role and then spend the time necessary to perfect those skills and talents in order to successfully land a new position…
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