What is an Internship for College Students?

Basically, an internship is the initial stage of graduates to learn the office working environment to start a professional life. There are several internship opportunities in many organizations. 

Some organizations pick the fresh slot from universities to provide them practical work experience and some using different methods to acquire interns i.e. through the announcement and conduct the short test and select the most appropriate graduate for further polishing. 

What is an Internship for College Students?

Organizations run the internship cycle i.e. in a summer internship program or winter internship program. Students who passed their 16 years of education from reputed universities are eligible to enter the internship cycle for further experience gain.

Organizations plan a comprehensive orientation session with interns and give them the whole scenario of the organization and its working style. Interact with professionals and organize an open discussion session to give them professional experience.

After completion of orientation sessions, students are attached with sections according to their education field and interest to start professional work with seniors. Mostly internship program is conducted for a period of 4 to 8 weeks in every season.

Other Internship Formalities:

Regular Internship: Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students from HEC recognized universities.

Summer Internship:

Summer an internship is a time-bound program to promote professional experience to newly education completed students. The summer internship cycle is started from April to September every year. Summer internship (project-based): Final year students of B.COM, BBA / MBA from top tier universities with minimum 3.0 CGPA.

Internships:

Multi-national organizations announced bulk internship opportunities to all student from all over the world and conduct an extensive selection process to filter the most deserving and intelligent students for the internship. Its call virtual internship and all students interact with their respective supervisor through online and get fieldwork to increase the professional experience according to their field of interest.

Middle level organizations contact with different universities to enroll students individually and delegate tasks to complete. This is a minor level internship opportunities which provide by the national level organizations or even city level organizations collaborate with an educational institution to acquire fresh blood to boost up their expertise and later on they offer employment to the intern.

Stipend:

Stipend will be paid according to the budget allocated by the board or with the approval of president/Board.

What is a Paid Internship?

The paid internship is subject to the availability of funding to pay a stipend to the internees on a monthly basis.  The paid internship duration is a maximum of 12 weeks to conclude it within the mentioned time frame. During the paid internship, students deliver quality tasks/ research findings to the employers in the shape of the internship completion report. An employer design a complete task checklist for the interns to get initial research reports and for this, the employer facilitates the internship program in different sessions.

Internship Opportunities:

Occasionally organizations offer internship programs to fresh students to give them opportunities to be familiar regarding the office working environment. Most employers prefer to induct experience and qualified persons into full-time employment. Getting an internship in well-known organizations is the key success in the student’s professional life. Well, known and reputed organizations arrange best practices, outdoor exposures and field activities to the interns. An internship completion certificate from a well-reputed organization is key to success in a future professional career. For this, maximum students try to enroll in the best organization for acquiring a good exposure.

Period & Number of Interns:

Regular Internship

4 to 12 weeks (May – September).

Maximum 2 internees per branch.

Upon Completion:

Project the report being submitted by the internet to the Human Resource department.

Presentation to be given by the internet to respective Functional Head /Mentor / HR.

Evaluation form to be filled out by the respective line manager / Departmental Head.

Internship the process may be revised from time to time based on the market practice.

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Sample Internship Contract

Youth Internship Programme

Name:	________________
Title:	Intern/trainee
Report to:	_________________
Period of Contract:	Contract will be for a period of two months, starting from ____ July ____ and end on ___ September ___.
Region:	_______
Remuneration:	Rs. _____/- (_________) only per month.
TA/DA	None
Benefits:	None
Taxes:	As per Organization Rules
Certificate:	A certificate will be issued upon submission of the internship report.

Terms and Conditions:

You shall be reporting to the Supervisor during the period of this contract and shall perform tasks under the Terms of Reference given to you by the supervisor under his/her supervision

Either party can terminate this contract at any time without giving any reason thereof. If you agree with the terms and conditions, please sign the contract and return one copy to Human Resource Section.

________________________                                                               _____________

Head of Human Resource                                                                      Internee Name

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Sample of internship completion certificate:

To Whom It May Concern:

 Date 7^th December 2018

This is to certify that Ms.______ Daughter of ______ has participated in the “Youth Internship Programme” (YIP) from 8^th March 2018 to 7^th June 2018, organized by the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB)

During this program she received a one-week orientation from different sections then was placed to ADB Finance, for practical work experience. We believe this opportunity will enhance her understanding of development issues and has added to her professional capabilities and confidence, that will help her professional career.

Sincerely,

Head of HR