Internship
edit"An internship is an opportunity to integrate career related experience into an undergraduate education by participating in planned, supervised work"[1].
Internships for professional careers are similar in some ways, but not as rigorous as apprenticeships for professions, trade, and vocational jobs.[2] The lack of standardization and oversight leaves the term "internship" open to broad interpretation. Interns may be high school students, college and university students, or post-graduate adults. These positions may be paid or unpaid and are temporary. [3]
Typically, an internship consists of an exchange of services for experience between the intern and the organization. Internships are used to determine if the intern still has an interest in that field after the real life experience. In addition, an internship can be used to create a professional network that can assist with letters of recommendation and or lead to future employment opportunities. The benefit of bringing an intern into full-time employment is that they are already familiar with the company, their position, and they typically need little to no training. Internships provide current college students the ability to participate in a field of their choice to receive hands on learning about a particular future career, preparing them for full-time work following graduation [3][4].
Variety of Internships
editInternships exist in a wide variety of industries and settings. An internship can be paid, unpaid, or partially paid (in the form of a stipend).[5][6] Internships may be part-time or full-time and are usually flexible with students schedules. A typical internship lasts between one and four months,[7] but can be shorter or longer, depending on the organization involved. The act of job shadowing may also constitute interning.[8]
- Paid internships are common in professional fields including medicine, architecture, science, engineering, law, business (especially accounting and finance), technology, and advertising. [9] Work experience internships usually occur during the second or third year of schooling. This type of internship is to expand an intern's knowledge both in their school studies and also at the company. The intern is expected to bring ideas and knowledge from school into the company.[10]
- Work Research, Virtual Research (graduation) or dissertation: This is mostly done by students who are in their final year of school. With this kind of internship, a student does research for a particular company.[11] The company can have something that they feel they need to improve, or the student can choose a topic within the company themselves. The results of the research study will be put in a report and often will have to be presented.[11]
- Unpaid internships are typically through non-profit charities and think tanks which often have unpaid or volunteer positions.[5]
- Partially Paid internships is when students are paid in the form of a stipend. Stipends are typically a fixed amount of money that is paid out on a regular basis. Usually, interns that are paid with stipends are paid on a set schedule associated with the organization.[5]
Another type of internship growing in popularity is the virtual internship, in which the intern works remotely, and is not physically present at the job location. It provides the capacity to gain job experience without the conventional requirement of being physically present in an office. The internship is conducted via virtual means, such as phone, email, and web communication. Virtual interns generally have the opportunity to work at their own pace.[12]
Internship for a Fee
editCompanies in search of interns often find and place students in mostly unpaid internships, for a fee.[13] These companies charge students to assist with research, promising to refund the fee if no internship is found.[14] The programs vary and aim to provide internship placements at reputable companies. Some companies may also provide controlled housing in a new city, mentorship, support, networking, weekend activities, and/or academic credit.[6]
Some companies specifically fund scholarships and grants for low-income applicants[5]. Critics of internships criticize the practice of requiring certain college credits to be obtained only through unpaid internships[15]. Depending on the cost of the school, this is often seen as an unethical practice, as it requires students to exchange paid-for and often limited tuition credits to work an uncompensated job[16]. Paying for academic credits is a way to ensure students complete the duration of the internship, since they can be held accountable by their academic institution. For example, a student may be awarded academic credit only after their university receives a positive review from the intern's supervisor at the sponsoring organization.[17]
References
edit- ^ Definition of Internship (as set forth in the Ohio State University Department of Political Science, accessed January 22, 2013
- ^ "The difference between Internships and Apprenticeships". internstars.co.uk.
- ^ a b Perlin, Ross. Internships. doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n165.
- ^ Dailey, Stephanie L. (2016-08-07). "What Happens Before Full-Time Employment? Internships as a Mechanism of Anticipatory Socialization". Western Journal of Communication. 80 (4): 453–480. doi:10.1080/10570314.2016.1159727. ISSN 1057-0314.
- ^ a b c d "Internship Network". www.internsnetwork.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ a b "Unpaid internships face legal, ethical scrutiny", The Bowdoin Orient, Bowdoin College, April 30, 2004
- ^ "Internships – Jobs, Reviews, Advice – RateMyPlacement". ratemyplacement.co.uk.
- ^ "Job Shadow". FVHCA. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ [citation needed]
- ^ "Internship Expectations: What an Internship Is and Is Not - Current Students and Alumni - Career Center - University of Evansville". www.evansville.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ a b "Five principles for research ethics". http://www.apa.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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- ^ Sue Shellenbarger (January 28, 2009). "Do You Want An Internship? It'll Cost You". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Timothy Noah (January 28, 2009). "Opportunity for Sale; Psst! Wanna buy an internship?".
- ^ Yglesias, Matthew (2013-12-04). "Two Cheers for Unpaid Internships". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ Discenna, Thomas A. (2016-08-07). "The Discourses of Free Labor: Career Management, Employability, and the Unpaid Intern". Western Journal of Communication. 80 (4): 435–452. doi:10.1080/10570314.2016.1162323. ISSN 1057-0314.
- ^ "Unpaid Internships: Unfair and Unethical | The Bottom Line". The Bottom Line. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
Edits by Peers
I looked at the original Internship article and then at your groups reviews. Here is my feed back:
- At the top I thought the part that states "Intern redirects here" could be edited to be more universal or completely deleted.
- Good changes for the first paragraph, but do you have a source to back this information up? Maybe cite a source there.
- I like the how you change the second paragraph completely and use more up to date terminology that defines an internship.
- I was confused on this section:
Work experience internships usually occur during the second or third year of schooling. This type of internship is to expand an intern's knowledge both in their school studies and also at the company. The intern is expected to bring ideas and knowledge from school into the company. Work Research Virtual
Are you using the first paragraph in this section or the first one I copy and pasted? I would check for grammatical errors and site a source in this section.
- Just add relevant sources of information about internships for each country (maybe check google scholar) and fix format (like you all stated above)to make more sense.
- Overall, good work Internship group!
Schimpf.Sarah (talk) 20:09, 16 November 2017 (UTC) Sarah Schimpf Schimpf.Sarah (talk) 20:09, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I felt like you did a good job with redoing the table of contents. You simplified it in a way that makes the article easier to navigate, and there is a more digestible amount of information for readers. In the first two sections I can see where you have noted that you need citations, but I didn't see any in the last section. Overall, I could see that you might need a few more citations. Overall, I feel like it is well written, but I saw a few missed commas and whatnot, so maybe check grammar a bit more before you go live.
Overall, good work!
-Allie Gehr
There are a lot of good things in here! The content was not lead in one direction or showing bias, and there was no persuasive language or ideas meant to sway anyone. The structure of the content was good, but I agree with the other groups that have commented that there may be a missed citation here or two and some grammar and wording that could be polished up. Aside from that, I feel the introduction's heading of "What is an Internship?" isn't very Wikipedia-esque, and it seems more like a paper. I might change that in some way to make it simply a definition and explanation, not a posed question. Other than that, everything was again really well written to me!
Good job!
- Ryan Ettner