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Internships

Internships are a great way for employers to build relationships with students at the Winchester City University and recruit great talent into their organizations.
The University has a long history of providing internships to students and employers. Because the academic program requirements vary among the colleges of the University, internships are centralized and coordinated within each college.

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Internships provide real world experience - a key factor employers look for when hiring.  Internships encourage you to apply your class knowledge to solve problems and contribute to an organization, develop transferable skills that you can use to compete for entry-level jobs, and expand your professional network.  There is no substitute for experience, so the more experience you seek out through informational interviews, job shadowing, and internships, the more prepared you will be to compete for the jobs you want after graduation.

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Internship Benefits

• Apply knowledge from the classroom to on the job situations
  
• Gain valuable related work experience and skills
• Explore potential careers in areas of your choice
• Get your foot in the door at a company or organization
• Network with professionals to build relationships
• Develop professional references
  

Other Benefits

• Experience: Internships give you real world experience in a professional job setting. Academic credentials only go so far; employers are looking for students with related work experience and transferable skills.
  
• Competitive Edge: According to a recent student survey, graduates who participated in internships are more competitive in the job market than their counterparts who did not.

• Career Exploration: Internships allow you to explore potential careers to help you choose what professions would fit best.  By test-driving potential career options as a student, you will have direct experience and a better understanding of what path is best for you, as well as discovering what you don't want to pursue - both invaluable pieces of information to know before you graduate.
• Professional Skill Development: Research also shows the majority of an intern’s time is spent engaged in professional activities.  Traditional activities associated with internships in the past – admin functions, scheduling, running errands – make up a very limited portion of the current intern’s workday.  Interns are focused on problem solving, communicating with clients, and project management.  This is as it should be if the focus of the internship is to identify and develop eventual full-time employees.