10 Reasons To Do an Internship

1. Add to your knowledge and skills related to your discipline and/or anticipated career field.
2. Enhance your academic study by trying out in a “real world” context what you have learned in the classroom.
3. “Try on” a career without making a long-term commitment.
4. Establish contacts in a field where you may be job hunting after graduation.
5. Practice professional behavior and learn how organizations function.
6. Gain the work-related experience that employers value and strengthen your candidacy for after-graduation jobs.
7. Achieve personal growth and build confidence as you take on new challenges.
8. Experience integrating faith in the workplace.
9. Practice employment interviewing skills and going through the hiring process.
10. Experience being an independent learner.