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Prepare yourself to enter the job market right after O/L by completing an Internship

Over the past years, Sri Lanka has had a rapid development in the field of education, which clearly has affected the current job market due to heavy competition among highly qualified and educated employees.

 

To outshine yourself from the heavy competition in the job market, internships have been implemented by organizations for students after O/Ls or high school to practically experience their theoretical knowledge they gained in the past few years. Completing an internship offers one opportunities to adapt in the workforce and to build a career in the future allowing them to gain the correct set of skills, knowledge to build their career in the future.

 

An internship is a formal program that offers a student who has finished high school or O/Ls to learn and reflect on them throughout the program. Many Companies are more concerned about your experience, skills than qualifications where internships play a major role in your resume under work experiences. Internships in any field set you apart from others in this competitive job market.

 

Internships are mostly paid as students are not able to afford coming into work for weeks or months, although some organizations have unpaid internship programs for students like in a nonprofit organization.

 

Finding the correct internship is difficult as all organizations are providing many internship programs in every field. So let us give you few of the areas to focus on what internship to put effort depending on your skills too.

 

1.      Your ultimate Objective and Goal

 

You must decide if you want to join a program focusing on a specific skill or a general internship program and what exactly to gain out of the program when you complete it.

 

 2.      Paid and Unpaid Internships

 

Paid Internships attract more students than the unpaid ones in a financial perspective. However, money should not be a barrier to gain the correct experience and skills and in some fields there are only unpaid internships.

 

3.      Type of the Organization

 

Determining the organization to intern in is difficult. Some big companies may have brand recognition but it will be more complicated to work with. Likewise, in small companies you can gain more learning experiences with a less number of employees in it. Both types of companies have their own pros and cons.

 

 

 

Visit CareerFirst.lk for best internships and career opportunities in Sri Lanka.