During summer and other vacations, students are expected to attend some internships and summer jobs preferable those that are in line with the courses they are studying in school. When in these vocational jobs, the students and the companies benefit from the short team contracts (Sides & Mrvica. 2007). This paper discusses the benefits that both students and the company get from internships and summer jobs.
The benefits to the company
The company stands to get a new source of labor that is mostly at a low cost than experienced employees; internships are loyal to the company and work for the good of the company. Despite the low cost, they need high supervision and ensuring that they perform their tasks diligently and effectively.
The need for high supervision can be used to the good of the organization as some low ranking officers can be given the role of monitoring the interns and in the process, they develop their supervisory and leadership skills. From that angle, when the interns are leaving an organization, they leave having assisted in the development of some skills in the employees.
Interns work hard to develop networking with the organization they practiced their internship, in this context, they are highly motivated and willing to create, innovate and invent new methods of doing business in the effort of leaving a land mark in the organisation.
When doing this, there are high chances they will come up with new systems of doing things that will benefit the organization in the future. During the course work, the intern might have learnt something that might assist him or she sees a strategic gap in an organization; when the management is advised on such areas, there are high chances of improving business processes.
In most cases, when an intern is leaving an organization, he or she is expected to give an analysis in the form of management report to the management that gauges the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes in the segment and probably any recommendation that can improve processes. The report can be of great assistance to the management as they can get an independent review of the processes for future improvements (Gareth & Jennifer, 2010).
The benefits to the students
Some subject demand that students should undertake some internship programs with a relevant company so when the students attend the internships, it is one way of fulfilling the demands of the course. When students are on the ground, they get a chance to connect what they studied in class with what is actually happening on the ground. They are thus able to appreciate and have deeper meaning on different causes and topics they study.
To some students, the internships and the vocational jobs give them the first experience in a working environment; they learn what transpires in an office in the move of preparing for future challenges of working environment. The finances they get can be used for personal projects or in some cases; it can be used to cater for fees.
When students are on the ground, they get a chance to network with people who are likely to offer them job chances when they have graduated; this assists them after they have completed their schooling. When students are given tasks and responsibilities, they are able to apply what they studied class to look for lasting solutions in the organization; in so doing, they feel their skills, talents, and professions have been utilized appropriately. When on the internship or vocational jobs, the student is able to develop social and professional links that can become very useful in the future career growth.
When a student is doing his or her internship, he get a chance to interact with diverse people in culture attitude and skills; to handle all these people the student needs to have some people skills, by the end of the attachment, he is able to appreciate diversity. Probably when he or she gets back to school, his or her attitude towards other students will have changed for the good.
Internships are used for reinforcing ones curriculum vitae, a person who has undertaken an internship is more likely to be considered in a job vacancy than a person who has no clue of what transpires in a formalized organization.
In some situations, the environment that a student is getting his summer job or internship may not be favorable, they may be hostile in one way or another; the hostility makes someone mature, independent, and more tolerant and understanding, when faced with limited funds, the student learns on self-finance management skills. The interaction with the “outside” world makes a student better offer in social, economical, cultural, and sometimes-political skills (Gareth & Jennifer, 2007).
Conclusion
Summer jobs and internships have mutual benefits to both the student and the company offering the internship. The student develops employment networks, social skills, and gets a chance to learn more on his area of specialization. On the other hand, the company gets new ideas and an independent review of internal processes.
References
Gareth, R. J.,& Jennifer, M. (2007). Contempary Management. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Jennifer, M.,& Gareth, R. J. (2010). Essentials of Contemporary Management. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Sides, C., & Mrvica. A. (2007). Internships: theory and practice. New Jersey: Baywood Pub. Co.