Education is not just about learning and acquiring knowledge bookish knowledge, it also includes training yourself to face the outside world, and also applying your knowledge physically to the outside field. So, as to keep in mind what actual education means, we can say that Training and Internship are an integral part of it.
What basically training is, and why is it important? Training is teaching, developing skills, polishing skills to acquire a particular target or a task. It has the ability to improve one capabilities, capacities, performances, and productivity. It is the fundamental block of acquiring professional skills and knowledge in order to compete with the outside world. Training is basically a task-oriented activity aimed at improving performance in current or future jobs. Talking about why is it important, here are some points-
1. It helps the trainee cope with the technical challenges in the environment, I.e., training helps the trainee be up to date about the technologies and related information and helps in acquiring such skills.
2. Due to modern inventions, new technologies, and diversification of most of the organizations have become very complex, due to which there is a lack of coordination. To cope up with such situations and organizations, training has become an initial part of the process.
3. It helps and gives experience in dealing with human relations. It provides us the core idea of what is to be done, and these days, most companies look for someone who has a certain experience in dealing with human problems.
4. It provides the trainee with a great understanding of their responsibilities and the knowledge and skill required to do that job.
5. Training is to develop specific and useful knowledge, skills, and techniques. It is intended to prepare people to carry out predetermined tasks in well-defined job contexts.
Training alone does not make a person skillful, but internships are also part of it. Now talking about what is Internship, and why is it important? An internship is basically executing the skills and knowledge acquired by students or trainees in the past. It is a form of experiential learning and integration of knowledge gained in classrooms and physical application and skill development in a professional setting. It can be paid or unpaid depending upon the preferences, tasks, requirements, and many other factors. The unpaid internships are meant mainly for experience on how to work with different organizations, how to deal with public problems, how to manage things, how to take up responsibilities or to satisfy requirements for the qualifications. It can be said that it provides you with the reality of whether the field that you are working in is your interest or not? It gives you a clear idea about what you have and what you want. In addition, an internship can be used to build a professional network that can assist with letters of recommendation or lead to future employment opportunities. Also, it benefits the employer who was working as a part-time intern and now wants to work as full-time interns, as they will be already familiar with the working of the organization.
Why are Internships important? They are important because –
1. They provide real-time experience and exposure which is necessary for your working career. Also, it allows students to harness the skill, knowledge, and theoretical practice they learned in university.
2. The experiences we go through are what shapes us. Your internship will not only encourage personal development, but also a greater understanding of self. To know yourself is to know your goals and how to best achieve them. It provides you with a fair idea of how you have to learn from your experiences.
3. It enables you to connect with other people in professional terms. It helps to make a professional network, which leads to an exchange of information, knowledge, and services, etc. Sure, you can attend a networking event, but it would not provide you with such knowledge, connections, and experience and you would be limiting yourself.
4. If you are really worried about how to develop your CV, or how to make it more effective, trust me the best way to do it is to take up an internship, it will not only make your CV better, but it will also reflect how responsible you are, and also you can manage things well.
5. Sometimes, after graduating maybe you don’t get jobs, or doing a job immediately is not beneficial. Internships can help you overcome this problem. If you have never worked full-time before, the change may be difficult or overwhelming. In a working environment, not every boss is tolerant of mistakes. So, you can get a basic idea on how to work and you can know your mistakes through it and learn from them.
So this what thing is important about Training and Internships. Both are an integral part of the process of learning.
I would like to end this by quoting the lines of Eva Chen, director of fashion, Instagram
“My advice for young people is, study what you love and intern in what you want to do. And I think it’s okay to pivot as many times as you need to.”
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