Internships, Workshops and Seminars

Today at sarkarinaukribuzz.com, we are going to highlight those components which could stand you a chance in the competitive market and make you “out-of-the-box”.

1. Internships
2. Workshops
3. Seminars/Conferences

Yes, these three features in your resume will highlight your uniqueness at the time of your employment and not only that; it also exposes you to the real world out of your college and gets you ready for the upcoming challenges.

1. Internships: As the name indicates, internships are some-kind of part-time work in the field relevant to your course of study or your interest/passion or some kind of work based on your talents and skills. Why Internships are important for college students?

• Internships help students figure out what they are good out and identify their career paths
• Internships help you in gaining practical and technical knowledge, which is useful in the real-time market
• Internships can make you put-together a well-structured Resume which is very essential
• Internships teach you a formal way to communicate and allow you to make new connections within a career field
• Internships give you an edge in a high-competition environment

Work-flow and payment structure of Internships

Internships can be both “Work-from-home” and “on-field” depending upon the type of work and the employer’s requirement. The work-pattern of Internships is basically of 2 types:

1. Part-time or Contract based- Usually such type of internships require you to work not more than 20 hours per week either from home or on-site and they can be to a certain duration like 6 months or till the particular project exists and sometimes even till you wish to continue. Such internships are flexible and a student can easily cope-up with his college-academics and work.
2. Full-time/Part-time or Summer Internships– Such type of internships last 8-12 weeks during particular seasons where –in a student is on vacation or leave. This is again part-time or full-time and requires you to be flexible for any kind of work.

The payment structure of Internships includes:

1. Paid Internships- where a candidate is given a stipend of some amount for the work done. Getting paid makes a candidate more confident on his work.
2. Unpaid/Credit based Internships– this type of internships do not usually provide stipend and they might bear the expenses if it is an on-site work. Also, key take-always include recommendation letters or certificate of appreciation or credits to get-through the curriculum-exams.

Links and web-sites where you can apply for internships

Get your feet-wet with the internships based on your field of preference with the help of these links:

1. http://www.twenty19.com/
2. http://www2.aiesec.org/cms/aiesec/AI/students/International_Internship.html
3. http://www.internships.com/
4. http://www.internfever.com

More than all Internships are of great learning experience!

1. Workshops:  Workshops basically follow the concept of “Learning while doing” i.e. they give a practical knowledge to students for the theory which they learn at their classrooms. Workshops, not necessarily should be relevant to any course you take-up, they can something in general to improve the personal fitness, stress and anger management and many more. Workshops serve a purpose of allowing students to enhance their skills and then provide their own in-sight to others.

Workshops are the preferred type of course for various fields such as:

• Writing
• Studio-Art
• Automotive engineering
• Film-making
• Advertising and Magazine publication

Workshops are a major part of everyday education and comprise a significant portion of graduate programs that focus on perfecting one’s skill in a given area. In addition, workshops are those allotted spaces in a curriculum where professional work is begun. Students start on their work so that they have something to represent their skills and place them in their resumes, which obviously must be started before their graduation.

Why Workshops are important to for college students?

• Workshops offer students on on-going array of opportunities for self-development, self-promotion.
• Workshops entertain to build a wide network of contacts, as established people in that field are quite often featured.
• Workshops help students to get good internships.

What types of Workshops can a student expect?

1. Student Success Workshop– these workshops include topics on time management, money management, stress management, conflict resolution, student services, career counselling and many more.
2. Leadership Workshop– these workshops are created and hosted to encourage learning on topics like motivation, merging conflicts, developing a team and emerging as a good leader at work-place.
3. Technical Workshop– these workshops are basically organised to improve technical skills of a candidate which include topics like Android app development, robotics and many more.

Links and Web-sites to know about various Workshops conducted across

1. http://www.twenty19.com/opportunities
2. http://www.iijnm.org/workshop-rept.html
3. http://www.secugenius.com/workshops.html
4. http://www.nordiccentreindia.com/research/workshops.

You can even look for newspapers and other blogs for more information.

So, regardless of what a student plans in his/her life, the workshops will definitely help get them there!

1. Seminars/Conferences/Trainings: Seminars are especially designed to give you lots of valuable information and detailed content on various topics. Now-a-days interviewers evaluate their employers based on the section where they have attended several seminars and industrial conferences. The reason is quite obvious because the one who is exposed to such real time facts and meetings will be much aware of the requirement and the type of adaption it requires.

Seminars commonly update us with the latest progress and issues in a particular field. They also help us to know new products and services that we might not know to exist. In the different fields of engineering alone, different seminars are conducted every year not only in India but across the globe. Besides, engineering and electronics, there is a huge growth in the modern technology.

Why attending seminars/conferences important?

• Learn new information from the presenters
• Networking with new people and experts within your field or outside your field
• Improves your ability to share your views and ideas and great prompt feedback from the experts
• Settle down your fears
• Making yourself visible and come out of the stage fear
• Systematize a process which you know only little
• Satisfy your urge to be on a cutting-edge
• Allows you to build traffic to your website by passing out your business cards or brochures
• Observe audience reaction to the topics presented so you can see what market is really interested in
• Accelerate your skills much faster than reading a book in most cases

Links and Web-sites which educate you on various seminars and conferences conducted

1. http://www.knowafest.com/
2. http://www.twenty19.com/opportunities
3. http://www.conferencealerts.com/country-listing?country=India
4. http://bhu.ac.in/seminar/seminar.htm
5. http://www.biztradeshows.com/india/conferences.html

Conclusion:

The bottom line for any successful career is ultimately the skill-set, talent, your uniqueness, communication, presence of mind, knowledge, how much are you aware of the present market, abilities and capabilities and a right attitude.

sarkarinaukribuzz.com team wishes all its readers a great future ahead!