For those with a more corporate persuasion the
battle for internships is often much tougher.
Most corporates offer internships on their
websites but have extremely high criteria.
Academic success is usually a prerequisite along
with some examples of your drive and initiative
{community leadership, extra-curricular
achievements outside school}.
There are however ways to improve your odds at
landing a corporate internship even without
excellent academics. Showing off your drive,
dedication and initiative by physically going to
the company and making an appointment to meet
the the person in charge of intern selection is a
proven way to stand out from the crowd.
A useful trick is to volunteer your services as a
free intern in the most entry level position in the
company. This shows work ethic and the
willingness to climb the corporate ladder.
Granted, not all of us have lofty ambitions of
creating the next hit app or becoming the
world’s fastest runner but even every single
goal needs effort, time and energy.
Fortunately the modern world offers ample
opportunities for us to grip our future by the
horns and begin the journey to success.
Once you’ve identified your passions, the next
step will be to find a mentor. There are
numerous mentorship programmes available in
almost every industry: you just play your part
by researching, applying to get into a
mentorship programme and applying yourself
within the programme to make it work for
you!
Concider taking up a holiday internship:
Given the country’s focus on skills
development and the need for artisans there
are an abundance of artisan internships to go
around.
Be it plumbing, electrical work, construction
and architecture, or any other, websites like
careers 24 and the classified sections of all
the major and local newspapers are great
places to find these internships. The
newspapers are especially useful for finding
internships in your area.
those looking to make a career in the arts are
spoiled for choice at the many holiday
opportunities in the industry, you just need to
give yourself some time to research your area of
interest in order to find out what opportunities
are available for you to take up and improve on
your passion: If you see your future on the stage
then find out if you have a community theatre
club around your area for you to join .; if you’re
a budding musician then the holiday is the time
to perfect your instrument of choice, learning
how to use music production software and
showcase your talents. Aspiring models would do
well to join a casting agency and use their
holidays to attend photo shoots to build their
portfolios... be careful of the scammers though.
Those with a penchant for writing would benefit
from taking freelancing jobs as writers to refine
their skills. The world is your oyster of
opportunities!!
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