{"id":6093,"date":"2013-07-08T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/?p=6093"},"modified":"2016-02-08T17:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:20:17","slug":"internships-build-resume-get-hired-earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/blog\/internships-build-resume-get-hired-earn\/","title":{"rendered":"Internships: Build Your Resume. Get Hired. Earn More."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The article has been contributed by official GMAT blog on www.mba.com. The original article can\u00a0 be found at http:\/\/officialgmat.mba.com\/2013\/01\/24\/to-the-interns-go-the-jobs\/<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Experience + graduate business education will put you in the driver\u2019s seat of your career.\u00a0<\/strong>One sure way to give your job prospects a boost is to do an internship. Whether you are starting a new career or steering your career in a new direction, an internship offers an opportunity to broaden your real-world work experience, explore a different industry, try on a new job role, enhance your business skills and knowledge, and focus your career goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are a few reasons why you should make an internship part of your job-hunting or career-development strategy \u2013 <i>before<\/i> <i>completing your graduate business program<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Get Noticed<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have mere seconds to get the attention of a recruiter in person or through your resume\/CV. Hiring managers want to see not just your MBA or master\u2019s degree, but what types of industry expertise and skills you can bring to a job. Most corporate recruiters look at the following when selecting the MBA candidates they will interview:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Prior experience in a job function (66% of companies),<\/li>\n<li>Industry experience (51%), and<\/li>\n<li>Years of work experience (44%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Work experience, whether gained prior to your degree or through an internship during school, can be your key to landing a job after business school. Keep in mind, 3 out of 4 employers we surveyed plan to offer internships in 2013 to graduate business students, and companies use those internships as part of their recruiting tactics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Edge Out the Competition<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2012, employers reported that 69% of their MBA interns who applied for a full-time job received an offer. MBA grads who interned in the consulting or finance\/accounting sectors had even better chances for job conversion with 74% and 73% of MBA interns landing full-time employment offers, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Boost Your Starting Salary<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Post-degree earnings for class of 2012 b-school graduates who completed an internship while in school were 28% higher, on average, than starting salaries for their peers without internships. Similarly, the income boost for grads with offers of employment directly from an internship was more than double the salary increase of other grads who stayed with their original employers during and after business school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/officialgmat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/internships-graphic-2.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"B-School Interns Earn More Infographic\" width=\"289\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Polish Your Skills<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Employers want candidates who have industry experience and solid leadership, managerial, technical, and analytical skills. An internship can provide you with the tactical, hands-on operational understanding of how a business runs and a chance to demonstrate the skills that employers seek in job candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Find Your Niche<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Internships can take you places you never imagined. One US alumnus from the class of 2011 who attended school in and currently works in the United States recounts: \u201cThe main takeaway from my MBA was opening me to more options for a career and through my internship I found something I am interested and passionate about. I am currently working in the industry of international trade and working towards consulting, which is what I really want to do as my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Infographic source &#8211; http:\/\/www.mba.com\/schools-and-programs\/prepare-to-enroll\/making-an-internship-work-for-you\/internship-infographic.aspx<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">452<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finternshala.com%2Fblog%2Finternships-build-resume-get-hired-earn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share&nbsp;on&nbsp;Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Get&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Dream&nbsp;Internship<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.42-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article has been contributed by official GMAT blog on www.mba.com. The original article can\u00a0 be found at http:\/\/officialgmat.mba.com\/2013\/01\/24\/to-the-interns-go-the-jobs\/ Experience + graduate business education will put you in the driver\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224,4140,3945],"tags":[3540,3539,3541],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Internships: Build Your Resume. Get Hired. Earn More.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One sure way to give your job prospects a boost is to do an internship. 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