Virtual Internships
Virtual Interns?
The idea of doing a virtual internship would have seemed ridiculous a few years ago. What is the point of doing a virtual internship with a company in a different country and time zone? Virtual internships are however a new and increasingly popular reality for many students and graduates who wish to gain international work experience.
The lockdowns we all experienced as a result of Covid 19 have forced more and more companies to think outside the box when it came to managing their work remotely. Covid gave a real boost to the concept of remote working for full-time staff and naturally, the practice has been applied to internships as well. Companies are now quite happy to take on interns who work on a hybrid or totally remote basis and this is a big change from the traditional model where interns,??worked in the office. Virtual internships simply take the concept of working from home one step further.
The advantages for the virtual intern are obvious. The internship market where they live may be highly competitive or not very well developed. If they are suddenly able to access internships in foreign countries with a wide range of companies, then their chances of finding working experience that fits their study and career aspirations are obvious.?
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The other huge advantage is that students can complete an internship without the expense of travelling to and living in a foreign country. They can work effectively from their own home and home town without any of the costs and inconvenience associated with living in the country of their host company.?
For the host company with well established systems of remote working, the advantages include having any number of virtual interns working in the background on specific problems or projects, while full-time staff are getting on with their regular work. One of the big advantages of having interns working out of time zone is that deliverables can be ready and waiting for full-time staff when they log-in to work each morning.?
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