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{{Short description|Period of work experience}} {{For|the medical intern|Internship (medicine)}} {{Redirect|Interning|the computer science term|Interning (computer science)}} {{redirect|Work experience|the 1989 British short comedy film|Work Experience (film){{!}}''Work Experience'' (film)|the TV episode|Work Experience (The Office){{!}}Work Experience (''The Office'')}} An '''internship''' is a period of '''work experience''' offered by an organization for a limited period of time.<ref> [http://polisci.osu.edu/sites/polisci.osu.edu/files/What%20is%20an%20Internship.pdf Definition of Internship (as set forth in the Ohio State University Department of Political Science, accessed January 22, 2013]</ref> Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used to practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, [[non-profit organization]]s and government agencies. They are typically undertaken by students and graduates looking to gain relevant skills and experience in a particular field. Employers benefit from these placements because they often recruit employees from their best interns, who have known capabilities, thus saving time and money in the long run. Internships are usually arranged by third-party organizations that recruit interns on behalf of industry groups. Rules vary from country to country about when interns should be regarded as employees. The system can be open to exploitation by unscrupulous employers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Woolston |first=Chris |date=2015-06-03 |title=Unpaid research jobs draw criticism |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/522131f |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=522 |issue=7555 |pages=131 |doi=10.1038/522131f |bibcode=2015Natur.522..131W |issn=1476-4687}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanjay |first=Satviki |date=2020-08-04 |title=It Is High Time We Change the Culture of Internships |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/internship-work-culture-exploits-college-students/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Solomon |first=Maddie |date=2022-06-30 |title=Unpaid and Overworked: A Study of Unpaid Internships, Labor Law, and the Long Struggle for Fair Treatment in the American Workplace |url=https://nyuappr.pubpub.org/pub/qxez0n11/release/2 |journal=N.Y.U. American Public Policy Review |volume=2 |language=en |doi=10.21428/4b58ebd1.8a535be3|doi-access=free }}</ref> Internships for professional careers are similar in some ways. Similar to internships, [[apprenticeships]] transition students from [[vocational school]] into the workforce.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olofsson |first1=Jonas |last2=Panican |first2=Alexandru |date=2019 |title=Labour market regulations, changes in working life and the importance of apprenticeship training: A long-term and comparative view on youth transition from school to work |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1478210319831567 |journal=Policy Futures in Education |language=en |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=945β965 |doi=10.1177/1478210319831567 |issn=1478-2103|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The lack of standardization and oversight leaves the term "internship" open to broad interpretation. Interns may be high school students, college and university students, or post-graduate adults. These positions may be paid or [[unpaid work|unpaid]] and are temporary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|chapter=Internships|last=Perlin|first=Ross|year=2013|isbn=9781452205069|doi=10.4135/9781452276199.n165|title=Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia}}</ref> Many large corporations, particularly [[Investment banking|investment banks]], have "insights" programs that serve as a pre-internship event numbering a day to a week, either in person or [[Remote work|virtually]]. Typically, an internship consists of an exchange of services for experience between the intern and the organization. Internships are used to determine whether the intern still has an interest in that field after the real-life experience. In addition, an internship can be used to build a [[Professional network service|professional network]] that can assist with [[Letter of recommendation|letters of recommendation]] or lead to future employment opportunities. The benefit of bringing an intern into full-time employment is that they are already familiar with the company, therefore needing little to no training. Internships provide current college students with the ability to participate in a field of their choice to receive hands-on learning about a particular future career, preparing them for full-time work following [[graduation]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dailey|first=Stephanie L.|date=2016-08-07|title=What Happens Before Full-Time Employment? Internships as a Mechanism of Anticipatory Socialization|journal=Western Journal of Communication|volume=80|issue=4|pages=453β480|doi=10.1080/10570314.2016.1159727|issn=1057-0314|hdl=2152/24733|s2cid=147656080 |url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/2152/24733/1/DAILEY-DISSERTATION-2014.pdf|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
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