Internships
are prerequisites for jobs in India today. Whether you attribute this trend to
increase in competitiveness or blame it on overpopulation, internships have
entrenched themselves as precursors to jobs in every field today.
Medicine,
law, journalism, IT and in fact every private sector job opening requires the
completion of one or more internships before the offer of a job comes your way.
I know this
because I interned at two national newspapers, two magazines, a regional
television news channel, a web news channel and a Public Relations agency
before landing my first job. That’s seven internships in five years of my
under-graduate and post-graduate studies.
Of the
seven internships listed above, I had a disappointing experience at only one.
And this too was only because my potential wasn’t fully realized due to
mismanagement and faulty delegation of authority. This account may sound one
sided but it is diluted by the fact that I received recommendations by every
other place I went to. You see, that’s why I actually have a job as a
journalist today.
Bad
experiences are part of internships but one has to learn not to overreact to
them in the spectacular way that this person has, whose note to his/her boss
speaks of unmitigated hatred and revenge for unrealized potential.
Image Courtesy: youthconnect.in |
Read about
why you shouldn’t overreact to your Boss and just suck it up or quit the
internship instead of making a mistake that jeopardizes your career in the
field. The entire opinion piece is here on the Youth Connect magazine: [He reacted to his bad internship in the worst way possible. Here is why it is better to suck it up]
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