Why Summer Internships Are Essential

Thinking about doing a summer internship? You’ve come to the right place.

As a high school student, these four years are all about accumulating a mass amount of experience before you head into university. AISG offers a broad range of activities and events for you to participate in, such as APAC sports, the talent show, the musical, ASA clubs, and more. These are perfect opportunities for you to discover what you like to do and what you dislike. By narrowing down your interests and hobbies, you can avoid time-consuming deliberation over your career path or university focus.

Summer internships serve multiple purposes, but the ultimate benefactor is helping you gain insight into your future. For example, if you really enjoy a summer internship at Google, you may consider learning about data analytics in university or consider working at tech companies in the future.

However, being in a workplace environment is very different from a school environment. In school, you get do-overs and teachers give you space to improve. A workplace environment poses higher demands, but with a learning curve as well. You may get to work collaboratively with a professional team and learn from other skilled individuals in your field of interest. Additionally, the possible rigorous demands of your tasks may require you to hustle and work efficiently. At the end of the day, you will build up an incredible soft skills resume like none of your classmates, and stand out in the candidate pool for any future job applications.

Speaking from the perspective of an IB student, I know that balancing an internship and IB coursework is certainly not an easy feat. My advice is to make sure that you gain work experience during the summer, so that you avoid any extra stress or work during your actual school days.