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Intern selection: Which criteria are to be used?

Yorgos Goletsis Discussion commencée par Yorgos Goletsis Il y a 4 ans

Intern-company matching is not always an easy task for HEIs. And there could be a big debate: Companies look for certain qualities/skills and this makes sense. And what happens to students lacking these skills? They risk of not getting the internship, which in turn refrains them of getting the opportunity to improve themselves.

Which would the role of the HEI be?

Which should be the criteria for intern selection?

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Iris Bos From my point of view skills are not really that important in an intern selection process because realistically everyone can argue they have a high number of skills. Like most internships require "teamwork" as a skill but every college student has worked in teams during college and consequently can argue he has good team-working skills or analytical skills. Which college student doesn't have analytical skills? All college students analyzed something during college so they have analytical skills. I would say the criteria for selecting students should be more in line with their personal interests and with some measurable criteria. Like if a student participated in a finance club during college it shows that he is interested in finance and he should be prioritized for a finance internship over someone who just wants to see how a finance internship is.

The role of HEI's should mostly be to counsel students about what realistic skills they have and if they would be a good fit for an... Afficher plus Il y a 4 ans

From my point of view skills are not really that important in an intern selection process because realistically everyone can argue they have a high number of skills. Like most internships require "teamwork" as a skill but every college student has worked in teams during college and consequently can argue he has good team-working skills or analytical skills. Which college student doesn't have analytical skills? All college students analyzed something during college so they have analytical skills. I would say the criteria for selecting students should be more in line with their personal interests and with some measurable criteria. Like if a student participated in a finance club during college it shows that he is interested in finance and he should be prioritized for a finance internship over someone who just wants to see how a finance internship is.
<br />The role of HEI's should mostly be to counsel students about what realistic skills they have and if they would be a good fit for an internship but HEI's themselves can't really guarantee how the student performs in an internship. HEI could also bring some alumni who ae working in specific fields to talk to students about how it is working in those fields in order to give them a realistic view.<br /><br /> A better option would be for companies to do something like a "orientation week" where they allow potential interns one week to work for them in order for them to realize if they would like such a position.

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