An internship is an opportunity offered by an employer to a potential employee usually called as an intern, to work in an enterprise for a limited period of time. Interns are usually undergraduate or postgraduate students, and most internships last from one week to 12 months.

These internships may be part or full-time depending upon the circumstances of both the intern and the employer. Unlike conventional employment, internships have an emphasis on training, rather than employment itself.

An Internship provides a great opportunity for prospective employees to gain experience in a particular field or industry, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain university module credits.

Interns may also have the possibility of putting themselves forward for forthcoming opportunities for paid work, during their Internship. An Internship may be paid, unpaid or partially paid depending upon the circumstances and an understanding between the intern and the employer.

Such internship play a very important roles because they substantially increase the chance of graduates finding employment. To an employer, a candidate who has spent time working for a firm within a particular industry shows dedication to a particular career, enthusiasm for a particular job and importantly, has experience.

As we are becoming an integrated global village with the advances in technology and human evolution, the competition for good jobs will continue to increase. We no longer simply have to be qualified rather the best qualified than countless others all around the world.

Qualifying for a university degree and/or a vocational diploma is no longer sufficient to land on your unchartered territory rather you need to gain a real world experience through an internship. The internship may help you to improve your resume and make valuable industry contacts to land and succeed in your unchartered territory.

As we generally know the critical phrase of the knowledge management economy is that, “It is not what you know, but who do you know and how do you know”.

In today’s highly complex and competitive employment market, it is what you know and who do you know and how do you know that often makes a big difference to land and succeed in your unchartered territory.