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Insights among Past Interns
Chapter Highlights
• About four in 10 respondents have not yet completed any internships, with the majority
being freshmen or sophomores. By the time students are in their final year of college,
68.9 percent of seniors will have completed one or more internships and 39.3 percent
have completed two or more. Those shares go up to 72.2 percent and 44.8 percent
respectively among graduate students.
• The second year of college is key in starting to build job experience through internships:
58.9 percent of students will have completed internships by the end of their sophomore
year.
• The search for a fitting internship encompasses many different steps and resources,
including online searches, leveraging personal networks consisting of friends,
faculty members and family, internship websites and career fairs. Students who have
completed a minimum of two internships show higher usage across tools and resources,
particularly internship websites and personal networks, including friends and family.
• Nearly two-thirds of students use social media when searching for internships.
Among those who do, popular uses include researching employers (67.2 percent) and
networking (65.2 percent).
• 91.4 percent of students had to interview for their most recent internship. In-person
interviews were most prevalent at 64.6 percent, followed by phone at 20.2 percent.
• Students with prior internship experience overwhelmingly recommend other students
to do internships, at 97.6 percent. Fully 82.0 percent say internships are an extremely
valuable
Intern Profile
While the majority of students believe internships should be a mandatory part of obtaining a college
degree, actual intern experience varies widely. Some respondents have yet to do an internship (41.5
percent), whereas others have completed more than one (30.3 percent).
Certain students are more likely to do internships than others, with the likelihood of having
completed at least one internship growing along with the number of years spent in college. For
example, 38.0 percent of freshmen and sophomores have completed internships, as opposed to
72.2 percent of graduate students. Additionally, the chances of students completing more than one
internship are also much higher among seniors and grad students than those students in the first
few years of college.
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Chapter Highlights
• About four in 10 respondents have not yet completed any internships, with the majority
being freshmen or sophomores. By the time students are in their final year of college,
68.9 percent of seniors will have completed one or more internships and 39.3 percent
have completed two or more. Those shares go up to 72.2 percent and 44.8 percent
respectively among graduate students.
• The second year of college is key in starting to build job experience through internships:
58.9 percent of students will have completed internships by the end of their sophomore
year.
• The search for a fitting internship encompasses many different steps and resources,
including online searches, leveraging personal networks consisting of friends,
faculty members and family, internship websites and career fairs. Students who have
completed a minimum of two internships show higher usage across tools and resources,
particularly internship websites and personal networks, including friends and family.
• Nearly two-thirds of students use social media when searching for internships.
Among those who do, popular uses include researching employers (67.2 percent) and
networking (65.2 percent).
• 91.4 percent of students had to interview for their most recent internship. In-person
interviews were most prevalent at 64.6 percent, followed by phone at 20.2 percent.
• Students with prior internship experience overwhelmingly recommend other students
to do internships, at 97.6 percent. Fully 82.0 percent say internships are an extremely
valuable
Intern Profile
While the majority of students believe internships should be a mandatory part of obtaining a college
degree, actual intern experience varies widely. Some respondents have yet to do an internship (41.5
percent), whereas others have completed more than one (30.3 percent).
Certain students are more likely to do internships than others, with the likelihood of having
completed at least one internship growing along with the number of years spent in college. For
example, 38.0 percent of freshmen and sophomores have completed internships, as opposed to
72.2 percent of graduate students. Additionally, the chances of students completing more than one
internship are also much higher among seniors and grad students than those students in the first
few years of college.
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