ACR Essay. Shapran Yana

Internships in companies

Companies spend billions to recruit best workers from different firms, but it is not the only way to succeed in modern competitive world. Attracting student interns is a trendy business decision which makes finding a real talent cheaper than recruiting. Moreover hiring student interns should be a common practice for each respectful company in Ukraine. This practice is spread among companies that invest in prospective students, and get a competitive advantage of a variety of own faithful future leaders.

The first argument against hiring an intern is a belief that a student is not capable of wide scope of work. This proves to be right only for reckless interns, but the majority is very responsible. Interns may do almost everything that needed in the reasonable bonds. For Example, PR- intern is not supposed to make tea or coffee for colleagues, but may give a hand in doing some paperwork or document workflow or maintaining an own project.

The second argument against hiring a student intern is that it is more efficient and convenient to hire a regular worker then an intern. In fact, hiring a regular worker may take months of time and lots of money, while hiring an intern takes in general several weeks, because students are willing to take group interviews or phone interviews, which is not appropriate for specialists or managers. Moreover students may work even for free in order to obtain experience or a field record to kick-start their career, as practice provided by Universities does not prove to be useful and worthwhile investment of time and forces.

The third argument against hiring a student intern is lack of practical knowledge and working experience. Students got the theoretical knowledge that has nothing to do with working reality and that may demotivate employers. This argument has right for existence, but with some adjustment. For instance, students are highly motivated at the start of their career which makes them curious, energetic and opened to everything new. Furthermore, Interns are easily trained and learned as they continue their learning process, particularly the practical part of it. It is fair to say that a student intern is learning new practices and procedures faster than experienced worker.

     To sum up all these arguments, hiring student interns is an attribute of a modern company, efficient decision for HR department, and a bonus to corporate image.