Few experts will argue about the importance of real work experience. Whether you’re simply exploring a potential career interest, or striving towards your career goals, work experience proves your ability to perform in a professional environment.

Benefits of a Discovery Internships Internship:

• Gain Valuable Work Experience
  Work experience is a MUST! A professional internship gives students the opportunity to get real-world work experience in a field of interest. During Interviews, employers are looking for practical experience in addition to classroom knowledge. Many firms are explicit that they weigh work experience heavily when trying to make an employment decision about a recent graduate.

• Gain Insight into a Career Field
  By working in an industry, you gain valuable insight into the ‘tricks of the trade’. You witness the day to day activities of professionals in that field, and get a sense of what it might be like to choose that as a career. Not only are you given an opportunity to get your questions answered by industry professionals on a daily basis, but you also gain understanding of how your academic studies translate into practical application.

• Prove Your Abilities
  Your internship will give you an opportunity to help with projects and support business operations. Accomplishing these tasks proves your ability to function in the work place and these experiences become valuable line items on your resume. Employers are attracted to individuals who have already proven their ability to excel in a professional environment.

• Build a Network
  Often overlooked for college students – an internship is a FANTASTIC opportunity for students to meet professionals, make new connections, and begin to demonstrate to other’s their capabilities in the workplace. Full time employment is a very competitive landscape, and having a network of professionals to recommend your work can be the difference between getting a full-time offer and being lost in the crowd.

• Do so in a safe, fun, and All-Inclusive Solution
  Career Explorations is focused on helping our students to drive their future; not to worry about the hassle of finding an internship, and then finding housing, food, and friends all in an unfamiliar city. Discovery Internships works with an extensive network of employers to provide a guaranteed internship to all of our enrolled students. In addition, we provide housing, included activities, and training from top business schools to form an 8-week all-inclusive summer program focused on ensuring that our clients excel in their internship and beyond. Most importantly, our students have a fantastic time both professionally and socially. In fact, the majority of students refer to their experience with Discovery Internships as “The best summer of their life."