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Careers advice

What are the advantages of an internship?

What should you hope to get out of an internship?

What do internships teach you?

1. Technical skills

2. Soft skills

Young man doing an internship in New Zealand.

You'll gain a heap of both soft and technical skills at an internship.

3. How to network

4. What you like

Learning from a mentor in an internship.

You'll get a better picture of what you want to do later in your career.

5. Confidence


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