Students may get a résumé builder and new contacts, but they’ll miss out on the spontaneous interactions, some of the networking opportunities and the up-close inside looks that have long defined the summer internship. Hora points to industries like manufacturing, skilled trades and hard sciences where internships can’t easily go remote. Online museum tours and virtual happy hours will replace visits to the Henry Ford Museum and picnics on Belle Isle. At least hypothetically, an online internship gets rid of that.”ADSome employers — especially those that rely on intern pipelines for entry-level employees — are trying to create a meaningful experience for interns online. It’s possible a remote internship could pull that off, but I don’t know.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2020 15:37 UTC