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Your time is worth paying for, so an internship should come with a wage. We only list an unpaid placement where the law genuinely allows it, and we say so clearly, so you are never caught out.
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Summer internships usually run for eight to twelve weeks between academic years and often act as an extended interview for a graduate job. Placement years, sometimes called a sandwich year, run for nine to twelve months as part of a degree. Insight programmes are shorter, typically a few days, and are aimed at first-year students.
If you count as a worker, you are legally entitled to at least the National Minimum Wage. Interns doing real work with set hours and responsibilities almost always count. Genuine student placements required as part of a course, and short work shadowing, are the main exceptions.
If an advert asks you to work set hours for free, that is a warning sign. Ask the employer to explain the arrangement before you accept it.
Agree what you will actually work on in the first week, keep a short record of what you deliver, and ask for feedback halfway through. That record becomes the evidence in your graduate applications.
Ask about return offers early. Many employers decide on graduate conversions before the internship ends.
Real examples you can borrow the shape of. Do not copy them word for word, employers read hundreds of applications and they can tell.
I run the social media for my university's climbing club, which is about 300 members, and I have learned that posts do nothing unless you plan them around events. I want to see how that works with a real budget and a real audience. Your team publishes a lot in-house rather than using an agency, which is the side I want to learn.
Why it works: It uses something you have actually done, then links it to a specific reason for this employer.
Two of us dropped out of a group project a week before the deadline. I split the missing sections between the three of us left, moved our check-ins to daily and cut one part of the report that was not marked. We submitted on time and got a 68.
Why it works: One situation, what you actually did, and a result at the end. That last bit is what most people miss.
Applying in March for summer
Big employers often open in September and close when they are full. Start in the autumn and apply early rather than perfectly.
Describing the team instead of yourself
Say 'I did' rather than 'we did'. Interviewers cannot mark the group.
Answers with no result
Finish every example with what happened because of you. A number, a grade, a deadline met.
Accepting unpaid set hours without asking
If you are doing real work to set hours, you are usually a worker and should be paid at least the minimum wage. Ask the employer to explain the arrangement.
Coasting once you are in
Ask about return offers early and keep a record of what you deliver. Many graduate offers are decided before the internship ends.
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