Thursday, September 11, 2014

Can Internships Help Culinary Majors?

By Katie Arden


There are many ways in which credits can be earned by college students across the board. However, I'd like to think that people should be most familiar with internships, since they are the ones that many campuses require their students to fulfill. Even though they may be required, I am sure many will ask the question, "What's in it for me in the long run?" If you are talking about long-term benefits associated with internships, there is quite a bit to go over.

One of the best perks about an internship is that it is able to give you hands-on experience in just about any job you can imagine. Let's say that your focus is on pastry-baking and you want to expand your skills; it's entirely possible to learn under a baker while understanding sanitation as it relates to the workplace. You may not be able to gain this information from the classroom. Sometimes the best way to learn is to get out into the world and earn real-life experience.

If you are looking for ways to break up the week, from one day to the next, internships can help. For illustration, you are most likely going to have to learn in a classroom every single day, which can become dull, to say the least. However, when internships are thrown into the picture, matters are made more interesting. Seeing as how your education isn't going to suffer because of these internships, it's clear that they serve as the types of breaks anyone can use.

Many internships are relatively flexible as well. Let's say that you want to complete an internship as soon as possible; you may be able to get it done in about a month or so if you allocate enough hours to it. Other students may not want to sacrifice as many hours during each day, which is why many will take the full semester to complete it. Whatever the case may be, it's important to look at your schedule and adjust the hours as you see fit, if you can.

If you want to be able to enhance your experience in school, regardless of whether they're required or not, internships should be focused on. In fact, one can make the argument that non-students will want to take part in these, since they can potentially offer a boost your resume. Imagine how much more attractive your resume will look as they see a certain positioned listed under your job history. If this is the case, it's clear that internships are made even more valuable.




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