We're glad you asked.

Not only can you expect to develop the following skills from doing an internship, but here at Internship UK we specifically look for such development.

Interns in all areas should develop the following 'soft skills':

• Analytical abilities
• Understanding and assessment of a project and its needs
• IT skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Time management
• Task prioritisation
• English language skills (foreign interns)

Practical skills development will of course vary from internship to internship, and all entail augmentation of specific, testable skills that you must acquire to be considered a successful intern.

An Intern in a Management position should expect to develop his or her:

• Complex planning skills
• Team management
• Delegation
• Problem solving
• Firm-but-fair approach
• Motivation skills
• Ability to command respect from peers and team members

Interns taking on a role in Administration would develop his or her:

• Multi-tasking skills (or sink without trace!)
• Team organisation
• Copy editing
• Processing of applications
• Collation and organisation of (sometimes sensitive) information
• Assessments
• Interview skills

A Sales & Marketing intern would develop skills such as:

• The ability to write persuasive copy
• e-commerce
• Internet marketing
• Sales management
• Strategy development and implementation
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
• Social Media Optimisation (SMO)

Apply now

For more information about our internship programsinternship programs, and how to apply feel free to contact us