How do companies feel about someone working an internship while still in college?
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[{"id": "ht1t3fi", "text": "Can't imagine it'd be anything other than a positive. If you can digest a full-time internship and 6 credit hours at the same time then that's a big appeal to prospective employers.", "replies": [{"id": "ht1t87r", "text": "What if I have to go to class in person a day or two a week during the work hours?", "replies": [{"id": "ht1xki6", "text": "Tbh it really depends on the firm and what they\u2019re asking of you. I would be as upfront as possible when interviewing and read the situation. If it\u2019s a strenuous internship they may prefer you\u2019re there at their beck and call vs something that\u2019s more clerical and can mange with you gone here and there.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "ht1xvh2", "text": "Get to the offer part of that internship interview process then bring it up. I'd assume they'd be flexible as long as you're not skipping half the job.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ht208is", "text": "Yeah, summer interns are a thing. There is a lot of data entry that needs to be done. Usually they are not 40 hours and can be flexible for the right candidate.", "replies": [{"id": "ht4zr7e", "text": "Any internship that involves a ton of redundant tasks like data entry is not a good internship", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ht25efr", "text": "We love interns at our office. They get some money, real world experience, and build their resumes. We get cheaper labor to handle some of the less important tasks on peoples full plates. I worked an internship for credit while in school. Also started as an intern at my current employer right out of school.\n\nMy experience with interning and with having interns at my current job is employers are very flexible. Just set times you are able to come in and be sure to show up.", "replies": [{"id": "ht2gp2f", "text": "Okay thanks for the advice\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ht4847a", "text": "I turned my summer internship into a part time job while I was finishing my degree. Got hired on full time afterwords. Not uncommon.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ht59l4k", "text": "I would be upfront and clear with the company first. Depending on how critical your role is they probably would prefer you be available in the office.\nI would see if you can switch to online classes instead if the internship is more important. Personally the experience and connections I received from interning far exceeded finishing school a semester early. I was able to parlay the internship into a part-time job then a full time position before graduating.", "replies": [{"id": "ht5bps2", "text": "Man, interns don\u2019t do anything critical lol", "replies": [{"id": "ht6c20f", "text": "I think it depends on the company you work for. I feel all the students who interned a big companies with massive overhead didn't get to do much. The company I work for interns were assigned projects by managers and would be tasked with setting meetings with key stakeholders and conducting time studies/observation. At the end of the project you presented to the stakeholders and recommend solutions. About 70% of interns were brought on part-time to help implement solutions. It was a smaller six-sigma project that you worked on under the supervision of a master black belt.", "replies": [{"id": "ht6nwpq", "text": "Interesting, how long were the hired for? My firm runs pretty lean with about 6 people on my team and we still didn\u2019t assign anything critical but tried to give opportunities to shadow and learn instead. Our program is 10 weeks and most people need at least 6 months before they\u2019re any useful", "replies": [{"id": "ht6plmf", "text": "Summer internship from May-August and part-time from August to follow May when I graduated. I could just have been in a unique circumstance. However, I still think learning office politics and how high performers conduct themselves is more beneficial than summer classes.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]