Questions tagged [internship]
Temporary employments to gain work experience. Generally internships are done during college.
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How can I get fired less?
I am quite new to the workforce. I am finishing a Pharmacy degree.
I have been fired 4 times from community pharmacies.
I worked 1 week cause I lied about having a car and they needed deliveries
I ...
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How do I best jump ship when I had issues with my supervisor and they wish to fire me? What else can I learn from it?
I had an internship this summer, and things seemed OK at the start. However, I received a PIP, allegedly for designing educational programs "not aligned with [company name]" with no details, ...
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Should I stay in an internship support role that doesn’t match my long-term goals in development? [closed]
I'm currently doing my first internship in the tech industry, which I joined through a strong reference. I was hoping to gain hands-on experience in full stack development, but I’ve been assigned to a ...
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Getting a entry level programming job
Imagine somebody who is a high school graduate but no more. In addition, he has worked some fast food jobs but lacks any professional work experience. In his spare time, he has written a significant ...
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Is an Internshala Certificate Considered Legitimate by Employers?
I'm currently a student preparing to build a career in cybersecurity, and I recently completed an online internship through Internshala that provided a certificate upon completion. I wanted to ask the ...
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Can I legally offer my nephew an unpaid internship in the UK? [closed]
I am a division head in a biotech software company which employs people in various parts of the world. My nephew is just finishing an undergraduate mathematics degree and is curious to see what the ...
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Are unpaid intership common in USA goverment positions?
I was reading this which says:
This unpaid internship is open to all law students.
Unpaid internships are not well seen here in Italy for the private sector and would be deemed totally unacceptable ...
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How to navigate my first project where I am not able to deliver as an intern according to my team's expectations?
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So I joined a company six months ago, and the function I chose is based on a highly specific software. The training during this period was not up to par, in my opinion, and given the very ...
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How should I have reacted to an intern's work?
As a background on me, I'm going on 40 years into my engineering based career and have developed tools and methodologies to assist me in completing projects. So I have seen a fair amount of issues ...
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Not getting enough supervision on my internship; I want to switch internships. How can this be handled professionally?
I am having difficulties navigating and getting the most out of my internship. It is causing me significant stress and affecting my ability to complete my coursework.
I am supposed to receive one hour ...
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Continuing in Job process and not inform about a 3 months internship commitment
I applied for an internship and a full-time contract job at the same time and did the interview at both at the same day. I did not inform any side that I am applying to another opportunity.
I got ...
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I need advice about my field supervisor at my internship
I started my split internship through my masters program in May. Everything seemed to be going fine with me and my field supervisor. At the end of the semester, she gave me an A and I passed the first ...
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Can I apply to internships at large US tech companies as a student with previous full time experience?
I'm going back to school for an MS degree in the US. I have previously obtained an MS degree and worked for 5 years as a software engineer full-time.
To both finance my studies and gain experience in ...
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how do you deal with an intern who calls in sick frequently?
So this intern calls in sick at least once a month, sending a note in the morning. These were the last three occurrences:
"I woke up feeling unwell so I have to call in sick today"
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Could I be blacklisted from applying to a company after submitting non-identical resumes? [closed]
Hello I think I messed up…
I applied to two different internships at the same company, but for each internship, I used a different email and resume.
The reason I did this was to make myself eligible ...
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