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It’s valuable to have a degree to get your name shortlisted by potential employers, but it’s by far not the only parameter on which employability of a candidate is decided. Work experience boosts your candidature by building useful skills that can’t be taught in the classroom as well as by making professional contacts. Here are a few benefits for undertaking professional work while studying—
SOFT SKIllS
Work experience equips you with certain soft skills such as team work, communication skills and commercial awareness, all of which are sought after by employers, especially at a fresher level.
DEVElOPING X-FACTOR
These days, all employers want to have freshers with work-ready skills such as deadline management, phone and email etiquette and the ability to work well with a variety of people in a team. Employers value such competitive advantage and differentiating factors immensely in the hiring process.
CONFIDENCE BOOSTER
Work-ready skills additionally help you to differentiate yourself in terms of professional temperament that will help you in cracking your interviews by making you speak more authoritatively during the interviews.
CHOOSING CAREER PATH
One of the great things about gaining work experience as a student is that it gives you the chance to try things out to see if they suit you. It can crystallise your mind about your career choice, either confirming that you are making exactly the right choice or change your mind. If the latter happens, you should take it positively as you can re-direct your energy into an area you find more stimulating.
POTENTIAl EMPlOYMENT
Some long-term internships can lead to full-time employment. A long work placement will look very impressive on your CV and, if you perform well, can lead to the offer of a full-time job.
SElF-EVOlUTION
Indeed, both soft and technical skills will help you start on the professional development path. Though, all things mentioned above make a lot of sense to go for professional experience while studying but it’s not always practical to be present physically to attain such experience. It’s for this particular reason that students should look for famous online campus ambassador programmes that are in vogue nowadays.
A formal campus ambassador programme trains and develops students by giving them a chance to socialise and share ideas with like-minded students and to work in tandem with industry professionals. Many such programs also provide students with incentives to stay active in the program. There are several successful campus ambassador programmes run by many companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Unlockar. Students would do well to go through these programmes thoroughly and join them to gain the winning edge in this overtly competitive professional world.
The writer is Gopal Yadav, director, Unlockar Apps Private limited.