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Open Letter to all Organizations Taking Interns This Summer

Most college students have just finished their exams and are now starting their college breaks. This Summer break always comes with the added pressure of finding an internship that we can use as the experience once we finally graduate and step into a job market. For those studying at private universities and colleges, this becomes even more important for placements, etc. The National Education Policy that was released last year, stated that it wanted internships and vocational training to be a part of the curriculum in higher education institutes. For some of us, it already is.  So, with that in mind, we set out polishing our resumes and applying for all internships that presented themselves when we entered our course name on Internshala. We also used LinkedIn or contacted everyone we knew could help us land suitable work at a suitable place. However, there is something that continued to bother me while submitting tones of application. Several of the internships that offered real work