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Top tips: How to convert your internship into a full-time job

January 30, 2014 09:56 IST

Are you always that intern who gets passed over when it's time to get hired?

Here's what you should be doing to get that job.

In the concluding part of an ongoing series, we asked Rishabh Gupta of Letsintern.com and Varun Aggarwal of Aspiring Minds how interns must do to convert their internships into a full-time job.

Also in this series

What to expect when you are interning

10 things we wished interns knew

How often has your internship not converted into a full-time job opportunity?

How often has your rival (and possibly less-bright) intern landed the job instead of you?

Being passed over cannot be a matter of bad luck all the time. There must be reasons why you've lost that job opportunity and why someone else has been picked over you.

Rishabh Gupta of Letsintern.com and Varun Aggarwal of Aspiring Minds, one of India's leading employability solutions companies tell you just what you must be doing to convert that dream internship into a full-time job.

Put your best foot forward

Varun Aggarwal of Aspiring Minds says:

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Show interest and initiative

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Often, as interns you tend to limit your role to the description you've been given," Aggarwal complains.

"If you're looking to convert that internship into a job, that must change.

"It excites us to meet an intern who shows initiative, tells us that s/he is ready to take up larger responsibilities."

Rishabh Gupta of Letsintern.com agrees:

Keep the company engaged

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Know that there may not necessarily be a vacancy at the end of your internship tenure," Aggarwal says.

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Stay focussed

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When you are new in an organisation, it is easy to get swayed by the things around you, says Rishabh Gupta.

"What is important is to remember what your Key Responsibility Areas are and work on them," he says:

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Show reactivity to feedback

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You may not bring a lot of skills to the table. But know that employers don't necessarily look at that in the first place," says Aggarwal.

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Stay on top of your game

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If you've been hired for a particular job, says Rishabh Gupta, it is crucial that you remain abreast of all the latest happenings in that field.

He continues:

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Communicate

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It doesn't help if you aren't able to communicate what you have achieved with your supervisor," Rishabh Gupta says.

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh