<p>Hi, Im going to be a junior in high school next year and I have a couple of questions about internships.</p>
<p>1) What is an internship?
2) Is it possible for a high school to attend an internship?
3) Is it possible for an international student to attend an internship?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help and attention.</p>
<p>1) What is an internship?</p>
<p>Rather than reinventing the wheel, I thought that I’d just grab a few
paragraphs from Wikipedia.</p>
<p>An intern is someone who works in a temporary position with an
emphasis on on-the-job training rather than merely employment
(SIH-199), making it similar to an apprenticeship. Interns are usually
college or university students, but they can also be high school
students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new
career. Student internships provide opportunities for students to gain
experience in their field, determine if they have an interest in a
particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school
credit. Internships provide employers with cheap or free labor for
(typically) low-level tasks, and also the prospect of interns
returning to the company after completing their education and
requiring little or no training.</p>
<p>An internship may be either paid, unpaid or partially paid (in the
form of a stipend). Paid internships are most common in the medical,
architecture science, engineering, law, business (especially
accounting and finance), technology and advertising
fields. Internships in non-profit organization such as charities and
think tanks are often unpaid, volunteer positions. Internships may be
part-time or full-time; typically they are part-time during the
university year and full-time in the summer, and they typically last
6–12 weeks, but can be shorter or longer. The act of job shadowing may
also constitute interning.</p>
<p>Internship positions are available from businesses, government
departments, non-profit groups and organizations. Due to strict labor
laws, European internships are mostly unpaid, although they are still
popular among non-Europeans in order to gain international exposure on
one’s r</p>
<p>1) An intern is a student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training. The emphasis is on the training as opposed to the individual completing a lot of work while on the job. Generally, they hope to have you come back after graduation and work in a regular job if you do well in the internship</p>
<p>2) Yes, a high school student can do an internship. However, you have to remember that you will be competing for the internship against college students–thus you usually are at a disadvantage when it comes to getting the internship–especially now in this down economic cycle.</p>
<p>3) International students can do internship. However, they have to meet the rules for obtaining the H-3 visa (trainee visa) or a J-1 visa (seasonal or temporary work). These are fairly difficult to obtain, and you need to apply right on the date when they first are available (generally, April 1st of each year). In some cases, it is the company that will be sponsoring you for the job that has to do the application–that is, you cannot apply for it directly yourself. You have to find a job and have the company who will be employing you apply for the visa.</p>
<p>For more info on visas, go to this web site:
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<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>P.S. I see I cross-posted with BCEagle91 above.</p>