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I am pursuing bachelor of computer applications. I have to do a summer internship for a month for my academics. Since I did not got a tech internship for such a short period of time , I decided to do an internship provided by a college. The internship I am doing is not related to technical wok. It is a marketing research intern. In internship I am doing marketing research as well linkedin marketing. My question is since it is not related to my work field, still I have to invest my time , what useful things I should ask for to learn and practice. As well in linkedin marketing what are the industry useful things I should learn?

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Mario’s Answer

Hello, in University I took an internship at the job I held whilst attending school. That internship and my degree had nothing to do with one another. It was merely a task I needed to fulfill for my degree requirements. How this translates into the job market is different, employers aren't necessarily looking to see that your internships are in the field you are studying. They are looking to see that you have worked in an organized setting and to evaluate both your hard and soft skills. on a resume should you include your internship you want to emphasize the skills that are translatable from the internship towards the position you are applying for. For example communication skills are valued, there is a way you can place communication as a skill you exercised at the internship that translates to the position your applying.

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be open to the internship and learn everything you can about that field, you may find you like it more than your current field of study or want to do a hybrid mix that brings the two together.
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Michela’s Answer

Hi Sonali :) My advice here would be to ask your current manager for the possibility to do extra projects that are outside your daily responsibilities. I think the best approach would be for you to identify a process within your current company that could be improved from a technical point of view and then use your tech skills to implement and improve it. This would be a very proactive approach that I am sure your manager would highly appreciate. In addition, this would allow you to put into practice your tech skills and gain experience to put in your resume
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Terri’s Answer

Hi Sonali! Even though the marketing internship doesn't feel like it applies to your education very well, it's a great opportunity to build diverse experience. At some point in the future you will be doing technical work that will likely need to be marketed to a customer. When you have experience with marketing and how to think about customer behaviors/customer profiles, you will be more attuned to what the end user needs. It will make you better at designing/working with computer applications. I think this will be a great internship to give you a new perspective. Your internship manager should also be able to give you good advice on how your specific work could transfer into a computer science career.
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