Leadership Discoveries #36: The First Rung: Why Internships Still Matter - The Student Lens with Charlie Askew & Aoibhinn Murphy
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Episode #36
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on internships, and what happens when students move from the classroom into the workplace. Charlie Askew & Aoibhinn Murphy are students currently working on the award-winning BSc in Digital Business & Innovation at Dublin City University Business School (DCU), a programme started by our previous guest, Professor Brian Harney. Charlie has an internship with Enterprise Ireland, and Aoibhinn has an internship with PwC. Hear the top skills the students have learned in their internships, how part-time work experience can prepare students for internships, the importance of feedback in an internship programme, how much responsibility to give your interns, and why the students have become more confident throughout their internships.
Here's a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
What have Charlie & Aoibhinn learned they couldn’t have learned in the classroom?
When did they realize they were being trusted with real responsibility?
Do they feel pressure as interns?
What has translated well from the course to the office?
Why should organisations consider offering an internship programme?
Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Charlie & Aoibhinn at DCU.ie and on LinkedIn.
Check out the episode and show notes below.
Show Notes
The First Rung: Why Internships Still Matter - The Student Lens with Charlie Askew & Aoibhinn Murphy
[0:27] Welcome back to Leadership Discoveries!
[0:42] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Charlie & Aoibhinn at DCU.ie and on LinkedIn
[1:38] What is Charlie’s background?
[2:17] What did he think working in an organisation like this would be like?
[2:54] What work experience has he had in the past?
[3:55] What has he learned he couldn’t have learned in the classroom?
[4:53] When did he realize he was being trusted with real responsibility?
[5:28] Does he feel pressure in his role?
[5:54] What was the biggest adjustment to working in an internship?
[6:39] What has translated well from the course to the office?
[7:22] What has Charlie learned in his internship?
[8:09] What buddy system does the Enterprise Ireland internship have?
[9:07] Is Charlie getting feedback at his internship?
[9:54] What has he become more confident in throughout the internship?
[10:49] What does he think about working in a multigenerational workforce?
[11:27] What does good leadership look like?
[12:42] What impact does Charlie think AI will have?
[13:41] Do his peers share his views on AI?
[14:20] What makes an internship genuinely developmental?
[15:22] Why should organisations consider offering an internship programme?
[16:32] What advice would Charlie give to another student who is about to begin their first internship?
[18:02] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Charlie & Aoibhinn at DCU.ie and on LinkedIn
[18:32] What is Aoibhinn’s background?
[19:42] What did she learn in her previous job?
[20:48] What’s one word to describe her internship experience so far?
[21:11] What has she learned she couldn’t have learned in the classroom?
[23:02] When did she realize she was being trusted with real responsibility?
[24:42] What has she learned in her internship?
[26:07] How much support & guidance is she receiving in her internship?
[27:18] Does she ever get worried about making a mistake?
[28:05] What has she learned from her manager?
[29:38] What has she become more confident in throughout the internship?
[30:24] How has the internship changed her understanding of leadership?
[31:40] What impact does she think AI will have?
[34:27] Why should organisations consider offering an internship programme?
[36:06] What advice would Aoibhinn give to another student who is about to begin their first internship?
[37:42] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn, and Charlie & Aoibhinn at DCU.ie and on LinkedIn
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