Understanding College Students' Desire for Internships in the Information Technology Industry

DOI

10.2991/mse-15.2016.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

internship, counseling internship, human resources, employment market, action learning, technology transfer, aedes aegypti, aedes aegypti

Abstract

This study focuses on the internships (job shadowing) of university students in the information technology industry in Taiwan. The research methods include a literature review and a questionnaire. The participants are university students who have participated in internship programs. Using those students' perceptions, our research analyzes the students' preferences and experiences from the internships that they participated in. According to statistical analyses of the results, we were able to conclude the following: Technical and professional students tend to prefer internships on campus. Moreover, students agree about internship goals and satisfaction. The skills learned from being an intern are helpful in finding a job in the future.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pauljuinnbing Tan
AU  - Chihsuan Lin
AU  - Weichuan Wang
PY  - 2016/03
DA  - 2016/03
TI  - Understanding College Students' Desire for Internships in the Information Technology Industry
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Mechanical Science and Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 202
EP  - 211
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mse-15.2016.36
DO  - 10.2991/mse-15.2016.36
ID  - Tan2016/03
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