Internships Playing Greater Role in Career Development

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Perhaps overlooked in the Wall Street Journal's streaming coverage was a article by Melissa Korn looking at how summer internships are playing an increased role in career development.

She notes that it has become common to see at least a third of MBA students turn an internship into a post-graduate career. The numbers are rising after a decline during the last recession. Korn notes that this trend "raises the stakes" for students, who are realizing that their internship selection could have significant implications on their career path.

A few interesting facts: more than 40% of students in the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business accepted full-time jobs from their internship employers. That stat, taken from last year's graduating class, compares to 25% two years earlier.

Nearly a third of graduates from Columbia Business School's 2012 class went to work for the company where they interned. Less a fifth of students in the 2010 class followed that route.

This is a great read. It can be found here.