Virtual Internship Opportunities

Introduction

• Discussion about the difficulty in finding internships in fields like marketing, HR, and investment banking.
• Many internships require commuting to offices, with few online opportunities available.

Forage Platform

• Overview:
  • A virtual platform to do internships from home for free.
  • Offers certificates upon completion.
  • Collaborates with reputed companies (e.g., JP Morgan for investment banking programs).

Features of Forage

• Provides virtual work-ex programs
• Tasks designed to simulate real-world experiences in various fields without the risks of traditional internships.
• Process:
  • Sign up by providing your name and institution; optional to skip other details.
  • Enrollment includes introductory videos about the field (e.g., investment banking).
  • Tasks are structured on the platform:
    • Tasks may include M&A analysis, Excel exercises, PPT creation, and email writing.
    • After completing tasks, you upload your work for assessment.
    • A model answer is provided for comparison.
    • Completion results in a certificate.

Benefits

• Helps individuals explore different career interests (marketing, HR, finance, consulting, etc.).
• No eligibility requirements; suitable for students, college-goers, and working professionals.
• Valuable addition to resume/LinkedIn profile due to associations with reputed companies.

Limitations

• Not comparable to traditional office internships:
  • Lack of interaction with seniors and colleagues.

Personal Recommendation

• Discovering Forage through a live session with Nitish Jain, who successfully completed their programs.

Channel Updates

• Proposal to change video release schedule from T/T/S to a more flexible schedule to accommodate more content sharing.
• Request for feedback from viewers.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to check out Forage's link in the video description.
• Reminder for viewers to share their thoughts and feedback.