Interning at a startup will also help you in identifying your strengths and weaknesses and gain a deeper insight into the field of your choice. As you will be required to take on different roles, it will help you in gauging your field of interest and will clear any apprehensions that you might have had earlier with respect to the field of your choice and you will be able to make a more informed career choice in near future.
One of the advantages of working in a startup is that you learn to adapt to any kind of situation and be on your toes all the time. In any startup, it’s all about innovation and experimentation with no specified rules or order of work. Thus, it gives you the freedom to be as creative as possible and also your efforts and accomplishments are recognized, time and again. This instills in people a sense of ownership which helps in connecting better with the team and the organization as a whole and helps in making you understand the importance of taking responsibility for your own actions. The major difference between a startup and an established brand is that people actually rely on your output and value your efforts instead of assigning any project which may or may not be implemented in the future by the organization.
Working in a startup environment provides a valuable work-integrated learning experience, thus students should not be worried if they do not land up getting an internship in their dream company and instead have to intern in a startup. Because, at the end of the day, it is the learning and experience which matters, which happens in abundance in any startup.
Among the various businesses of Aditya Birla Group, I would like to work with the Aditya Birla Retail Limited as it aligns with my career goals of working in the sales team of an FMCG company.
Ankita Sharma
PGP 2nd Year
IIM Shillong
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