An Internship with Parents? I didn’t find that so desirable, and neither did my oldest daughter. However, due to the Corona pandemic, she and most of her classmates couldn’t find a placement, despite numerous efforts, because which company wants to employ interns these days, even if only for a day, while employees are supposed to be sent to work from home, not least due to pressure from politics.
I must say, though, that the rejections from mostly larger companies were very personal and extremely friendly in their wording and reasoning, and I would therefore like to express great praise to all HR departments and decision-makers for this! At the same time, the school urged them to keep trying, even with relatives.
In the end, there were two of them with us, the girls; my daughter had brought a friend – and to my greatest surprise, this internship day had become a complete success.
Despite our rather complex field of work, a task was quickly found where the girls could apply their school knowledge so far and contribute their first own thoughts on this topic.
“You see!” my wife said afterwards, and if I understood the girls correctly, we can expect half the class next year…
Author’s note: The new German While I am certainly familiar with spelling conventions (e.g., ‘that’) and gender-inclusive language (e.g., ‘interns’ using gender-neutral terms), I take the liberty of using the classical writing style where I deem it appropriate.