Gaining more from doing varied, multiple internships

SMU School of Social Sciences undergraduate Leonard Neo was interviewed for an article on the rising trend of students doing multiple internships. Leonard believes that serving multiple internships has taught him to be flexible in a way a single internship cannot. "My choice to do multiple internships stemmed from the desire to take up as many learning opportunities as possible," he said. He has done internships at Singapore Airlines (Scandinavia) and Bell Pottinger Asia in stints since April 2015 and is now doing one at the British High Commission in Singapore - all involving public relations work. On what he has learnt, Leonard cited the need to adapt to different organisations, "each with its own unique roles in an economy and interests that need to be advanced". He also believes his internship stints have helped him to identify the areas he is "particularly passionate about or inclined towards".