MYFUTURE Education and Careers Guide 2021/22

Creative Access’ TOP TIPS
for undertaking a VIRTUAL
INTERNSHIP
Working from home has become the new norm. Who would have thought?
Creative organisations are having to find other ways of delivering valuable
pathways to employment for industry entrants – and virtual internships have
proven to be a big hit.
So, if you’re still searching for one,
keep sending targeted applications
and stay positive. Creative Access
helps talented individuals from
groups that are under-represented
in the sector in terms of ethnicity,
socio-economic background, or
disability to enter the creative
industries. We’ve placed dozens of
new interns during the Pandemic in
creative organisations such as ITV,
Apple, The National Theatre, The
Economist, and Pan Macmillan and
we have many more on our website
being advertised each day.
Leyla Mohammed interned at
Creative Access for four weeks and,
despite the initial nerves around
starting a full-time internship from
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the very same home she’d already
spent four months locked down in,
she found the experience positive:
“I can safely say that
my apprehension was
unnecessary – every
aspect of the remote
internship was enjoyable.
Every day brought
something new and, as I
grew more comfortable,
I learned how to effectively
work from home, which
made everything easier
and much more valuable.”
For many people, internships are the
first step of their professional career.
A virtual internship may not allow
you to do things typically associated
with starting at a new employer,
but they are also proving great ways
– especially for those not based in
main cities where many employers
are based – to get valuable
experience. In order to make the
best out of this remote experience,
we’ve put together our top ten tips: