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Boosting employability with work experience
Work experience is invaluable. In the competitive job market, work experience provides:
- valuable employability skills
- commercial awareness
- occupational awareness
- practical examples for job applications
- networking opportunities
- the chance to apply academic knowledge in the workplace
You'll also gain a clearer idea about what job suits you.
[## Internships
Gain graduate-level work experience during summer vacation or term-time.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/internships/) [## Placements
Undertake a 9-12 month work placement to accelerate your career.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/placements)
[## Work shadowing
Gain a better understanding of roles and sectors through observing employees in the workplace.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/shadowing) [## Insight Days
Experience what it is like to work in a professional environment and learn about an organisation’s structure and culture through insight days.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/insight-days)
[## Global work experience
Overseas work experience is a great way to develop your skill set while immersing yourself in a different culture. Use our guide to start planning your experience. Explore our resources to help you find opportunities.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/global-experience) [## Unpaid work experience
We don't advertise unpaid internships. However, there are some sectors where unpaid internships are common. Understand your employment rights around unpaid work experience.](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/skills-and-experience/internships-placements-shadowing/unpaid-experience)
Assess and develop your skills
Our graduate framework identifies the core attributes you can develop as a student. You can use it to
- recognise the skills and attributes you already have and identify those you need to develop
- reflect on your experiences and the value you are gaining from them
- find further opportunities to develop your own set of attributes