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Did you know that many of the UK's best employers offer work experience for 1st and 2nd year university students?

Insight days and spring week internships are essentially mini internships where you can find out more about a company, before committing to a full internship or placement.

Keep reading to learn more about these schemes, where to find them and how to apply:

• What are insight days?

• What are spring weeks?

• What are the benefits of insight schemes?

• Are insight days paid?

• Apply for insights and spring weeks

What are insight days?

An insight day is a short period of work experience designed to give you an insight into life at a particular company. Aimed at first and second year students, they typically last between one to ten days and take place during the university holidays.

Insight days can be found in industries like Accountancy, Investment Banking, Engineering, Finance and Law. Just like Snoop Dogg, AKA Snoopzilla, these schemes have various aliases. Depending on which industry or employer you're applying for, you might hear them described as insight days, vacation schemes or first year internships.

Part open day, part work experience; they are structured to give you plenty of opportunities to meet people across the company and decide whether a role or industry is right for you.

You can expect the likes of:

• Group projects

• Skills and job application workshops

• Networking opportunities with graduates and employees

• Presentations about the company and their industry

• 1-2-1 mentoring

• FREE LUNCH (hopefully bagels)

What are spring week internships?

Spring week internships, or insight weeks, tend to run for one to two weeks during the Easter holidays. Primarily found in the world of finance, they are your golden ticket to a career with one of the world's top banks.

Like Willy Wonka seeking his successor, banks use these short schemes to find talented first years for their internship and even graduate programmes.

Typical activities during a spring week include:

• An introduction to the bank and their work

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