Internships and Students’ Future Employability

This thesis aims to study the internship process and uncover how students perceive internships to demonstrate the importance and the need for doing internships for students and their future employment. This study was conducted among the students of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service. The methodology that was used in this study is quantitative. In this study, the method of collecting information was used by distributing questionnaires among students of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service. In total 278 responses were collected from the students to determine the perception toward the internship. The results of this study showed that the majority of students have a positive perception of the internship. When satisfied with the process of doing on internship, we have confirmed that the internship helped them to decide in choosing their career, as well as willing to advise others on students’ internships. The recommendation made in the course of this study, the researchers’ opinion is very important, as there is a need to identify the reasons for which students have a negative attitude to internships. It is important to enable conditions that lead to student with the internship process and satisfaction. Keywords: Internship, benefits of internship process, students’ perception toward the internship, employability.