Internship Experience

This report provides an overview of the internship experience at Emirates Islamic Bank, including responsibilities, challenges, and skills gained. It also offers solutions to common internship problems. The report highlights the services offered by the bank and assesses the impact of the internship on future career plans. Recommendations for improving the internship program are also provided.

Running head: INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE 1
Internship Experience
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation

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I. INTRODUCTION
I gained my internship experience at Emirates Islamic Bank. In this report, I have
highlighted my responsibilities, qualifications, and skills gained during my internship as well as
challenged faced during that period.
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP
EXPERIENCE
At the Emirates Islamic Bank, I was posted at the Legal and Marketing department as an
intern. The skills attained were specialist, workplace, people and self-reliance skills. However,
they were challenges encountered some of which include less work, limited guidance and feeling
left out of meetings and work discussion. Nonetheless, I managed to find appropriate solutions
to the issues.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY/INSTITUTION
The services offered at Emirates Islamic Bank under general maintenance operations.
1. General support of the strategies of the bank as well as execution in different
phases.
2. Provision of services such as loans, mortgages, deposits as well as checking
accounts to the public
3. Opening of accounts, offering assistance to clients with deposit management, and
transfer of money from one account to another.

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IV. IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
The first challenge faced was lack of enough tasks to perform hence accumulating a lot of
downtimes. To solve the issue, I invented a project that could be helped to showcase my abilities.
In addition, I offered to help other members who sought my assistance with their projects.
Finally, I request the supervisor to allocate any stagnant projects to me.
The other problem encountered was the lack of guidance and direction for the first few
days. I felt lost and out of place. Thus, I opted to talk to the supervisor in relation to the training
program. I had to ask a question for direction at work which helped in clarifying all the aspects
of my work.
Finally, as an intern, I was left out of meetings and discussions which made me feel like an
outsider. Even though the meetings might be about confidential matters, I could have learned
more by attending them. The solution to this issue was talking to the supervisor to allow me to be
a silent observer since I would not be allowed to contribute to the discussions.
V. ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNSHIP
A. Skills and Qualifications Gained During the Internship
The demonstration of my abilities at work indicated that I had gained self-reliance skills.
I have to admit that I do understand my strengths and weaknesses which helped develop these
skills. I managed to interact with different people who helped me improve my interpersonal
skills which included effective communication skills as well as participation in team events. I
managed to develop general skills like flexibility and problem-solving.

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B. Kind of Responsibilities I Experienced in My Internship Training
Legal and Marketing departments have their own responsibilities. The summary of these
responsibilities are provided below:
C. The Influence of the Internship to My Future Career Plans
The internship was helpful in creating my network since it exposed me to professionals in
my field. In fact, the widened connection helped better my chances of securing entry-level jobs.
From the internship, I developed professional skills as well as learned about my strength in the
working environment.
D. Internship Activities That I Experienced Which Are Consistent with
Classroom Knowledge
All the central experience and pieces of training have consisted of the theoretical
knowledge obtained from the classroom. Core experiences were gained by working with a
number of clients from a diverse working environment. The training entailed intern orientation as
well as general training work operations.
VI. CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT
This internship was an opportunity to learn everything concerning the external working
environment. Even though there were issues encountered, I gained practical skills which would
definitely be essential for my future career.

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VII. RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Innovative Aspects Included in the Recommendations
In the recommendations, the proposed element was effective communication. With
effective communication, interns placed themselves in a position to gain maximum from the
internship program since they were asking questions regarding the projects and the types of skills
to be used.
B. Time Table and Plan for the Recommendation
The Internship program runs for six months before new interns are recruited. Therefore,
the plans for a recommendation would be affected by the next intern’s recruitment.
C. Implementation Issues
For the recommendations to be implemented successfully the Emirate Islamic Bank
needs to focus on the issues like deadlines, stakeholder engagement, risk management, skills
used, as well as communication.