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VERNUS Lou is fresh out of JC and working at Lumiere Communications as a magazine writer while waiting for her A level results.
She hopes to get a place in the university to pursue political science after that.
The former RJC student is not just a temporary or part-time staff but an intern, a position which requires her to straddle the role of both staff and trainee.
Vernus works at writing articles and is helping to plan the company's first anniversary bash.
She feels it will look good on her CV when she applies for a place in the university in a few months' time.
National serviceman Kelvin Low, 19, spent his free time before being drafted into the army last year interning at David Lim and Partners law firm.
There he helped with background research work, the drafting of simple contracts and other such work.
Kelvin said: 'Having internship experience on my CV will definitely set me apart from the rest. I feel that Universities and employers would like those who have had hands-on experience,'
Vernus and Kelvin are among many teenagers who choose to do internships with companies that range from law firms to public relation set-ups instead of trying to make as much money as they can during their temp job stint.
Ms Huang Shao-ning, director of Jobsfactory, has noticed this trend. 'They vie for internships because they realise that it lends credit to their resumes,' she said.
Read the full story in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times.
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