Through a literature review, and in the words of internees, this article describes the value of required internship for career growth. It notes that an internship experience ensures that students have a mentor who can be a professional reference, having actually witnessed what Mojkowski and Washor call the students' "non-academic" competencies. The article emphasizes that internships are a concrete opportunity for students to experience employability skills and establish references who can vouch for their workplace skills, rather than just the academic skills that test scores, transcripts, and academic references of teachers and professors tend to report. It informs that internship makes students more sophisticated in their learning. Additionally, the article states that the school-community relationship, the foundation of this program, ensures success.