Forage Virtual Internships REVIEW

It's more accurately serving "virtual experience programs" with certificates like ones from Coursera, rather than what you'd expect from real internships. Nevertheless, it can still be a worthwhile experience if you know what to get out of it and how to get the most out of it.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:13 My Experience with Forage
3:17 How to use Forage
4:37 Who is Forage for?

[@s.anz_]

Really insightful. I was thinking of doing one virtual experience course from Forage and came across your video while looking for YT reviews. Appreciate your inputs. Cheers!

[@rankintran]

Thanks for watching! I'm always happy to help!

[@user-jn9nb3pe3q]

hi... so what was ur eexperience with forage! is it really worth it

[@Rj-1407]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us ❤

[@danielwinfred3868]

That was very helpful! Thx man!

[@btnmondial]

I have completed a virtual program already and it i liked it . The work is challenging and really makes you appreciate skills gaps. I have patched these gaps by taking free courses from the top universities and companies.

[@Kunizuka]

Forage is good, I think it helped me get a job in law here in the UK. I did the Latham & Watkins programs.

[@vikrantkhedkar6451]

Really helpful, I will try applying these points

[@rankintran]

Glad I could help! I hope you find success!

[@amritasrivastva]

Thank you for your honest opinion!

[@rankintran]

You're welcome Thank you for watching!

[@moesetjuvia4738]

thank you for explaining😊

[@sunset828]

Thanks a lot it's very helpful

[@gazza5232]

do you have any project recomendation I can put in my cv ? this virtual internship is brilliant!

[@salmanaselhaj3447]

Thanks a lot Rankin, I can't agree more :)

[@rankintran]

Thank you for the positive feedback! I love reading comments (●'◡'●)

[@afk_timeless2418]

If I were to do one of these, could I put them in the projects section of my resume? Or would I have to make a new section specifically for certifications and put Forage in there?

[@btnmondial]

either will do aslong as you dont list it under work experience. Projects works better as it reflects tasks you were also able complete in an orderly manner

[@dapoeb]

Dear Rankin Tran, I will appreciate if I can be linked with someone that has done Data Analytics with the Forage

[@lost.in.fiction.01]

Where can I mention the virtual internship in my CV/ Resume? We can mention it under certification, internship/experience or extra curricular activities in CV?

[@rankintran]

It depends on the context of other things you put on your resume. You can put this under an "Experience" section and describe the tasks you completed, or you can put a short title under a certification section if you already have a lot of experiences to list on your CV/Resume. If you want to reference my resume format, I opted to use a "Projects" section so the Forage experience could be included with examples of my school/personal projects. Hope this helps!

[@user-qs9fm9kz1d]

thanks for this amazing and informative video! I wanted to ask abt internship themselves. As i understood, I can finish it whenever I want? So there is no certain deadline for it? Also, if i am not sure abt submitting my assignment and let’s say it’s wrong, will it affect to my certificate?

[@rankintran]

Thank you for your kind words! To answer your questions: - There are no deadlines, so you can finish whenever you want. - Your submissions are not checked for correctness, only completion. This means anyone can submit a blank file and still get the same certificate as someone who spend 100 hours on the assignment.

[@sidramaryamtemuri5575]

No it will not effects your certificate, further there is no assessment of task and projects rather you will be provided a model answer after submitting the task and you can submit as a practice.

[@antoniovianello9663]

@@rankintran Companies on Forge aren't getting a blank file submitted ? I'm thinking about JPM job interview, they see your certificate and go to check out your answers..only to find out blank pages lol. Is it possible ?

[@goldiegs2181]

💀 💀 blank s​heet ? @@rankintran

[@dsonneto6074]

Thanks, I'm looking forward to do the finance programs, as I am an undergraduate in accountancy and finance second year. But I don't have any experience

[@rankintran]

I think you're already off to a good start! It's great that you show the initiative to find your own ways of gaining experience.

[@tazmeennaeem2228]

Hi, I am in the same boat. Can we connect?

[@rksharafat7679]

Hey@@tazmeennaeem2228, We can connect if you want. I am also a student of Finance and Banking at a university in Bangladesh.

[@ADITYAKUMAR-ng1wp]

@@tazmeennaeem2228 okay

[@duhanoor5669]

You are doing great job ✨ I want to register myself as an Amazon business consultant. Which category and company is best for it. Can you please guide me. I will be really grateful to you.

[@rankintran]

There are Consulting specific programs that you may find beneficial like the SAP Technical Consulting. I haven't personally completed it but it looks like may align with your interests. Good luck!

[@duhanoor5669]

@@rankintran ❤

[@applepeel1662]

Forage is REALLY good imo, its p unique

[@rankintran]

Forage does have its strengths! I hope everyone's able to benefit from what it does well, and fully understand the areas where its lacking.

[@sajadadnan6005]

I'm interested in marketing So I wanna ask you did the Lulu lemon course benefit you?

[@rankintran]

In terms of skill-building, it did help me learn about presenting my ideas for problem solving. The creative brief gives people a detailed outline of how you want to reach goals and what's required. If you mean to ask about careers, I don't think it has really helped much. Employers haven't specifically asked me about it. What's more important is how you talk about your skills and how you could apply it to the job. You could mention what you learned from the lululemon course and how you applied it elsewhere.

[@sajadadnan6005]

Thank you That's helped

[@sachinsharma1230]

Will you add this in experience section of the resume or education section? Quite confusing.

[@rankintran]

Either way works. If you do decide to include Forage on your resume, I'd recommend you put it in the Experience section since it lets you use the names of big companies and you can add bullets to explain what you've done or learned. In my opinion, Education implies a more academic source of learning (college course, online course, etc). If you don't want Forage items to take up too much room on your resume, you can simply list the relevant certificates you've earned in the Education section. If you'd like to reference my resume, I created a Projects section and added Forage items there with the additional label of a Project Certificate for each item and used bullet points to explain what I did for each project. Ultimately, it's up to your judgment on how you want to portray yourself to potential employers and interviewers.

[@sachinsharma1230]

@@rankintran Great, thanks a lot 😃.

[@siddharth2619]

Thanks for the insight bro ❤

[@katiaberrios6081]

Did you work with other people in your virtual internship? P.S: helpful video! thanks!

[@rankintran]

Thank you for watching! - To answer your question, I did not work with others. The virtual internship mostly consisted of pre-recorded videos and text descriptions.

[@applepeel1662]

Honestly the data analytics courses weren't v difficult

[@whirlbox7998]

Is completion certificate same as internship certificate? I am confused as i need an internship certificate for my college

[@rankintran]

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you need an internship certificate for your college? Do you need to submit a resume to apply for your college? In any case, I would personally avoid using the word "internship" to describe Forage certificates.

[@whirlbox7998]

@@rankintran i need to do an internship as a part of my college project and need to submit the internship certificate in the college as a proof

[@rankintran]

@@whirlbox7998 Okay, I understand now. The Forage certificate is NOT the same. It would not be applicable for your college.

[@pavitradoddamani5529]

Thanks really helpful

[@rankintran]

I'm happy to hear that you found it helpful!

[@_icrop_]

is there anyother site that can get me an actual remote internship related to Software eng?

[@dinkletonne]

indeed

[@marytheraspberry3145]

4:04 just realized you were reading😂

[@rankintran]

Haha nice observation! I definitely need to improve me eye contact with the camera.

[@HariniDonti]

heyy i have a doubt that forage internship digital certificate is helpful for obtaining jobs? please reple me

[@rankintran]

Hi! I can't speak to how much recruiters value the digital certificate, but I highly recommend you try out Forage's offerings! It doesn't take a lot of time to complete (usually less than an hour or two) and it provides you with an opportunity to get experience doing certain key tasks of the job you want. The best part of Forage is being able to experience actually doing a task for a company's project without any unnecessary hurdles to jump through. The key is to think of how you can incoporate these tasks into your own work and think about how you will communicate your knowledge of your experience with the work. I find it's better to consider Forage as a self-study tool, rather than a job recruitment asset. I hope this helps. Reach out if you have any more questions I can answer for you.

[@HariniDonti]

@@rankintran thankyou

[@rankintran]

Always happy to help! :)

[@HariniDonti]

@@rankintran are there any companies which has job opening in hyderabad

[@rankintran]

Not sure. If that's your local area, you may have a better idea than I would from my Internet research. I suggest you ask people around you and search on the internet. Good luck!

[@shreyabhatt4154]

When companies come for summer internships in college for that we need to get our resume prepared. Can I use these certificates for my CV/ resume building?

[@rankintran]

Sure, there's nothing stopping you from doing so. Just be mindful of how you want to explain your experiences, and how your experience validates your qualifications for the role you're applying for.

[@farihatasnim2197]

If you really want to gain experience by the virtual job 'simulations', then yes, Forage is helpful. But, if you thinking these internship would add value to your resume/CV, then you are wrong. (Unless the recruiter is a fool)

[@user-lv2vb9tp3q]

I don’t think so as you will really learn and gain value.

[@rankintran]

I see where you're coming from, but for someone who is completely new to an industry and wants to gain personal experience for a job - I think it's very helpful. My point is that Forage can be a significantly valuable tool for independent exploration and learning what kinds of tasks you would be doing in a job and if you simply like doing them. From then on, you can build the depth of your knowledge by thinking about **how you will communicate what you learned from Forage** rather than simply stating that you got a certificate from them. Thank you for adding your perspective on the matter!

[@shaswatbanerjee1628]

very helpful, thanks brother

[@rankintran]

Always happy to help!

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