Discover the top 5 advantages of a hybrid internship and unlock the perfect balance between flexibility and professional growth with MES!

The structure of internships at My English Sister is a bit different to other companies, as each intern takes on weekly English teaching and childcare sessions alongside their marketing, HR, or pedagogical development responsibilities. While the idea of doing ‘two jobs in one’ might seem daunting at first, there is a huge range of advantages associated with the hybrid nature of these internships, benefiting both your personal and professional development.

Here's our list of the top 5 benefits of a hybrid internship:

1 : Greater variety in your day-to-day routines

2: Teaching provides brilliant transferable skills

3: Time management 4: See more of Lyon

5: A hybrid internship will stand out on your CV!

1 . Greater variety in your day-to-day routines

Forget métro, boulot, dodo - a hybrid internship means that no two days of work will look the same. As they say, variety is the spice of life! 

As an intern at My English Sister, your responsibilities will include a wide range of business tasks, which encompass short- or long-term projects and different responsibilities you can take on during your time with the company. Mix in the fact that you are teaching different families almost every day of the week, with lesson plans which you can switch up based on the range of MES teaching supports provided to you, and you end up with a schedule that is constantly varied, exciting and challenging.

2 . Teaching provides brilliant transferable skills

Internships at My English Sister provide foundational experience in your chosen business area - be it pedagogical development, HR, or marketing. However, alongside learning core skills in your chosen field, teaching English to children requires a whole new range of skills which you will naturally develop during your internship.

Creative thinking, resilience, adaptability - these are all buzzwords in the business world nowadays, but they are also qualities which you are guaranteed to acquire through your fun English sessions with the kids! Add in a hefty dose of patience, empathy and some moments of assertiveness, and you’ll find your toolkit of transferable skills has greatly expanded by the time your internship finishes.

3 . Time management

As every internship with My English Sister comprises a mixture of teaching and business tasks, these different parts of your job will mean you have multiple workflows to manage. Learning to prioritise necessary tasks, divide up your time and organise yourself is all an essential part of the learning process, and your time management will be on point by the end! 

Most importantly, flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances are hugely employable skills in the modern job market, making your work experience with MES hugely valuable.

4 . See more of Lyon

You’ve moved to a foreign city to start an exciting new internship, but you get there and realise you’re stuck behind a desk all day. Not with MES! 

By travelling to the families’ homes to carry out your teaching sessions, you’ll be able to explore more of Lyon and its surrounding areas around your working hours. Lyon has a really interesting architectural and cultural character, which varies enormously between the different areas (‘arrondissements’) of the city - the flexibility afforded by a role like this means you’ll get the opportunity to experience all of them. 

5 . A hybrid internship will stand out on your CV!

The job market nowadays is transforming more rapidly than ever, which is why most employers now look for transferable ‘soft’ skills instead of specific ‘hard’ skills. 

Due to the huge range of different skills you acquire, a hybrid internship with MES will stand out on your CV as very attractive to employers. It’s basically a two-in-one in terms of work experience - what’s not to like!

To find out more information or apply for an internship with My English Sister, have a look at our recruitment Instagram page @myenglishsisterjobs, or the website www.myenglishsister.com !