Not All Internships Are Equal: How “Tick‑Box Experience” Quietly Wastes Your Child’s Most Valuable Years In Asia‑Pacific, many parents are extremely proactive: Lining up internships every summer Enrolling children in programmes, camps, and “CV boosters” Pushing for more and more experiences On paper, it looks impressive.But from the employer side, we are seeing a worrying pattern: Students are busier than ever,yet still arrive at graduation with very weak differentiation. At

Most parents assume: “As long as my child is smart and studies hard, they can start thinking about jobs in final year. There’s still time.” From an employer’s and headhunter’s point of view,vthat “time” is much shorter than most families realise. At TROUVÉ EXECUTIVE, we sit daily on the employer side of the table: We support CEOs and HR Heads in planning their talent pipeline We see which students and graduates get fast-tracked We know when decisions are quietly made behind t

Many parents sit in my office or on Zoom and say something like: “I want to help, but I also don’t want to take over.” They see their child sending applications with no replies, or avoiding the topic entirely. They feel anxious – but they also don’t want to become “that parent” who writes emails or fills in forms on behalf of their adult child. This tension is completely normal. In this article, I’ll share a framework for understanding healthy parental support during a child’