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Lindsey Wojcik, 24, New Yorker via Metro Detroit. Writer. Editor. Former Times Square barista turned coffee enthusiast.
"Sixty-one percent of paid interns working at for-profit companies received a job offer; only 38 percent of unpaid interns working at for-profit companies did. And paid interns netted higher starting salaries."
That’s Jean Chatzky, writing in Newsweek, on why students shouldn’t take unpaid internships. (via newsweek)
Yeah, good luck with that, students.
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newsweek) I respect these numbers, and the underlying message, but I’ve only worked unpaid internships and they’ve led...
—> it’s still better than not having any experience, though - the best thing is to aim for both.
Ahhh. Bane of my existence.
What if you don’t get paid, but you don’t put in any effort? And its in a field you don’t give two shits about?