Continuing from yesterday, an internship will only be valuable and worth your time if the company takes you seriously, provides you with a legitimate "earn while you learn" program, and will offer you the pre-professional experience that you need. Here are the top 5 reasons not to accept an internship offer with a company:
5. Your friend who is a freshman is more professional on a Saturday morning at 8AM after a huge flippy cup tournament the night before than the recruiter who is trying to get you to intern with them.
4. They only offer you work for 4-5 weeks out of the summer, yet require you to re-locate without providing you housing (good luck finding that 1 month apartment lease).
3. They don't pay you. As I used to say, "No Paper? No Labor."
2. When you ask what kind of work you will probably be doing on a daily basis, they allude to the fact that you better be good at stirring hot beverages early in the AM.
1. You go to Google and search for the company and the search returns no results, or even worse the Better Business Bureau is the top result.
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It really "grinds my gears" when companies take on interns solely for the sake of taking on interns. I hope that down the line interns become something that companies value instead of something they take for granted. How do you expect these kids to come back after they graduate when you treat them like they're worthless right now?
For any college kid out there with a plethora of unpaid, wasteful internship offers on the table, I suggest volunteering. Feed the homeless, clean up the environment or build a house w/ habitat. You'll feel a lot better at the end of the day when you know your unpaid hours have actually done some good.
Posted by Ryan | April 24, 2007 4:00 PM
Posted on April 24, 2007 16:00