"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)
  1. Date Posted Icon 21st November 2011
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    newsweek) I respect these numbers, and the underlying message, but I’ve only worked unpaid internships and they’ve led...
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    —> it’s still better than not having any experience, though - the best thing is to aim for both.
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    Ahhh. Bane of my existence.
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  22. wallsconcesandgreenshutters reblogged this from youngmanhattanite and added:
    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?