This week I will be talking about why you should work hard to obtain a paid internship over a nonpaid internship. First and most obviously, you are getting paid to do your work. Whenever you put your time into projects on the job you always know you are getting compensated in the end for it. Paid internships have a way of making you feel less expendable. Second, when you are getting paid to do things you will be busier at work. My experience in nonpaid internships is that there can be a lot of moments when you don’t have anything to do and have to wait around until something comes up. Your bosses at paid internships are trying to make you work hard so that they know they aren’t wasting a paycheck on you. Third, paid internships seem to be the ones that turn into future jobs more often than not (but don’t totally hold me to it on this one because anything can happen). Whenever I’ve noticed by upperclassmen friends landing a paid internship, they tend to eventually get a job with that company after graduation. Unpaid internships do have their own advantages, but in my experience paid is always the way to go if it’s something that fits you.
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Erin Willis, Ph.D.Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis. Loves news. Loves food. Loves Pugs. And now, loves Memphis basketball. Go Tigers, Gooooo! Archives
April 2015
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