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How can you accommodate an internship into your work/school schedule?

Posted in College Student / Recent Graduate on March 21, 2012
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Lisa would like to do an internship during her senior year of college. She is a Marketing Major but not sure if she wants to get into advertising or market research. She works mornings three days a week at a law firm to help pay for school, and takes classes during the day when she is not working. Her internship advisor insists that they do not allow paid internships; she must work for free in order to qualify for class credit. Lisa is not sure what to do. Her advisor is sending her on two interviews, one at a television station in the advertising department, and the other for a manufacturing company in their market research department.

Is there any way Lisa can pursue both internship opportunities?
How can she rearrange her work at the law firm and class schedule to allow for an internship?
What are the benefits of working as a free intern?

Comments (3)

k5onehundred posted on: September 1, 2013

Market research department might be better. They all say the same thing in office internships. The best might be the research company. http://www.researchpaperstobuy.com/

Ryan Woods posted on: May 3, 2012

The Rochester Institute of Technology required that you would take a co-op. They were usually paid around 17 dollars and hour depending on your major. I don''t know anyone who took part in a co-op/internship for free. It looks like GTDL187 is on to something. Most of the people I know who were Mechanical Engineering Students either made copies or worked in Autocad or a similar program.

GTDL187 posted on: April 15, 2012

When I attended college I was not allowed to accept any money for my internship. I had to rearrange my schedule by changing all of my classes to evenings and moving my part-time job schedule to a few mornings during the week. The remainder of the week I was able to work at an internship. The company I was interested in already had a paid intern from another university, but I was able to convince them to give me an internship for free. They had nothing to lose, and I had everything to gain. It worked out great. The paid intern was stuck making photocopies and faxing while I was attending executive meetings, putting proposals together and meeting with customers. I highly recommend going down this path. It provided real experiences, great contacts, and ultimately lead to a series of job opportunities that launched a very successful career.