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Why It Can Pay To Take That Unpaid Internship

Why It Can Pay To Take That Unpaid Internship

By Matthew Tarpey As more schools in the U.S. make internships a graduation requirement, many students are coming to terms with taking unpaid positions. Some even have to pay the school for the course credits received for the internship. This arrangement may not strike you as ideal, but paid ...

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College Kid's Amazing, Plucky Cover Letter For Wall Street Internship Goes Viral

College Kid's Amazing, Plucky Cover Letter For Wall Street Internship Goes Viral

By Julia La Roche and Joe Weisenthal Sometimes we get forwarded applications for summer internships on Wall Street that are extremely embarrassing because the applicant is totally full of themselves or completely clueless. What happens is the letters go viral and the Street passes them around in long ...

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3 Things Every College Student Needs To Do To Nail A Top Internship

3 Things Every College Student Needs To Do To Nail A Top Internship

I will say this unequivocally: All college students need to have an internship. I promise many other job candidates will. Employers expect it. More than 90 percent of employers say that students should have at least one internship on their resume, one recent study found. And the summer internship search ...

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Want A Great Summer Internship In 2012? 4 Tips

Want A Great Summer Internship In 2012? 4 Tips

By Heather Huhman Great news, students: Internship and co-op recruiting for the year 2011-2012 projections indicate that hiring is up. In fact, according to the Collegiate Employment Research Institute's latest report, 70% of organizations plan to seek interns and co-ops for spring and summer roles in ...

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How To Land Your Dream Summer Internship

How To Land Your Dream Summer Internship

This article originally appeared on Schools.com By Jon Fortenbury Lauren Berger did 15 internships during college. She's blown up coffee machines and jammed paper in printing machines. She's received job offers and learned from top-notch professionals. She's interned at Fox and MTV. But there's one ...

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