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)

Have you ever hired an unpaid intern? Have you ever been an unpaid intern? Weigh in!

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    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?
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    Go figure.
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    Don’t intern at Newsweek, says Newsweek.
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