Industries including the media, the charity sector and fashion are known for being hard to get into without any relevant work experience; however, employers in these sectors offer few
paid internships compared to engineering, IT or investment banking, for example.
Not exact matches
Sixty percent of
paid internships turn into jobs,
compared to only 37 percent of unpaid ones, and that's a symbiotic relationship you want to be a part of.
Further, only 37 % of students with unpaid
internships landed jobs before college,
compared to 63 % of students with
paid internships.
One things students should think about when considering an unpaid
internship, is a recent survey completed by The National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) where they showed that
paid internships have a higher chance of leading to a
paying job as
compared to unpaid
internships, since most of the interns who received job offers from the employer accepted the positions.