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Internship Insights by Seniors
Chapter Highlights
• More than seven in 10 seniors work or worked a paid side job, such as cashier, sales clerk
or fast food associate, while in college. More than half also collaborated on meaningful
side projects to include on their resumes.
• While being compensated is very important to nearly half of students, paid internships
are not yet the norm, according to seniors who described their most recent internship
experience. Just under half, 48.3 percent, were paid, whereas 28.3 percent were complete-
ly unpaid. The remaining students received stipends or course credit.
• 65.3 percent of seniors had started looking for jobs at the fielding of this survey in April
of 2014, but 48.7 percent had not yet received offers.
• Importantly, among the 16.6 percent of seniors who have received job offers, there is a
strong correlation between receiving full-time job offers and…
- Higher than average GPAs.
- Completed internships, particularly more than one.
- Completed paid internships.
• To enhance their chances of landing full-time employment, seniors are generally very
willing to move to other cities (76.4 percent). Likewise, they are willing to do internships
to get a foot in the door. However, seniors are less willing to accept jobs in industries
that are not among their top choices, work at companies whose mission or culture is not
an ideal match or accept a work/life balance that they may consider less than ideal.
• Students with over two internships are twice as likely to have a job offer before
graduation. Students who did a paid internship are three times as likely to have a job
offer before graduation than students who did an unpaid internship.
Majority of Seniors Have Held Paid Side Job While in College
By the time students are ready to graduate, most will have held a side job (72.6 percent) or will have
collaborated on meaningful side projects to help build the resume (55.0 percent). About three in 10
students have also taken online or other courses outside of their class work to improve their experience.
Worked a paid side job
Importance of internship attributes
• Male students: 66.3%
• Female students: 76.7%
• Below-average GPAs: 75.5%
• Above-average GPAs: 68.8%
• One internship: 75.9%
• Two internships: 70.3%
• Three+ internships: 65.5%
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Chapter Highlights
• More than seven in 10 seniors work or worked a paid side job, such as cashier, sales clerk
or fast food associate, while in college. More than half also collaborated on meaningful
side projects to include on their resumes.
• While being compensated is very important to nearly half of students, paid internships
are not yet the norm, according to seniors who described their most recent internship
experience. Just under half, 48.3 percent, were paid, whereas 28.3 percent were complete-
ly unpaid. The remaining students received stipends or course credit.
• 65.3 percent of seniors had started looking for jobs at the fielding of this survey in April
of 2014, but 48.7 percent had not yet received offers.
• Importantly, among the 16.6 percent of seniors who have received job offers, there is a
strong correlation between receiving full-time job offers and…
- Higher than average GPAs.
- Completed internships, particularly more than one.
- Completed paid internships.
• To enhance their chances of landing full-time employment, seniors are generally very
willing to move to other cities (76.4 percent). Likewise, they are willing to do internships
to get a foot in the door. However, seniors are less willing to accept jobs in industries
that are not among their top choices, work at companies whose mission or culture is not
an ideal match or accept a work/life balance that they may consider less than ideal.
• Students with over two internships are twice as likely to have a job offer before
graduation. Students who did a paid internship are three times as likely to have a job
offer before graduation than students who did an unpaid internship.
Majority of Seniors Have Held Paid Side Job While in College
By the time students are ready to graduate, most will have held a side job (72.6 percent) or will have
collaborated on meaningful side projects to help build the resume (55.0 percent). About three in 10
students have also taken online or other courses outside of their class work to improve their experience.
Worked a paid side job
Importance of internship attributes
• Male students: 66.3%
• Female students: 76.7%
• Below-average GPAs: 75.5%
• Above-average GPAs: 68.8%
• One internship: 75.9%
• Two internships: 70.3%
• Three+ internships: 65.5%
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