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Students
put salary aside for the chance to gain
experience
By
Marianna Noceti
Daily Forty-Niner
Contributing Writer
Though
70 percent of the internships offered at
the Career Development Center are paid,
some students have bypassed the money, due
to competitive hiring.
Professor
Judy Hails, internship coordinator for the
criminal justice department, said that the
current budget cuts have made it difficult
for interns to be hired at their internship
locations. stressing that internships are
important for marketability after graduating.
"In
our department, internships are mandated
due to the importance of gaining experience
in their fields," Hails said, stressing
that internships are important for marketability
after graduating.
Vanessa
Stone, a broadcast journalism major, has
had three internships and is still applying
for more. Stone has given up on the money
and all of her internships have been unpaid.
"The
experience I got was enough," Stone
said.
Stone
interned at "The Wayne Brady Show"
her sophomore year and was offered a full-time
position on the show. The following year
she interned with at E! Entertainment as
a production intern for a program called
"How Do I Look?"
"I
built up internships to get the best possible
my senior year. It's that much more competitive
now and you have to take that extra step"
Stone said.
Stone's
last internship was over the summer, while
she was studying abroad in Australia. It
only lasted two weeks with Channel 10, which
allowed her to go on the scene with reporters,
attend Prime Minister John Howard's address
to the people, explaining why Australia
was staying in the war, and she was allowed
to ask questions at a Mitsubishi press release,
amid seasoned reporters.
"It
was such a rush. I was so nervous."
Stone said, recalling the Mitsubishi interview.
Though
money is a big issue for students, experience
is important for more than one reason. Hails
said that without taking an internship,
some students may never know if they have
chosen the right career. This is why it
is important to take two-three internships.
The experience you have at each internship
will be different.
More
than half the students who have participated
in an internship program with the Career
Development Center come back for more internships.
Casity Ha, an internship advisor, said that
students tend to stay within their major
for their second and third internships,
but work with different companies.
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