No internship offer. What now?

blablaboi1
Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:31:38 +0000

Three of my interviewers were kind enough to provide me with some feedback. They have told me I interviewed well, but they all told me I wasn’t offered the job because the internship position was cancelled due to budget cuts. I tried to ask them if there were unpaid internships, but they all told me that their company cannot perform contract work without paying. It really sucked because it killed my hope of getting an internship for the summer. As for the other 7 interviewers, I received NO response.

Some of my friends got internships easily because their family members work for some company, but I don’t have any family members living in the US, other than my parents. I just want to now if I’m the only one like this, considering that I don’t have any connections with the industry. I just didn’t know the job market was this bad.

I’m a bit hesitant to ask my professors for research at this time because it’s almost the end of school. Anyone want to provide me with further advice?