Taking an unpaid internship

katliamom
Fri, 19 May 2017 22:43:00 +0000

I’m less critical of unpaid internships. Years ago I did one, it turned into a permanent paid position which changed the course of my career. A non-profit I do freelance work for now had an unpaid intern last semester; today she’s talking to them about a paid trip to South America to act as a translator.

Some unpaid internships are worth the time investment: they can give you invaluable experience, contacts, portfolio items and may turn into a paid job.

This is a controversial opinion on CC, and I’ve caught hell for it on this site (smile) but I had to share it.