I keep getting internship offers but no job offers. Should I continue to do these, or should I focus on full time jobs only?

I appreciate that I’m getting paid internship offers because I know that there are a ton of people who don’t even get that. But I feel that I’ve been in a cycle of internships for 3-4 years now — I’m out of school and currently on my 10th one. Experience is an amazing thing, but I feel stuck.

Should I stop applying altogether or just continue to take anything I can get?

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Something’s off about this. 4 years is too long to intern. It’s also illegal if you’re not in school.

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ACD2, paid internships are jobs, but they are usually temporary.

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This is hard because it’s good to pursue every opportunity. But I don’t want you to be exploited. And this is straddling that line.

Protect yourself. And grab every opportunity.

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But not without $$

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Paid internships are working interviews. If you make yourself invaluable, the agency will find a way to hire you.

As a hiring manager, this many internships indicates to me that you don’t have hustle/drive or good work product.

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Hows your book?

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Obviously it’s good enough to get repeated offers for internships

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My first job was a studio production artist job and I wiggled over to creative. Sometimes that’s an avenue in.

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Same!

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A paid internship is better than no job at all. Take a paid internship, sell yourself where you’re interning, and keep applying in the meanwhile to land the first real job. It will come, it’s just a tough market.

And when you get the real job, it’s fine to leave the internship. Or maybe where you have the internship, they’ll counter to keep you.

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Too many internships is a big red flag on your resume. If they’re paying you at least minimum wage, stop calling them internships. A true internship is work experience required to complete a college/university program. Call them contracts or something else.

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