Are internships drying up?

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I have also heard that fewer interns are getting return offers from companies than in past years.

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Happy to say my DD may be getting an offer soon and my DS finally has his FIRST internship interview on Friday.

Good luck to all! I'm hoping things will start cooking soon, my kids have applied to dozens of jobs (not Tech).

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Anonymous wrote:DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two. Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer. The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship. Anyone in the same boat as DS?

Who has rescinded college internship offers? Name names or you're just blowing smoke.

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Facebook / Meta is pulling back 5,000 openings. Wonder if summer internships are included in the 5,000?

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I know someone who was an Amazon intern for two summers and had their FT offer rescinded.

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Anonymous wrote:Happy to say my DD may be getting an offer soon and my DS finally has his FIRST internship interview on Friday.

Good luck to all! I'm hoping things will start cooking soon, my kids have applied to dozens of jobs (not Tech).

Good luck! My DS made it to the 2nd round of interviews for one job and didn't get it. Now has passed the screening stage for another and waiting for the hiring manager to schedule the next one. Still plugging away at applications.

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Ugh my DD had two rounds of interviews and was told she'd be perfect, but now doesn't look like she'll get it. She also had to reschedule one interview for a new role from yesterday to today and they said they filled it (in one day!?). Then my DS had a second interview for one he's very interested in and they no showed for his interview at 9 AM this morning.

I need my kids to get internships! Just a vent. At least there seems to be opportunities, hopefully something will work out.

Gotta say as someone who recruits alot, my kids having two no shows now for interviews is super unprofessional.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh my DD had two rounds of interviews and was told she'd be perfect, but now doesn't look like she'll get it. She also had to reschedule one interview for a new role from yesterday to today and they said they filled it (in one day!?). Then my DS had a second interview for one he's very interested in and they no showed for his interview at 9 AM this morning.

I need my kids to get internships! Just a vent. At least there seems to be opportunities, hopefully something will work out.

Gotta say as someone who recruits alot, my kids having two no shows now for interviews is super unprofessional.

I feel you. I would consider working all your connections. It does help to know someone and once they get the inside leg up, they can perform well on the interview. Good luck

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My kids didn't want to go through connections. I'm proud they picked completely different fields than ours and made it on their own. It can be done.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids didn't want to go through connections. I'm proud they picked completely different fields than ours and made it on their own. It can be done.

Thank you for posting this. I was starting to feel like a sucker for suggesting that my kid submit applications to internship postings. It’s good to know that not all internships are given based on nepotism and friend connections.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two. Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer. The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship. Anyone in the same boat as DS?

The lesson is he should have accepted all. Both my kids accepted two summer jobs. One will most likely get a pulled offer. That is the new world we live in

Terrible advice. Don’t teach your kid to accept
More than one offer on the chance that one of them will fall though. Because he’s knowingly leaving the company with an issue if it doesn’t fall though and he ends up picking the one he wants to stay with.

+1 This is how we wind up with unethical people in society. Parents like this right here.

(Instead of teaching integrity, keeping your commitments. It is actually sad to see it in real time.)

Why in the heck are people here defending companies that have absolutely no problem not keeping their commitment? I actually understand rescinding FT job offers because that is open-ended agreement and better a candidate focus on working for a company that expects to employ them...but internships? Again, the absolute cost of the internship program is fairly miniscule, and they could easily reduce the time (i.e., cost) by 1/3 yet it is still valuable for the student. Even if they tell students that if current economic conditions hold, there will not be any FT job offers at the end of the Summer...it is probably still better than leaving a kid high-and-dry this late in the school year.

Where is their integrity?

This site is read by patents, not CEO’s.

The poster was appalled to see how unethical another parent is (in advising their teen child).

Are you saying, we can lack integrity because some companies do?

Again, nothing to model for your child.

What if an applicant has two soft offers by email, with the indication that an offer letter would be coming from HR in the following days, but days have passed and nothing received yet from either? Presumably the applicant would have to pass reference and other screening as well. My view is neither of those is a secure offer and don’t have to disclose to the other employer at this stage, but wondering what others think. Especially in light of hearing about offers being pulled back etc. At what point can the prospective intern be comfortable that they actually have a viable offer?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids didn't want to go through connections. I'm proud they picked completely different fields than ours and made it on their own. It can be done.

Thank you for posting this. I was starting to feel like a sucker for suggesting that my kid submit applications to internship postings. It’s good to know that not all internships are given based on nepotism and friend connections.

My kids is submitting a ton of applications but I am also connecting him with anyone I know at a company he applies to. That's how hiring works. Would you not put in a good word for a friend applying for a job?

My son has made it to 2nd interview at a company because I happen to be friends with someone in HR at that company so she gave him a recommendation. That got him out of the initial pool of applicants and to a phone screen with HR. At that point, it's on him to do well in the interviews. Which he did and now is waiting for an interview with a hiring manager. Refusing to leverage contacts at a company you are interested in working at is just naive.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two. Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer. The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship. Anyone in the same boat as DS?

The lesson is he should have accepted all. Both my kids accepted two summer jobs. One will most likely get a pulled offer. That is the new world we live in

Terrible advice. Don’t teach your kid to accept
More than one offer on the chance that one of them will fall though. Because he’s knowingly leaving the company with an issue if it doesn’t fall though and he ends up picking the one he wants to stay with.

+1 This is how we wind up with unethical people in society. Parents like this right here.

(Instead of teaching integrity, keeping your commitments. It is actually sad to see it in real time.)

Why in the heck are people here defending companies that have absolutely no problem not keeping their commitment? I actually understand rescinding FT job offers because that is open-ended agreement and better a candidate focus on working for a company that expects to employ them...but internships? Again, the absolute cost of the internship program is fairly miniscule, and they could easily reduce the time (i.e., cost) by 1/3 yet it is still valuable for the student. Even if they tell students that if current economic conditions hold, there will not be any FT job offers at the end of the Summer...it is probably still better than leaving a kid high-and-dry this late in the school year.

Where is their integrity?

This site is read by patents, not CEO’s.

The poster was appalled to see how unethical another parent is (in advising their teen child).

Are you saying, we can lack integrity because some companies do?

Again, nothing to model for your child.

What if an applicant has two soft offers by email, with the indication that an offer letter would be coming from HR in the following days, but days have passed and nothing received yet from either? Presumably the applicant would have to pass reference and other screening as well. My view is neither of those is a secure offer and don’t have to disclose to the other employer at this stage, but wondering what others think. Especially in light of hearing about offers being pulled back etc. At what point can the prospective intern be comfortable that they actually have a viable offer?

In the current environment I would keep both of those in process until you have an actual offer letter. Companies can't drag their feet and expect you to not keep pursuing other options.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two. Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer. The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship. Anyone in the same boat as DS?

The lesson is he should have accepted all. Both my kids accepted two summer jobs. One will most likely get a pulled offer. That is the new world we live in

Terrible advice. Don’t teach your kid to accept
More than one offer on the chance that one of them will fall though. Because he’s knowingly leaving the company with an issue if it doesn’t fall though and he ends up picking the one he wants to stay with.

+1 This is how we wind up with unethical people in society. Parents like this right here.

(Instead of teaching integrity, keeping your commitments. It is actually sad to see it in real time.)

Why in the heck are people here defending companies that have absolutely no problem not keeping their commitment? I actually understand rescinding FT job offers because that is open-ended agreement and better a candidate focus on working for a company that expects to employ them...but internships? Again, the absolute cost of the internship program is fairly miniscule, and they could easily reduce the time (i.e., cost) by 1/3 yet it is still valuable for the student. Even if they tell students that if current economic conditions hold, there will not be any FT job offers at the end of the Summer...it is probably still better than leaving a kid high-and-dry this late in the school year.

Where is their integrity?

This site is read by patents, not CEO’s.

The poster was appalled to see how unethical another parent is (in advising their teen child).

Are you saying, we can lack integrity because some companies do?

Again, nothing to model for your child.

What if an applicant has two soft offers by email, with the indication that an offer letter would be coming from HR in the following days, but days have passed and nothing received yet from either? Presumably the applicant would have to pass reference and other screening as well. My view is neither of those is a secure offer and don’t have to disclose to the other employer at this stage, but wondering what others think. Especially in light of hearing about offers being pulled back etc. At what point can the prospective intern be comfortable that they actually have a viable offer?

In the current environment I would keep both of those in process until you have an actual offer letter. Companies can't drag their feet and expect you to not keep pursuing other options.

Thanks, well stated.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two. Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer. The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship. Anyone in the same boat as DS?

The lesson is he should have accepted all. Both my kids accepted two summer jobs. One will most likely get a pulled offer. That is the new world we live in

Terrible advice. Don’t teach your kid to accept
More than one offer on the chance that one of them will fall though. Because he’s knowingly leaving the company with an issue if it doesn’t fall though and he ends up picking the one he wants to stay with.

+1 This is how we wind up with unethical people in society. Parents like this right here.

(Instead of teaching integrity, keeping your commitments. It is actually sad to see it in real time.)

Why in the heck are people here defending companies that have absolutely no problem not keeping their commitment? I actually understand rescinding FT job offers because that is open-ended agreement and better a candidate focus on working for a company that expects to employ them...but internships? Again, the absolute cost of the internship program is fairly miniscule, and they could easily reduce the time (i.e., cost) by 1/3 yet it is still valuable for the student. Even if they tell students that if current economic conditions hold, there will not be any FT job offers at the end of the Summer...it is probably still better than leaving a kid high-and-dry this late in the school year.

Where is their integrity?

This site is read by patents, not CEO’s.

The poster was appalled to see how unethical another parent is (in advising their teen child).

Are you saying, we can lack integrity because some companies do?

Again, nothing to model for your child.

What if an applicant has two soft offers by email, with the indication that an offer letter would be coming from HR in the following days, but days have passed and nothing received yet from either? Presumably the applicant would have to pass reference and other screening as well. My view is neither of those is a secure offer and don’t have to disclose to the other employer at this stage, but wondering what others think. Especially in light of hearing about offers being pulled back etc. At what point can the prospective intern be comfortable that they actually have a viable offer?

In the current environment I would keep both of those in process until you have an actual offer letter. Companies can't drag their feet and expect you to not keep pursuing other options.

Yep I work in HR and until you have a signed offer letter, keep looking.