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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Internships on college are critical. Does not matter how you got it. I am hiring for an entry level position and just got a resume from a 2024 grad at the same top 25 school my DS attends (he is a rising senior). She is in the same major and has a nearly perfect GPA. I was shocked that she was still looking for job. Then i looked closer at her resume.  While she has GREAT on campus activities and a great GPA, she has only had one tangentially related internship. By contrast, my DS will soon start his third internship directly in his major field. I guess I’ll eat my words next May if he doesn’t have a job either, but to me, that’s the difference. He looked at her resume and said it’s a problem that she has as many bullet points under her sorority leadership than the one actual work experience. He’s right.

I am in recruiting and absolutely yes, good consistent and related internships can trump being in a more well known school.[/quote]

It is a very challenging job market out there even for grads with multiple internships.  My DS graduates in May '24 with a degree in CS and three CS internships, after his freshman, sophomore and junior, and he still has no offer.  [/quote]

Just curious...are more companies separating say Jr year internships vs. FT positions.  Meaning, are there now more internships where maybe you just need some extra help for 3 months, but no need for a FT continuing employee so there is no expectation it leads to a job offer from that employer?

Also, I work in finance and every day receive a digest of 50+ companies that have recently raised $20MM+ (and a bunch $100MM+) in funding.  While some in the AI space may spend these $$$s on Nvidia processors and cloud computing...the bulk is to go hire people.

I would assume someone with 3 Summers of real internships could find a start-up in an area where they have some experience and make the case to add value day one to some of these companies.  No?[/quote]

Yes but I think those companies generally want “real” experience. Many of the summer internships are glorified paper pushing to create the pipeline….[/quote]

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