Internship Trends!

Interesting Article on Internships:

http://www.vault.com/blog/internships/the-top-internships-for-2018/?utm_source=UndergradNewsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=10_11_2017_UG&referer_ID=7778

Internship Trends

In addition to ranking the companies with the best internship programs, Vault discovered some interesting facts about students, internships, and the internship search.

• Half (approximately 50 percent) of internships resulted in full-time job offers.

• 98.5 percent of respondents surveyed had paid internships.

• Pay was the No. 1 deciding factor when choosing an internship. Location was No. 2, followed by career advancement in their chosen industry at No. 3, and the opportunity for a full-time job offer at No. 4.

• 61 percent of respondents found their internships through campus recruiting, 11.9 percent found them through referrals and family members, and 9.6 percent found them through a company’s website.

• 66 percent of respondents relied primarily on their laptops for researching internships, while 21 percent also used their smart phones.