For many driven individuals, the right internship can be a key stepping stone that connects a solid educational background with a lucrative career path. Internships offer the opportunity to translate learning into practical experience, with little to no financial risk or long-term commitment from the employer, which gets cheap or even free labor out of the bargain.
But students’ turning an unpaid internship into a lucrative career post-graduation may be a fading tradition, according to some recent research.