From this Palm Beach Post article, about college graduates??who have??a tough time finding jobs:
About 75 percent to 80 percent of UCF students who completed internships found a job in the field they majored in, he said. For students who had no job training outside the classroom, the number is less than 50 percent.
It's not news that internships are important, or that most interns earn paltry sums that usually don't cover even their living expenses and that, therefore, lots of??poor students are excluded from their ranks. But as more less-qualified pupils enter college, as a college degree's value??is degraded, garnering competitive internships will grow evermore important for 20-year-olds??who desire good jobs after they graduate.??Look for anti-internship articles like this??and testimonials from college grads who, unable to do a sophomore-year summer stint in D.C., now find themselves with a B.A. and without a job--all coming to an op-ed page near you.