A comparative study of starting salary for recent college graduates without internship experience and those with at least one internship while in college. Download the Infographic PDF
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[peekaboo_content]Are Internships Overrated?
Recent college graduates with internship experience, spend less time, 2.5 months, searching for a job compared to those without internship experience
The NACE survey showed that 58 percent of interns became full-time employees.
Employees have a 76 percent retention rate after one year and a 55 percent retention rate after five years.
Employers extended job offers to nearly 70 percent of their interns, up from 57 percent
In terms of starting salary offers, according to results of NACE’s Survey. students who had internships received an average salary offer of $46,000. Meanwhile, their classmates who didn’t take internships received an average starting salary offer of $34,600.[/peekaboo_content]
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