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Originally Posted by Xacual
Almost all companies are perfectly willing to take you if you're willing to be a non paid intern though. Of course this isn't an option someone can take if they need a working salary to start paying off their school debts or just one to survive on.
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Actually ... no, they aren't all willing. Sometimes it is something as simple as they don't have procedures for it. In my case, there have been a few times I've offered myself as unpaid intern as a trial run and you can watch their brains lock up. It just "isn't done". Of course, I have a growing suspicion there's age discrimination and "overqualified" issues at work. Heck, I've been turned down because my prior salary was higher, because I've worked contract or consulted before (e.g not always been a corporate serf).