The Thought Catalog

I have spent a lot of time over the past couple of weeks discussing the ins and outs of being the perfect intern.  I have provided you with advice based on my personal internship experiences, outlined tips and tricks from interviews with current and former interns, and discussed some of the hot topics of internships in the media.  The reality is, no one is perfect--especially as an intern.  You are bound to make mistakes, but with a positive attitude and the right frame of mind, you can be pretty close.

Many of my media-related posts have touched upon the subject of unpaid interns in some way, shape or form.  While doing some research, I came across a post on thoughtcatalog.com entitled "6 Reasons Why Your Unpaid Internship Is Very Much Worth It."  For those of you unfamiliar with thoughtcatalog.com, the website is a digital magazine that allows people the opportunity to have their inner-most thoughts and feelings published on an online forum.  The media group that operates the website, The Thought & Expression LLC, believes "all thinking is relevant," that today's thoughts should be cataloged for tomorrow, and that our culture can be shaped by empowering individuals to share their ideas with the world.  I highly recommend you check the website out.  It is definitely a great place to read some motivational and inspirational pieces!  Each post makes really makes you "think" outside of the box--pun intended.

The author of the aforementioned post does a great job of outlining why internships shouldn't be all about making money.  While monetary compensation is an undeniably sweet perk to an internship gig, do not let it make or break your decision to accept the job.  While I won't spoil the entire article, I thought I would share one great reason (in my opinion AND the author's) why an unpaid internship is worth it: