Interning Abroad

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>I'm sure something like this has been asked before, but I'm having trouble finding it so I apologize in advance...</p>

<p>Next summer I am wanting to do a program with a bunch of students and intern abroad in Australia for the summer (anywhere from 4 - 10 weeks). I've found quite a few programs on internabroad.com and the best so far I've found is the Arcadia program. However, the internships are unpaid! Is this a common deal? Does anyone know of any programs that provide paid internships? I will have completed by sophomore year and am a Business Honors Program/Marketing major at UT Austin so will have a decent business background.</p>

<p>If anyone doesn't know of any paid internships any other good unpaid programs or any suggestions?</p>

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<p>bump (10 charc)</p>

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<p>Unlike many members of this board, I don't particularly like unpaid internships. They are unpaid for a reason - most likely because they are either 1) unprofessional 2) small sized. </p>

<p>However, if you have the financial backing (and if you can't find any good paid internships) then by all means go ahead, it'll look good in your resume.</p>

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<p>Internships are unpaid abroad because you need a work visa to have a job in a country where you aren't a citizen. Student visas are expensive/hard enough, so I would imagine that work visas are very difficult to obtain.</p>