Should I take this accounting internship?

College Majors Business Major
1

<p>First of all, I'll be done with school in May 2015</p>

<p>I have a no skill job now that pays $20 an hour, and pays my bills. I live on my own, so I have rent, car insurance, phone, cable, etc.</p>

<p>Accounting firms recruit every September/October at campuses</p>

<p>This internship is for Jan - Apr at a large (regional) CPA firm. Internships at firms like this <em>typically</em> lead to a full time offer (once graduated) assuming you don't mess up.</p>

<p>If I do accept it, and get an offer for full time employment once graduated, I will have about a year of no job, so I would need to figure out how to pay my bills.</p>

<p>If I don't accept it, next September/October (2014) I will be at the point in my college career where I must apply for full-time positions, but I will not have any experience, and not likely get any job offers.</p>

<p>I don't know what to do :( I want to accept, but I don't want to be screwed and not have any way to pay rent.</p>

2

<p>Many of the top firms pay up to $25 per hour during the internships. Ask about the pay scale for the winter internship that you are being offered.</p>

3

<p>That’s basically what they pay, but I’m more concerned about the period of May 2014 - august 2015, how do I pay rent then?</p>

4

<p>Where do you work at now?</p>

5

<p>A retail company. They pay good</p>

6

<p>Why wouldn’t you be able to work May-August in 2015? Wouldn’t you be expecting a job offer from the accounting internship? If not, couldn’t you always get another retail job with your experience?</p>