what types of internships are scams?

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<p>I was browsing through the career employment search engine on my university's website, and I found one company who was looking for a marketing representative to help promote their sales. So I sent in my resume, and they contacted me and told me that I get 20 bucks for every customer who buys from them. My job is supposed to advertise their company on campus (handing out flyers, talking to people) and online. Is this a scam? Will they really pay me if people from my university buys from them? I am also the only marketing representative for this company in my university, so there shouldn't be any confusion as to who the money should go to.</p>

<p>My question is that there are a lot of internships where students participate in promotional activities and other stuff, and I found many internships through my university's website, so that's why I'm more prone to trust them, but are they just a waste of my time and merely a scam? or are they legit? how do you decide whether an internship is actually authentic and worth investing time in?</p>

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<p>In a way, all internships are scams. There is no better source of cheap labor than college students.</p>

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<p>sounds kinda legit.
scams would be those internships where u have to pay to get it.</p>

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<p>I think “scams” are when they hide information that you should know (such as you having to pay for any merchandise you don’t sell)…seems like they laid out the terms of their agreement.</p>

<p>of course this sounds more like a part-time than an internship that should help build future job prospects</p>

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<p>Any outside sales representative positions are SCAMS.<br>
Those workforstudents jobs are scams too. You’ll be selling knives or something ridiculous. </p>

<p>It’s best to try to get internships through your university’s career center. Try to see if they have a physical or online internship review site that’s posted by students.</p>

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<p>The ones where wearing no underwear puts you at an advantage advantage.</p>

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<p>i found this internship opportunity through my university career center. selling knives, like for Cutco through vector? is that a scam?</p>

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<p>Yes it’s a scam.</p>

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<p>vector is definately a scam</p>

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<p>lol a college kid was over my house this summer, trying to get my parents to buy Cutco knives.</p>

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<p>If you’re selling textbooks/knifes/kitchen things/nearly anything else it’s a scam. Well, it’s a scam in that you’ll be working a lot and either not making much money or losing money because they make you buy what you’re selling then resell it for more. You COULD make money on this if you’re a really good salesperson/can guilt a lot of family members into buying your stuff but it’s certainly not going to look good on a resume. If I saw a resume and the guy’s work experience was Cutco? Ugh.</p>

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<p>forget about cutco and knives for a second. i’m only interested if the marketing representative internship that I mentioned in my original post is a scam.</p>