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Should You Work For Free?

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December 27, 2009 Posted By: Trevor Wilson Category: Internships


Careersthatdontsuck has a great article posted called 7 Reasons You Should Work For Free. I love this piece as I’m a big fan of taking internships or volunteer work as a way to gain experience and/or a foot in the door.

So I guess the answer is yes. If you can’t find work that pays, I would recommend trying to “work for free”, so to speak.

Anyway, among some of the best tips in the list (of reasons you should work for free):

Contacts – Even if you don’t land a job at the firm at which you intern/extern, you will gain contacts and referrals for jobs at other firms.

and…

Stay Sharp, Current – Being out of the job market for even a short time allows your skills to stale; interning or externing keeps your skills and contacts current.

It’s a great list. I encourage you to check it out.

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