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All of my friends who did internships during their college career, paid or unpaid, had little trouble getting jobs post-graduation, and the ones who didn't now wish they had.
I count among my friends business majors (one who is now going to work for Adidas in Germany in international marketing, having completed marketing internships for Nike), microbiology major (who didn't do any internships and it took him a year to find a job in his field), animal science major (who has lots of unpaid and paid intership experience, who got easily hired where she wanted to move to), and an economics major (who is now working for the State of Oregon in a field unrelated to his major, after looking for work for almost a year), and a mechanical engineering major (who graduated in March and is the only person out of his senior design group not to have landed a job yet, largely due to the fact he did not do any internships).
I literally HAVE to do an internship to be admitted to grad school in my field, and I also have to do a lengthy internship as part of my Master's degree. What field? Teaching.
The fact is, having practical experience in your field is important, whether it's paid or unpaid. My question is, though, who is this company? It sounds like you actually might be signing up to sell Cutco knives. Always investigate any employment offer--especially if it sounds remotely too good to be true, and is in "marketing." "Marketing" in paid summer jobs to college students frequently means commission-based sales of some kind.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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