Internships are supposed to help students get jobs when they leave
college, and make them feel like they are ready for the real world. But
with the currect economic situation, my internships have shown me the
reality of workers being laid off as well.
At the Kansas City Star, my boss ended up accepting a buy-out a leaving half way through my internship.
At NBC one of my coworkers was on a part-time program that ends after one year. However, his department at NBC couldn't afford to hire another person full-time. They kept telling him they wanted to hire him, but there was no way they could.
This has left me concerned. Will I constantly be worried about being laid off when I graduate? Will I even be able to find a job that pays enough with this economy? According to the Economic Policy Institute, the recent female college graduates' average hourly wage has gone down about 60 cents since 2001.
When I was an underclassmen at KU, I wasn't too concerned about this, but now that I'm getting closer to graduating, I realize the economy is really going to effect students when we leave here.
I just hope by May the economy starts improving, and that my resume from the wonderful William Allen White School of Journalism can take me to the next level.
At the Kansas City Star, my boss ended up accepting a buy-out a leaving half way through my internship.
At NBC one of my coworkers was on a part-time program that ends after one year. However, his department at NBC couldn't afford to hire another person full-time. They kept telling him they wanted to hire him, but there was no way they could.
This has left me concerned. Will I constantly be worried about being laid off when I graduate? Will I even be able to find a job that pays enough with this economy? According to the Economic Policy Institute, the recent female college graduates' average hourly wage has gone down about 60 cents since 2001.
When I was an underclassmen at KU, I wasn't too concerned about this, but now that I'm getting closer to graduating, I realize the economy is really going to effect students when we leave here.
I just hope by May the economy starts improving, and that my resume from the wonderful William Allen White School of Journalism can take me to the next level.
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