Skipped Your College Internship? You're Far Less Likely to Get a Job in Business

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College students majoring in business often feel pressure to get résumé-boosting work experience while still in school. Data show that the internship angst may be justified.

Business students who said that they had “business-related internships” were much more likely to report having gotten at least one job offer, according to data collected for Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2014 Undergraduate Business School Rankings, released in April.