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Old 2008-04-25
whatdude whatdude is offline
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Default Re: So is this a bad idea?

Your choice should be dependent on what your future goals are. I know that's a bit much to ask a college kid to figure out, but if I were you I'd seriously sit down and think about where you eventually want to end up. Reason being - Enterprise looks good on a resume only as long as you stay in a sales/customer service related field. Even as an intern you do go through a good amount of training and that will benefit you if you're looking to get into pharma sales or something similar.

If your career goal doesn't involve sales I'd say you are better suited going with your other option. After Enterprise I went into a completely different industry and a position that involves no selling/customer service whatsoever, and I spent the better part of ten minutes in an interview explaining why I bothered to work for a car rental company in the first place.

If you do take the internship it's definitely not as bad as being an MT. If I remember correctly there's a limit on how many hours you can work, you have tons of training days that take place at the regional corporate office and for the most part you get shielded from the bullshit so you'll want to come back after you graduate.
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