So, your campus recruiters say, “It’s all about experience,” but the only thing you’re experienced in is surviving three years of Zoom University and explaining to Grandma what “muted” means. Welcome, Career Crusader, to the era of virtual internship a world where you can “make an impact” without ever standing up. Dream gig or dystopian … Read more
Congratulations, digitally exhausted dreamer! You’re officially living through the era where your Zoom background says more about you than your GPA and where scoring a “virtual internship” means convincing a sleep-deprived manager you can update spreadsheets and send emojis at record speed. With remote hiring more competitive than the Starbucks mobile order line, your resume … Read more
Congratulations, internet overachiever! You’ve white-knuckled through three years of Zoom classes, “volunteered” for student orgs (read: got stuck taking notes), and watched more LinkedIn “humblebrags” than Netflix documentaries. Your inbox is stuffed with “exciting unpaid opportunity” spam. Sorry, but exposure won’t pay for Spotify Premium, let alone rent. The good news? Paid virtual internship exist … Read more
You there—scrolling on your tenth study break of the day—are you ready to join the modern-day Olympics of “fake it ‘til you make it?” Welcome to the absolutely, outrageously competitive world of virtual internship. Got zero experience? Join the club. Today’s “intern” is just yesterday’s “apprentice” with a ring light, a LinkedIn profile, and a … Read more
Okay, Class of “When Will This End,” let’s address the brutally honest truth: The virtual internship is now America’s greatest shared experience, just behind stress-eating and arguing with your family at Thanksgiving. In this brave new world, your living room doubles as a corner office, and the only thing more unstable than your Wi-Fi connection … Read more
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve survived at least one semester of living, working, dating, AND doomscrolling from bed. Maybe you just completed your second “Virtual Internship”—or, let’s be honest, your mom made your cousin give you benchmarks over Facetime. Now you’re asking: does any of this count as real work experience or is it … Read more
It’s 2025. The hottest trend on campus? Not TikTok karaoke, not oat milk lattes, but the humble, soul-shredding virtual internship cover letter. That’s right—the only thing standing between you and getting paid to answer Zoom polls in your pajamas is a document so notoriously ignored, even ChatGPT has nightmares about it. Every job board, career … Read more
Picture this: You, “working,” hunched over a laptop in your childhood bedroom, a coffee-stained mug labeled “CEO of Stress” beside you, camera off, and a dog barking somewhere in the background. Congratulations, you’re the new face of labor in America—a virtual intern. Welcome to the Future of Work-from-Home Internships, where the only thing thinner than … Read more