Last night I attended the StartupCity Des Moines Job Crawl downtown Des Moines from 5-8:30pm. We got a chance to meet with about 30 start up businesses in the area, learn about them, network, and submit our resume and contact information. I was very dissapointed with the event. While there were a lot of openings and design and marketing positions, they were all unpaid full-time positions.
Most of the companies knew what they were looking for, but didn't know exactly what the position did. Essentially, they wanted intern with no experience to be a critical role in their start up business for free.
As a college student coming out of Drake University. I am up to my eyeballs in student loans. It would be extremely impractical for me to have a full time job that pays nothing.
I was interested in one marketing company though that I will be following up on. They were a little confusing when I talked with them, but then again we only had a few moments to speak with each company.
If anything this experience was interesting and got my information out there. Maybe these companies weren't for me, but they might now others who are looking for someone just like me for their business!
Most of the companies knew what they were looking for, but didn't know exactly what the position did. Essentially, they wanted intern with no experience to be a critical role in their start up business for free.
As a college student coming out of Drake University. I am up to my eyeballs in student loans. It would be extremely impractical for me to have a full time job that pays nothing.
I was interested in one marketing company though that I will be following up on. They were a little confusing when I talked with them, but then again we only had a few moments to speak with each company.
If anything this experience was interesting and got my information out there. Maybe these companies weren't for me, but they might now others who are looking for someone just like me for their business!
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