HOW TO SURVIVE FINANCIALLY DURING AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP


We all have to pay our dues. Sadly, that pretty much guarantees a couple of years of eating tinned stuff on bread and slaving for nine hours a day to prove yourself and learn on the job.


You’ve already worked out that the best way to ensure you’re getting valuable experience is to offer to do absolutely anything – for free. This buys you the invaluable opportunity to suck up as much industry knowledge and as many insider secrets as possible.


You will be poor, but the treasure you’re storing up for later is worth every penny-pinching, charity shop- clad second.


To help you on your rocky path to greatness, we’ve compiled a few tips for keeping your head above water while you’re chucking yourself at life with an unpaid internship.


Top Internship Money Saving Tips Negotiate


As an unpaid intern, you may be able to negotiate your working hours. This could allow you to manage a bar job on the side but if it’s full time, try asking for flexible hours around peak transport times. Travel will be less stressful at quiet hours and a lot cheaper.


Bear in mind that while lots of companies don’t pay interns, some do supply an expenses allowance that contributes towards your travel and lunch costs. This is something you should discuss when you go for your interview, so it’s good to have an idea of the costs you would be incurring beforehand.


It’s tough, but learning this stuff the hard way will set you up for life. And if you have less money for shopping and partying, you’ll have more time for what you wanted this internship for in the first place: forging an incredible career for yourself.


Be Humble


You may have landed what appears to be a glamorous internship at some


fancy pants company, but you’re not earning anything and it’s not going to be all expense accounts and long lunches. Say a firm goodbye to Starbucks, and you might want to think about walking or cycling instead of laying out money for the train.


If you’re lucky enough to have family near where your new position is based, you need to make them an extremely good offer in order to ensure you can avoid paying through the nose for accommodation.


Anyone can respect a young gun trying to make their way in the world, so offer to clean twice a week or do all the shopping: anything that shows you appreciate their help and you’re not going to be a burden.


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