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Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?

Do internships and work your butt off to learn as much as you can and prove yourself.

Every company, regardless of size, is competing for the same pool of talent, which is why top recruiters can even command equity for finding key hires. Internships give startups a chance to hire the best and brightest from our universities at a fraction of the cost that these same minds will command when they receive their degrees.

I did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's signature on it that I would just forward for every new internship. I didn't get school credit, but I got away with giving free labor to everyone.

I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than I did in college.

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

I interned at the NFL Network while I was in college, but I have not had an internship or another job other than football in a very long time.

My actual first summer internship was in the design department of Clinique.

The very first thing I tell every intern on the first day is that their internship exists solely on their resume. As far as I am concerned, they are a full-time member of my team. For all the negative stereotypes about millennials, you would be astounded by how hard they work when they believe their contribution matters.

The best part of fashion is the interns - having them or being one.