Are internships more important than work experience for college grads?

better question...know places you want to work?? you will be amazed to see how willing people are to talking to you about themselves. if there's a place [or a few] you want to work at call them up and ask to do an informational interview with someone. ask them how they got started out of school and what they are looking for. if you do this with a few people you will get a better picture of what the job market is really looking for. depended on where you work they may ask for different things.