I have worked for a week as a full-time scheduled intern (non-tech) for a manufactory company although I've graduated couple years ago.

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April 28,2023 at 9:52PM UTC

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I have worked for a week as a full-time scheduled intern (non-tech) for a manufactory company although I've graduated couple years ago. I was thinking they will offer me a full-time position maybe a few months later so I asked my manager this afternoon if there is going to be a full-time opportunity in the nearly future and she said she didn't know. Even the plant is adding a 2nd shift in line this Sep, she was still not sure if they need a full-time position for the non-tech department. The reason I accepted this internship offer because I had a 5 years gap in my career for my family and I am new in this industry so it won't brother me to start as an intern. By the way I am eager to jump into this industry so I've declined other full time job offers. Now I am a little bit frustrated. What do you think? Should I look for another job immediately or wait until September to see what's going on?

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Debra SesholtzApril 29,2023 at 12:21AM UTC
It can sometimes take awhile to find a new position. It doesn’t sound like this company has an opening for you and may not in September. You say you like this industry. Why not look for similar roles in the same industry? You could take your time to find the right role. If you find something you think is a good fit, you could take it. It would be better than waiting until September, finding out they don’t have a role for you and have waited all that time to start your job search. .
Orlagh CostelloMay 2,2023 at 12:20PM UTC
Even when plants are expanding, support services don't always expand at the same time or the same rate. I'm trying to get an extra full time role in my team right now - we've not had one in a decade and the plant has doubled in size, and you really wouldn't believe the hoops I'm jumping through. Just the joys of corporate life.
Go looking for a new job. Do the research and you can use the internship as a position you took to upskill and get back into the swing of things.
Jennifer WuolletMay 2,2023 at 1:04PM UTC
I would wait until early August, give it time, and a chance to realize that having you is an asset they want. A week into an internship is tough for anyone to decide what they want to do, and they are thinking that they have all summer to figure it out. I would be fine with riding this until at least the end of July/early August and then you can try asking them again. If by then they haven't thought about it yet, they will either start thinking about it, and do something to make it full time or they will let you know that its not the way they want to go, then you have time to start looking before the internship ends.
AnonymousMay 2,2023 at 1:26PM UTC
Start looking for another job now.
Rosa E HearnMay 2,2023 at 1:42PM UTC
Start looking. The moment you accepted the internship, you should have had the conversation with them. You just assumed they would offer you a job. Nothing in this life is guaranteed. If they didn't offer it by now, it's not going to happen.
AnonymousMay 2,2023 at 5:16PM UTC
Why did you decline other full time offers? The company where you are does not owe you nor guarantee you anything other than what you signed on for originally. You could wait until September but strongly suggest you interview again now and then also re-connect with the places you turned down if you didn't burn those bridges and let them know your situation has changed and you want to be reconsidered for anything FT that they have.
Liz MilneMay 3,2023 at 5:15AM UTC
Reading between the lines, I think OP has turned down other FT positions that aren't in the industry she's trying to establish herself in?
Liz MilneMay 3,2023 at 5:14AM UTC
I think you're being a bit premature pushing to be made permanent after just one week!
Gosh, enthusiasm is one thing, but in a week you've barely settled in, let alone learned all the systems and processes as yet...
Give it a few months (six weeks minimum) before you ask again...