Should I put an upcoming internship on my resume?
Listing an upcoming internship strengthens your qualifications by showing prospective employers that you have relevant experience lined up. It helps demonstrate that you will have specific skills and busy season experience completed before starting a potential full-time role.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1including the upcoming internship on the resume
- 2leaving the upcoming internship off the resume until started
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm in a similar position as you, I just graduated and i have an upcoming winter internship and have been applying to full time roles starting summer/fall 2027.”source ↗
“I have opted to include the upcoming internship and assume that it strengthens my qualification (will have busy season completed before starting potential full-time role).”source ↗
Where this came up
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