was laid off and now doing an internship for experience-good idea?

Hello,

I was laid off at the end of 2008. I was an analyst in a valuation group (think big 4/HLHZ) and have not been able to get an offer anywhere (except one that I decided to turn down because it was fairly unrelated to what I was doing before). I ended up getting an IB internship with a boutique firm because I figured I could still apply to FT jobs and also get some experience while I am at it. Would employers think negatively of someone out of school with a past FT job doing internships? I don't think there is much possibility of a FT offer at this place.

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