Internships after graduation?

I am a current undergrad senior on the job hunt for a CRE role with a graduation date of May 2024. The market is obviously not ideal at the moment leading to not many positions being offered in my region. I have applied to larger operating firms around the country and have been denied. I interned at an operator this last summer and have discussed returning there, but they aren't sure if they will be hiring or not due to a lack of deal flow. 

I recently came across an internship posting for a capital markets position at one of the large brokerage shops (CB/JLL/CW), and in the description, it said they are taking candidates who are currently standing juniors and seniors graduating in 2024 or 2025. I have been interested in the IS/Debt/Equity brokerage side and thought this may be a good "trial" run.
I have connections to this shop from my last internship and am confident about going through the process, but I wanted to know the consensus of internships post undergrad. How would this look on my resume? Would it be odd to be the only graduated intern? Am I reading the post wrong/overthinking this entire thing? Would love some thoughts.

 
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I’m graduating in December and am also applying to internships. It’s not ideal but it’s better than the alternative. If/when I accept an internship offer I will still be applying for FT roles

 

i doubt the capital markets team will take you as an intern tbh. internship class will be extra small this year and won’t hire you post grad most likely. internships are usually waste for capital markets you won’t learn a whole lot unless it’s at eastdil over the summer or a top office. especially rn. this might be a hostile opinion though idk

 

Yeah, I see what you are saying. This office is the 2nd/3rd largest office on the West Coast so hopefully I would learn some things, but I also do not know exactly what an internship like this would entail so idrk either

 

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