working student (Werkstudenten) vs. internship (Praktikant)

[HWH 0]

There are two types of jobs that a student can do in German: Working student and Internship. I have already finished all the credits for graduation, which do you think is suitable for me? I have an internship offer, but I am thinking if I should still look for other opportunity. 

 

The advantage of working student is that its salary per hour is higher, the period is longer and thus I can pay for the rent for longer, and maybe I can try to find other stuffs to do when I am not working e.g. learning German. The disadvantage for working student is that it sounds not so professional for some HR (?)

 

The advantage of internship is that it's full time job for 6months, which may be considered a practical experience for HR in future(?). The disadvantage is that its hourly pay is much lower than working student. The total salary should be identical, but internship requires full time working. 

 

Besides, if I take the full-time 6-month internship next year, I cannot find another internship/ working student for the remaining time because I already meet the limit for working day (120/240). 

 

What do you think? Do you think the value of internship really outweighs working student? Or they are similar, and since working student can have more pay for longer period, I should still look for opportunity of working student?

 

[the.frollein 6,715]

As per my understanding, under a working student contract you can only work a maximum of 20 hours per week during the semester. During semester vacation, i.e. "Vorlesungsfreie Zeit" you can work up to 40 hours per week.