At the end of an internship some years back, when we were about to say goodbye, someone asked a person who was higher up in the company to say a good piece of advice for us.
"Get your foot in the door," he said. "Get a job where you want to work, no matter if it's the lowest job. It will help you get where you want to be."
Years later, I've seen this to be true. I was interning in an IT job at the time and I see it to be good advice most of the time for any industry. Of course, you need wisdom while following that advice. Some companies love to promote people from the inside, and other companies might not have a lot of advancement opportunities.
I've seen a friend start in the mail room and end up with a nice job in the same company. I've seen an intern in editorial be around when a full-time job in editorial opened up and she got it. Any experience you get, it really can help.
Even if you don't know what you want to do, just be humble and take a job that might not be your first pick if you find it hard to get "higher" jobs. Some people can recognize a good worker and want to keep that worker, and they know they might need to offer a higher-paying/position job to do that.
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