Someone posted this note about unpaid internships in a group I am in- while I have had (a) valuable experience in a past unpaid internship, I am otherwise pretty against them. Regardless of your pov, everyone should know these facts- protect yourself: 1. The federal law is clear: if internships at profit-making companies are to be unpaid, they must foster an educational environment. dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.pdf 2. Numerous recent high-profile cases in the fashion and entertainment industry have upheld this. nytimes/2013/07/21/jobs/unpaid-interns-silent-no-more.html 3. According to a 2013 NACE study, unpaid internships dont help college student get jobs (but paid ones do): theatlantic/business/archive/2013/06/do-unpaid-internships-lead-to-jobs-not-for-college-students/276959/ 4. 61% of millennials dont think unpaid internships are a fair and legitimate business practice (27% said sometimes): huffingtonpost/2014/05/27/millennials-unpaid-internships-poll-ourtime_n_5398150.html
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:53:26 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015