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Summer internships are often project-based, involving the support of a particular aspect of an ongoing project or completing a specific task.
Governments are promoting such internships across the European Union to address youth unemployment, yet these internships are often unregulated and unpaid, leaving interns vulnerable to exploitation — and they are not necessarily helping graduates to find a salaried job.
Unpaid internships are often gateways to professions – like, for example, law, the media, the tragically professionalised political world – and are all too frequently located in London, one of the most expensive cities on Earth.
While internships are often related to a student's academic work, this is not a requirement, because the college sees the experience as "not just doing a specific job" but as a way of "studying what it is to work," says a Bennington spokesman, David Rees.
Since internships are often entry-level positions, if you're a graduate, you may want to check with your careers service at your university to see if they have any alumni or contacts to help you make introductions for securing an internship".
Career-related internships are often promoted as important opportunities for college students to explore their career options and gain valuable experience (Brooks, Cornelius, Greenfield, & Joseph, 1995).
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Access to internships is often restricted enough as it is – to enrolled students (sometimes at particular schools), to those with connections, to those using internship placement firms (increasingly common in the US), to those who can afford to work for zero or no pay.
Although most information about scientific internships targets undergraduates, managers who have identified the funds for an internship are often open to bringing on a Ph.D. to help work on their technical issues for short periods (usually 3 to 12 months).
The National Office for School Counselor Advocacy's Eight Essential Elements of College and Career Counseling (www.nosca.collegeboard.org) and the Own the Turf Campaign; Practicum and internship placements are often future employers.
There are rules about unpaid internships, and they are often widely ignored.
Summer internships are a good opportunity for current students: My advice for those still at university would be to apply for summer internship schemes, which are often open to current students only, but are usually paid, well structured and often provide opportunities either for a job offer or to bypass part of the assessment process for graduate schemes.
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