One of the founders, Dreama Lee, said in an interview that the company advocated only internships that provided valuable training in exchange for labor.
Only internships required for graduation (paid or unpaid) qualify to have the summer earnings requirement waived (currently, only Public Policy and Global Health majors have this requirement).
Otherwise, the only internships you should keep on your resume more long-term are ones that are powerful branders, such as a White House internship... Or something that will add immediate value and position you as a top performer.
But, no, it was a full-time, three-month, expenses-only internship.
A separate Guardian analysis of a graduate internships job board run by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills reveals that more than half its adverts are for unpaid or expenses-only internships – placements that could breach employment laws.
"Only one internship really paid an amount that I could scrape by on," Mr. Baird said: "In places like Vogue, I was getting paid $12 a day and working 25 to 30 hours a week.
As his position is only an internship, he will earn only €472 (£426; $534) for 96 hours of work each month.
And the job data base, whose listings are pretty paltry (there are currently only 6 internship listings, all in Canada), needs to be expanded in order for the site to really serve as a all-in-one solution to prospective interns.
Many internships with governmental groups, media companies and nonprofits often offer only unpaid internships, while students seek out volunteer opportunities that require travel and living expenses.
Only unpaid internships that build skill and meet the Department of Labor's six-part test are exempt from minimum-wage laws.
