An important step has been taken this week towards making employers pay their interns, but to see real change interns themselves must take part in the debate.
And then, of course, there are always opportunities available on Craigslist, where a broker at Bond New York recently placed an advertisement calling for "licensed real estate interns".
As Mr. Kurisunkal — the real-life intern — later wrote on his blog, Park Avenue Peerage, parkavenuepeerage.wordpress.com, "I was weak in the knees".
Few businesses give interns real coding assignments or support them adequately.
The F.B.I. agent, who had attended law school at night under his real name, said the intern was mistaken.
In Kenya, the MPDB which bridges education and service could play an important role in aligning the two, such that medical education prepares graduates for real life responsibility as interns and the district hospitals offer adequate support for interns to fulfil that responsibility.
Having interns is no fun if you can't make them do whatever you want.A lot of companies hire interns instead of paid employees with no intention of ever giving the interns a real job.
But for most interns, the real prize is an end-of-summer job offer.
Please welcome to the bottom of the food chain an ambitious group willing to do anything, earn nothing and wake up early on a Sunday to fluff the couch cushions at your open house: the real estate broker's interns.
Several arts universities – UAL, Falmouth, Kingston, the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Goldsmiths – have decided not to advertise for unpaid work, in line with national minimum wage legislation that says that interns doing real work during set hours are entitled to payment.
