Unpaid Internships

Students and prospective students would be affected because internships can provide students with the necessary work experience and skills required to get a job in their field. Improving our existing internship program can assure that both current and prospective students are marketable and prepared when entering the workforce.

"You make 'em, I amuse 'em.", was Theodor Seuss Geisel’s famous answer when asked how he could write so well for kids when he was childless himself (Seuss). Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as “Dr. Seuss”, was a brilliant and creative author and illustrator of successful children’s books known today. Some of Geisel’s well-known works would include classics such as “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham”. These books, along with many more, contributed greatly to the education of beginner readers. Geisel’s life, from start to finish, reflected the skill and heart he had to influence America’s youth through stories that would last a lifetime.

In Book V, Socrates introduces the ideology that in order for women to have the same potential to become guardians as men, they must receive the same proper education and training. During this time period in ancient Greece, women had very few rights. Additionally, most were unable to read or write, and had no role whatsoever in political affairs. Why does Socrates so quickly go against the grain, and give women the same opportunity to become guardians as men?

He states, “Three-quarters of the 10 million students enrolled in America’s four-year colleges and universities will work as interns at least once before graduating … Between one-third and half will get no compensation for their efforts” (499 - 500). This evidence is relevant since it clearly supports the author’s claim that colleges allow unpaid internship. This may not necessarily imply that the colleges are bad, but this clearly shows the high occurrence of such cases. It shows the high number of students who do not get paid while working as interns. The information was taken from established research institutes, therefore the evidence is credible. The College Employment Research Institute conducts an annual survey of national employers seeking their intentions for hiring new college graduates ("College Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University"), while the Intern Bridge is the nation’s premier college recruiting, consulting and research firm (http://www.internbridge.com/). However, there was no information about the date when the statistic was taken or when the study was performed, and this made the evidence less sufficient. The evidence will be more sufficient if the date was mentioned and if it was current. Again, this evidence is addressed to students to present them with details about unpaid internship and be cautious when considering internship in their

Currently, there are no statutory or regulatory guidelines specifically designated for the consideration of the relationship between an employer and an intern. Even when courts have not been consistent in applying the FLSA six-factor test or Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., our client will be able to offer the unpaid internship by acting in good faith, having in place an unpaid internship letter and signing an arbitration agreement.

Our present day job market has seen a marked increase in competition among college graduates. Over the past 40 years, we have seen a 20 percent increase in bachelor’s degrees in citizens over the age of 25 (“Fast Facts” 1). This increase in degree holders has exacerbated the competition of our job markets and has forced workers to seek a further competitive edge. According to an annual survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, an astonishing 95 percent of employers said relevant work experience is a major aspect in hiring decisions, and approximately half of the surveyed employers wanted the experience to come from internships (Hansen 1). Hence, many college students find themselves taking unpaid internships as resume boosters. Although these internship experiences are significant in providing college students with practical skills, their ethicality is highly questionable. Unpaid internships exploit interns, widen socioeconomic disparity, and offer little future benefit to interns. This paper will begin by framing the problem and highlighting the importance of this phenomenon. Following that, the multiple perspectives on this issue will be discussed and an analysis of the pros and cons of unpaid internships will unravel that unpaid internships are inherently flawed. Lastly, the paper will acknowledge that completely abolishing unpaid internships is an

In the film Mulan, it displays many cultural aspects of what China was like in the Han dynasty. The film is about a girl called Mulan, who ignores her gender role as a female to secretly go in her father’s place in the army in fear of him dying and ends up saving all of China. I’ll be discussing two events that happened in this film to discuss the gender roles of women and family honour.

Students receive on-the-job experience prior to graduation, and the internship assists them in obtaining permanent employment. Facilities benefit from the opportunity to participate in and improve the formal education process. Quite often, students who complete professional practice experiences are later employed by the facility at which they completed the internship.

Some students participate in internships while in school to gain some practical experience (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Most employers prefer to hire computer engineers with at least 2 years of experience (Bureau of Labor Statistics). I am hoping to be an intern for Nvidia and work there for at least 2 years while in college. If not, I might look into working for AMD as an intern.

Daniel Miller writes, “Unpaid interns who had worked at Fox Searchlight Pictures filed a lawsuit five years ago alleging the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them for their work.” (July 12, 2016) This lawsuit could be instrumental on how Hollywood handles Interns. The companies need to take note and ensure their intern follows the guidelines of what an intern is. Our textbook lists six defining factors of a trainee for the FLSA on page 27 which should be circulated through all businesses. Furthermore, the former interns were rewarded the amount of $7,500 to $495 depending on the time they worked for the company. I believed company would have saved themselves the headache of a lawsuit by simply reading the guidelines for interns prior to hiring them. In conclusion, all three cases showed the general disregard for the law. All three companies would have benefited by doing some simple research of the Fair Labor Standards Act and what the law entails to avoid violating

Internship is a period of work experience offered by an employer to give people (usually college students and graduates) exposure to the working environment. It gives them an opportunity to get first-hand experience. The growing need for practical learning led to the emergence of internship. It helps to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience. Internships in any form- paid, unpaid or co-operative learning has now become a standard practice for college students. It has

Internships are extraordinary opportunities to learn and grow. Internships are mostly designed to expand the depth and the breadth of the academic learning in the particular areas of the study. Internship is an opportunity to receive experience in applying all formulas, methods, theories in the classroom to specific experiences in the real world and to see how it actually works.

Of course, it is preferable to get paid for work, but as a matter of fact to offer unpaid internship is often the only possibility for firms to offer internships at all.

An internship is no good if you do not make it work. Thus making the internship work for you is very important. To start out the student must want to direct their full attention to the internship because the internship is pretty much starting out their future. First impressions are usually suppose to be good so a student should not go into an internship thinking that it is going to be easy and that they can just blow through it. Internships should be beneficial for the students and the employer’s. The internship program coordinator should look for a few things when they are picking out the companies in which they are going to send their students to learn and gain experience. First off the firm in which you might be thinking about going into for an intern must have work for you to do. Sitting behind a desk all day staring out the window will not teach you anything. It also helps out when there are positive people surrounding the student intern. “For an internship to work, the firm’s principals must be available to supervise and teach.”(Berger 30) The student intern will usually have lots of questions and if there are good people around the intern to answer his or her questions and correct their mistakes then the internship will be quite beneficial.

Typically, internships are professional experiences that students participate in to gain professional skills and experiences. In this particular experience at Accounting Firm X I did in fact gain substantial professional skill while participating in new and challenging experiences. Internships allow in- class material to come to life in a practical manner. My internship did do this but not in a way that I had planned.