Comments on: When Is An Internship Not An Internship?

By: Awign.com

Awign.com — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:23:18 +0000

Quite an insightful read on the why & what of an internship..

By: B.ganga keerthi

B.ganga keerthi — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:35:11 +0000

I’m a beginner.how to start internship?any suggestions

By: Ken Caldeira

Ken Caldeira — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 05:39:55 +0000

In my group, we have a policy that we pay interns at least minimum wage.

If you are not paying them minimum wage, then there is always a question regarding the extent to which the internship is education and the extent to which it is exploitation.

Minimum wage is not enough to live on, anyway. It is the least we could do. On the other hand, we work with very few interns.

By: Chad Thompson

Chad Thompson — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:37:03 +0000

We’ve had a handful of interns here at Monkey C Media and I have to say we refer to the six key factors given by the Department of Labor.

1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern;
3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff;
4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;
5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship; and
6. The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.