Thursday, January 21, 2010
Going once, going twice...sold to the unnpaid intern!
I know that the intern market is becoming a prosperous one, and I have heard of 'intern agencies' - where you pay a fee to actually FIND an unpaid internship...but this latest news blows me away: Versace recently auctioned off the opportunity to BE an UNPAID intern in their offices...
The article states: the internship will be "unpaid and requires paperwork for college credit. Duration is for 1 semester in the Fall, Spring, or Summer".
Now come on...it's one thing to be offered an unpaid internship through merit and a proper application (re: Ophelia's recent influx of internship offers!), but it's quite another to purchase this opportunity at auction!
I mean come on, how high would you bid for such an experience?!? What has this world come to!?!
Signing off for now...due to utter confusion...
F. xoxo
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hmm, glad to read your thoughts. i turned one down last week. didn't seem like the right move for me.
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This is BEYOND ridiculous! I am stunned! I cannot believe the world of internships has come to this! Terrible!! x Ophelia
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