The Unpaid Internship

The funny side of the saddest part of the job market

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The Evolution of the Unpaid Internship

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The Further Evolution of the Unpaid Internship 

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The Evolution of the Modern Unpaid Internship 

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A generation of college grads are sadly arriving at this harsh reality 

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At the turn of the century, many fled Europe to escape crushing student loan debt. 

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Another harsh reality. 

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...and an entire generation of unpaid interns came to this great nation. 

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Sounds pretty crazy in any profession.

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You’ll be filed right behind the guy who didn’t intern with us. 

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"The federal Fair Labor Standards Act sets out a six-part test to determine whether an internship can be unpaid. The internship must be similar to "training which would be given in an educational environment," run primarily for the intern's benefit and involve work that doesn't replace that of paid employees..

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...State Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian said businesses that rely on unpaid interns can easily skirt the law by assigning them duties normally carried out by paid workers."

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The American Dream, Revisited

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Unpaid Internships Must Be Destroyed

"Calling more and more jobs “internships” was just an attempt to wring every last ounce of free labor out of young people." 

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The New American Dream: It's Not What You Think

"Today, more Americans dream not of affluence, but of basic financial stability."

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For all the “old hats” who don’t get what all the fuss is about.

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Who hasn’t thought about trying this at least once?

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Boy, what a sucker

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Admit it. Haven’t we all had this realization at some point?