Offering unpaid positions for what should be a paid job is against the law in Australia. What should graduates do then if they’re looking to get a foot in the employment door?
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A ‘learn local’ strategy, along with increased residency positions and the return of a rotating internship could go a long way towards improving Canada’s system of medical training.
In a victory for meritocracy, sandwich placements overwhelmingly go to the brightest students, irrespective of their background.
When a degree is not enough, how can students make themselves more employable?
Legal or not, unpaid internships are likely to continue as long as people face barriers breaking into the workforce and some employers see the opportunity for free labour.
Technology is currently not at the forefront of how work-integrated learning is designed and this is something educators need to address.
Work Integrated Learning includes placements, internships and work experience. It is increasing as students are expected to be more work-ready and to contribute to the economy post-graduation.
Budding journalists should apply for our three-month paid internship with The Conversation’s science and technology team.
Work placements are leaving many students with high debts.
Rust Belt youth often want to stay near home but can’t find jobs. The key may be in educational initiatives that help young people find and acquire the jobs that are already readily available.
A new study quantifies unpaid work experience in Australia and shows how some young people miss out.
Students who complete internships at university are better at managing their careers and are satisifed with their career choices, research shows.
Internships can have direct and indirect costs that may exclude some who can’t afford them.
There isn’t a lot of research on whether an internship will secure you a job.
Employers run the risk of breaking the law if they are getting interns to do work that otherwise would be done by paid employees.
The path to employment is not easy for a young person. Follow the lines in our flow chart to see the many different pathways young people might have to take to secure a job.
It is time to have an open and honest discussion about who is – and isn’t – being trained to secure the future of our world’s health at the World Health Organization headquarters.
Even though America claims to be a society based on hard work and meritocracy, rewards go only to those with the right college degree.
The use of unpaid internships in the human rights sector has ballooned in recent years. While human rights bodies have employed interns in a general work experience capacity for decades, the last few years…
In Australia, interns rarely get paid. Students and prospective employees undertake internships in order to skill themselves in the industry they wish to work in and to get a foot in the door. Issues arise…
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Associate Professor of Adult and Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Education, Concordia University
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Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
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Project Assistant at the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor / Director of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) programs, ECU School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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