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Australia is behind the EU when it comes to properly remunerating interns despite employers valuing on-the-job experience. 
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The federal government's new Prepare, Trial and Hire Scheme, shortened erroneously to "PaTH", will have see jobseeking young people aged 15-24 offered internships for between four and 12 weeks in exchange for $200 a week on top of their usual jobseeker allowance. On paper it sounds great: young people doing it tough, getting a foot in the door with an employer. In reality it's the devaluing of young people, and the creation of a second class of workers, paid well below minimum wage and only valuable to business as long as the government keeps footing the bill.
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Explore five ways to adapt internships (from field trips to shadow days), or follow nine steps to make Nashville Big Picture High School's internship program your own.
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Internships can have direct and indirect costs that may exclude some who can't afford them.
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Employers run the risk of breaking the law if they are getting interns to do work that otherwise would be done by paid employees.
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What do you want to get out of your internship? We look at setting goals, getting feedback and navigating office politics. Are you business mature? Do you need a mentor to figure that out? What do employers want out of you, we have a list of seven things.Hosts, Buffy Gorrilla and Ben Pawson, talk to interns about their goals for their internship and what they want to get out of it. Plus what do they tell their supervisor they want to achieve - it might be different things… We help you navigate all the different office personalities and revel how often they think about you! We debunk imposter syndrome and explore ways of asking for things, one of the secrets of getting the most out of your internship.And if you have any stories about office politics or business maturity to share send them to: starting-somewhere@unimelb.com.au We would love to hear from you.
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Millennials aren’t choosy. We’d love to work full-time. But trying to start a career, for many, means taking on unpaid ‘internships’
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Students who complete internships at university are better at managing their careers and are satisifed with their career choices, research shows.
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There isn't a lot of research on whether an internship will secure you a job.
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