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Homework Four
Why Students Shouldn't Take Unpaid Internships实习生
The cost of college is going up—again—but not in the way you think. Sure, tuition at
both public and private colleges and universities is hitting record levels 达到创纪录
的水平across the country. But then there’s the matter of paid internships. Not the
ones that pay you—the ones that, one way or another, you end up paying for yourself.
Here’s the deal. Employers like to see internships on the résumé简历. Three quarters
of those surveyed by the Association of American Colleges and Universities said they
want students to obtain real-world know-how 实际的知识“through internships and
other hands-on 亲身实践的experiences.” Colleges and universities are listening.
According to a research, 60 percent of students say internships are now mandatory强
制的 for graduation at their schools. The result: more than half the class of 2011 had
at least one internship, according to the National Association of Colleges and
Employers.
The high demand for internships in this gloomy economy ends up translating into lots
of free labor for companies. Nearly half the 2011 grads were not paid for their work.
At not-for-profits非营利的, that’s OK (at least in the eyes of the law). But when it
comes to for-profit companies, it’s an issue. The Department of Labor劳工部 has six
conditions that must be met for unpaid internships at for-profit companies to be legal.
The internship has to benefit the intern (not the company), for one thing. The intern
can’t displace免职 a regular employee, for another. The biggie,名人 however, is that
the internship must be “similar to training ... given in an educational environment.”
That’s been interpreted解释翻译 to mean unpaid internships at for-profit companies
are legit 合法的as long as students receive academic credit. But to get those credits,
in more than 70 percent of cases, you’ll generally have to pay your university for
them—often substantially.大量的本质的