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<blockquote data-quote="Justice C. Bigler" data-source="post: 39876" data-attributes="member: 74">Re: Interns, and the use thereofFor me, bullet points numbers 2 and 4 are the most telling for an internship:Most people/companies/organizations look on interns as a source of free or cheap labor. When in reality the intention of the internship if for the intern to learn something or gain some level of experience in a particular field before jumping head first into the cold hard workspace.If you are doing work that is fundamental to an organization&#039;s operations, like accounting, then you deserve to be paid at least the entry level wages for the industry. And frankly, getting coffee and doughnuts&nbsp; for some junior A&amp;R exec doesn&#039;t cut it.I think internships are an important and grossly under utilized aspect of our educational and career training system. The opportunity to work closely with someone who is more experienced and knowledgeable in a field that you are interested in is something that has been lost since the beginning of the industrial revolution. I think we would do well to get back to a more of a Master/Apprentice relationship in many fields.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Justice C. Bigler, post: 39876, member: 74"] Re: Interns, and the use thereof For me, bullet points numbers 2 and 4 are the most telling for an internship: Most people/companies/organizations look on interns as a source of free or cheap labor. When in reality the intention of the internship if for the intern to learn something or gain some level of experience in a particular field before jumping head first into the cold hard workspace. If you are doing work that is fundamental to an organization's operations, like accounting, then you deserve to be paid at least the entry level wages for the industry. And frankly, getting coffee and doughnuts for some junior A&R exec doesn't cut it. I think internships are an important and grossly under utilized aspect of our educational and career training system. The opportunity to work closely with someone who is more experienced and knowledgeable in a field that you are interested in is something that has been lost since the beginning of the industrial revolution. I think we would do well to get back to a more of a Master/Apprentice relationship in many fields. [/QUOTE]

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