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The sad lesson learned from unpaid internships

Many companies and responsible executives talk about the importance of helping the next generation through mentoring, reading programs and other well-intentioned efforts. The whole concept of corporate social responsibility and sustainability seems geared to better equipping young people to inherit our social system, our work and our earth.

That’s why I’m so confused and upset about an insidious practice which seems to be proliferating — unpaid internships for college seniors and graduates. My recent exposure to college students as a visiting professor has opened my eyes to this unseemly corporate behavior and somebody needs to call it for what it is, wrong and shameful.

The young woman was ready to graduate and faced a choice between two "jobs." One offer would allow her to stay in her college town for a year or so, but it was outside her chosen field.

By: Tim McGuire

Full Story: http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/business_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2466_3881525,00.html

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