6 Ways to Be a Great Boss to Your Intern By Betsy Aimee Looking back on my early career, I realize that many of the skills that have helped me stay employed in the “real world” didn’t come from what I learned in lectures, but from the internships I pursued while I was […]
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May is National Foster Care Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections. National Foster Care Month, is a time for foster care advocates to renew
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The Olsen Twins Just Settled a Lawsuit With Dozens of Former Unpaid Interns The lead plaintiff claims she was hospitalized for dehydration because of her job with their fashion line. By Kate Storey Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s company moved to settle a class-action lawsuit with 185 former unpaid interns out of court this
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The Internship Mistake Small Businesses Can No Longer Afford to Make Anthonia Akitunde, Founder, mater mea Interns have been a cost-effective way for businesses to get work done for years. But if your company runs an unpaid internship program, chances are, you’re breaking the law. Unlike the death of print, Facebook and cable television,
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer Interns By Menlanie Brooks Each summer, college students across the country get a taste of the real world by participating in internships. It’s worth it for companies to put time and effort into developing a summer student program that benefits your business. This worthy
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How To Start an Internship Program At Your Company By Lauren Berger, “The Intern Queen” Attention Employers! This blog is written just for you. I get hundreds of employers contacting me each week and asking if they can start an internship program. The answer is, YES! I put together a few tips for
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Done Correctly, Your Internship Program Could Generate Serious Cash Five reasons you should see these young up-and-comers as more than mere coffee fetchers. By Heather R, Huhman At the IMA Financial Group in Denver, public relations manager James Williams knows firsthand the value of a great intern. Last summer, Williams and his office got to
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Why We Should Not Outlaw “Unpaid” Internships By Jennifer Schneible and Abigail R. Hall For a new college graduate, finding a job is stressful. That first job is more than a paycheck. The job represents the accumulation of hours of hard work and a start on a stable future. In a job market dominated
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Internships Are Not a Privilege By Darren Walker TALENT is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. And while many Americans believe fervently and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite. As the summer internship season gets into full swing, consider, for instance, how a plum internship may alter a
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Provide Support to Teen Boys in Foster Care Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2017 April 1, 2017 – May 5, 2017 Help us collect and donate backpacks filled with personal hygiene items to teen boys in group homes, foster homes, and homeless shelters. Backpacks will be delivered in May during National Foster Care Month.
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