Area business leaders learn ‘ins and outs’ of internships By Sarah Hite Hando at Times Leaders WILKES-BARRE — When Maureen Ciliberto was an intern “back in the day,” fetching coffee was one of the duties. “I was able to observe a lot, but I was more like extra help,” said Ciliberto, career […]
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Choosing the perfect intern the right way By Disha Kathuria The internship phase is the Rainbow Bridge or star gate on the career path. It is the transitory period where freshly moulded minds leave the safety of the theoretical world of books, assignments, and exams, for the practical world. Not only is this phase
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Unpaid internships devalue students (opinion piece) You want employment experience prior to graduation, and an internship seems like a logical course of action, but is it worth it, if you have to pay for it and possibly pay for it more than once? Unfortunately, this is often the case when it comes
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New York District Court Decision Provides New Guidance on the Second Circuit’s Intern-Employee Test Executive Summary: A recent Southern District of New York opinion brings clarity to the Second Circuit’s new intern-employee “primary beneficiary” test. The court in Wang v. Hearst Corporation (Aug. 24, 2016), held that unpaid interns working at magazines owned by
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Editorial: Reassessing Unpaid Internships As the job market becomes more competitive, students must find new ways to differentiate themselves from their peers. Unpaid internships have long been a way for college students to gain exposure to the types of work they would like to do in the future without a financial commitment on the
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Giving Internships A Facelift: More Compensation, More Equity By Aarthi Venkat To allow prospective applicants from all backgrounds to pursue internships, and to adequately compensate them for their labor, companies must make greater efforts to offer aid, pay, or – at the very least – college credit. Internships are designed to be
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