Many workplaces have interns, helpful young students who volunteer in return for some practical experience (the Crikey intern gets our coffee!). But what are the legal issues of an intern in the office? Anthony O’Donnell explains.
Interns
What not to do as an intern
A handy guide for young creative types heading out to do internships. And no, it’s not quite the ‘be on time’ and ‘offer ideas’ guide that most usually are…
A how-to guide for interns
We love our interns here at Crikey. Mainly because they bring us coffee. But there are plenty of horror stories of miserable interns stuck with greedy bosses and menial tasks.
Internships: no longer a boozy, money filled summer
A few years ago being an intern at a big US law firm or bank meant good cash, lots of job opportunities and fancy parties. Now there is little or no money and the wining or dining is dead.
The secret life of publishing interns
Publishing may have the reputation of being a sexy, glamour job but what it is like if you’re just starting out? Estelle Tang interviews the lucky recipients of the Australian Publishers Association internships to get the real story.
Homeless blogger scores Elle internship
Blogger,”Bri” lives in a Wal-Mart parking lot and, as of next month, is the newest recruit at Elle magazine. The charming story of how she scored the gig offers some hope for the future of both humanity and journalism.
Vanity Fair tortures intern with cable news hell
Thomas Kaplan is Vanity Fair’s summer intern. Instead of tackling the usual work-experience tasks of filing and coffee-making, he has been given a special brief: watch 24-hour cable news channels for four days straight. Oh, and they’re broadcasting the whole thing live.
Nepotism at work: celebrity media interns
Riding their family names into gigs that should probably go to journalism graduates, this year’s celeb intern class includes Elyssa Spitzer at The Huffington Post, Theo Spielberg at New York magazine and Tallulah Willis at Harper’s Bazaar.
Budding journo bids $13,000 for HuffPo internship
A charity auction for a two- or three-month internship at the Huffington Post has collected bids as high as $13,000, in a sign of just how bad the media job market has become.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Unpaid journalistic internships: rort or opportunity?
Crikey readers debate the role of unpaid internships at The Punch, the controversial ABS unemployment figures and the Melbourne-Sydney divide.
