No Pay? Many Interns
Say, "No Problem"_Jennifer Halperin BABABSWFirst YearCom. English
No Pay? Many Interns Say,
"No Problem"
- Jennifer Halperin
Halperin talks about unpaid college
internship and opportunities the students receives through college credit
exchange program. She mentions there is an interesting debate among people on
unpaid internship. Yet it doesn't dissuade students from applying to the
internship program. The inductively structured essay is concluded after
bringing series of reviews on the topic.
According to Halperin the factors
that make internships attractive to college students and recent graduates are:
Internship gives them opportunity to get an exposure
to professional world
It offers them to gain
useful professional skills and experience.
She is surprised by the
results because paid internships don't always attract the most candidates. On
the contrary, the location and intern duties play a large role in luring
students to apply.
Halperin notices a common theme in
her discussions with recent and about to be graduates. They prefer
internship in any case. Intern with paid incentives are better yet unpaid
internships were also beneficial if they offered real- world, practical
experiences. They take unpaid internships as an important lesson.
According to this essay, internships
can be limited. Its accessibility gets limited among them who have the financial
support from someone else to survive them.
The survey revealed that internships
are worthy trends for the interns because of the real-world experience and
skill. Interns can grow the connections and networks which can lead them to
promising jobs eventually. They can learn unlearned skills from the
classroom.
However, internship can cause work
load which they may not be able to afford. Many offices can be unloading the
burden of the employers without giving interns proper guidance. Likewise there is
always a possibility for them being given some menial tasks.
Halperin wrote this essay to survey
on the perspectives of internship among the students. She wanted to find out
the impact and views on paid and unpaid internship since it was a topic of debate.
Her position in this essay is to
showcase the value of internship and perspectives of interns. She completely
asserts that its a choice of intern to find a worth in working in any office
regardless of any financial benefits.
The intended audience for this essay
are those people who are making statement against unpaid internship.
I think her job of internship
coordinator might have influenced her point of view on this subject. She has
brought more of a positive aspects of internship. She hasn't mentioned them who
might have negative feedback.