And this is a lot more prevalent these days. This wasn't the only flyer offering "real world experience" for no pay on that board, but it was the one that got me. Also, notice that these postings have to be "approved" before going up (and really, why didn't the approval people catch this).
Say, isn't there a law forbidding unpaid internships? Why, yes there is. I believe this position fails on all 6 of the criteria. Fuckers.
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Sadly, this is pretty widespread out in Cali as well. When I was in grad school there was a local TV station that was infamous for using unpaid interns to run most of its operation, then snubbing them even for petty references.
Lots of people posting BS "startup opportunities" as well; i.e., "Hey, I wanna be an internet maven! Build me an entire site and make it work and profitable, then when I become a millionaire you can say you worked with me!"
I love how you're supposed to get real world experience from someone who needs to be taught FaceBook.
And in this economy, they probably have people lining up hoping it will turn into a paying job.
CoreKnell, yeah, I'm seeing a lot more of it. And it's no longer preying on the newly minted student anymore. IF you look at hospitals and how they use "volunteer" labor, you can see the same thing. Going through retraining I'm being heavily lobbied to do volunteer work.
Nathan, that part got me as well. I think what they meant to say was, "get something you can put on your resume" as well as the "you don't know what the real world is like, and Facebook and LinkedIn isn't the real world."
Vince, you're probably right. In fact, I know you're right.
When we have classes again (this was posted at my college), I'm going to write on this flyer explaining how this is an illegal practice. It was my innate "good do-erness" that kept me from doing so on Monday. The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
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