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Are you a student struggling to find an internship?

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Syringer

Lifer
Wow this is just great for class equality..

http://www.ncpa.org/newdpd/dpdarticle.php?article_id=3472

In the spring of 2006, internships at Morgan Stanley, NBC, Miramax, WebMD, Electronic Arts and a host of other companies were put out to bid at auctions across the country, with bids ranging from $2,000 to $5,000. Schools say these internships have strong appeal at charity auctions with parents who seem them as resume builders for college applications, while companies say they view these internships as charitable contributions with a unique return: mentoring young talent from top schools...
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It's always a good thing to donate to charity, but that aspect of the idea seems to be a cover up in order to make the practice more appealing..i.e. if someone accuses the parents of over sheltering their kids they can just say "oh well but it was for charity!"

I wonder what a kid says when an employer sees this on his resume though..especially if he/she is grossly underqualified for the internship, which would be why their parents would need to buy them one..I can't imagine a place like Morgan Stanley giving them a huge deal of responsibility if they have to resort to this.

"Oh you worked at Morgan Stanley, what'd you do?"
"I went around the office getting lunch and coffee for everyone."
 
i think its a good idea, but what if you suck at life? you still get an internship? sucks for people that are good but have no money...i wonder if AA or another good airline will be offering this >.>
 
This is absolutely horrid. Most schools should already have co-op systems in place to help students get valuable internship experience, this ****** just makes me sick. :roll:
 
Yeh. That's definitely lame.

This is something that dmcowen674 might actually have a legitimate thing to bitch about.
 
i have an internship at morgan stanley!

...it wasnt paid for though (at least i don't think so 😛) .. all i did was place my resume on craigslist, and they came to meeeeee.
 
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