Internships

The One Area Hiring's On The Rise? Low-Paid Internships

NYT | HILLARY CHURA | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business


In boom times, companies with too much work for existing employees -- yet not enough work to justify another hire -- may have turned to temporary work...

Slacked off This Summer? Time to Turn up the Heat!

Lindsey Pollak | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living


Lindsey Pollak

While many recent grads have spent the summer hustling for jobs, completing internships and taking summer classes, I have a hunch that others have acquired deep tans, toned abs and a slew of ticket stubs from summer concerts.

(VIDEO) Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato Responds to Rumors

Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment


Jeff Rivera

We asked Ugly Betty'sMark Indelicato about some of the latest rumors about him. 2009-08-25-UglyBetty.jpg

The Human Element: Is Your Internship Program Helping or Hurting?

Jon Younger | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


Jon Younger

A strong internship program is a powerful tool for attracting top talent; companies can build a strong relationship with schools or other talent pools. But they can also be a reputational WMD.

Students Pay Services to Obtain Unpaid Internships

nytimes.com | GERRY SHIH | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business


With paying jobs so hard to get in this weak market, a lot of college graduates would gladly settle for a nonpaying internship. But even then, they ar...

'Twintern': Meet The 22-Year-Old Intern Who Tweets For Pizza Hut

The Big Money | Caitlin McDevitt | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business


Most people measure the workday in hours, but for a new crop of employees--interns in charge of their companies' Twitter feeds--the day is measured in...

Career Advice for Kids

Marilyn Machlowitz | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York


Marilyn Machlowitz

The situation is either the kid has graduated in May and is now beginning to look for a job. Or, if the kid, has been out of school longer, in a job, but is wondering what to do next.

Fox Business' 24-Year-Old Reporter Getting "Crash Course" On Wall Street

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media


24-year-old Matt Egan of Edison, NJ has been covering the stock market for Fox Business Network since September 2007, after graduating from the Colleg...

Why Get Paid For A Job When You Can Work For Free?

Emily Bracken | Posted 07.24.2009 | Comedy


Emily Bracken

There are jobs to be had, just maybe not where you were looking. Just add "intern" or "free" to any search and you'll come upon hundreds of hits.

Still Searching For A Fruitful Summer Internship? Consider Farming

nytimes.com | Kim Severson | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living


They come armed with little more than soft hands and dog-eared copies of Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma," which takes a dim view of industri...

What Is a Vanity Internship?

Lilit Marcus | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy


Lilit Marcus

The vanity internship: A position taken by a person who is already rich and famous but thinks it would be fun to go into an office every day and 'work.'

Why Gen-Y is Kinda Screwed

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business


Martha St Jean

Being smart, young and Ivy League educated does not keep you from being one of the twelve million four hundred sixty-seven thousand of Americans out of a job.

Executive Interns -- Reinventing Yourself over 40

Linda Franklin | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living


Linda Franklin

The Human Resources Department couldn't believe I -- a woman over age 40 -- wanted to be an intern, but after I sold them on the idea, they offered me a job.

Web 101: A New Model For Women In The Workplace

Los Angeles Times | Geraldine Baum | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living


Reporting from New York -- Sitting in a bare cubicle, with her reading glasses perched halfway down her nose and typing away on a laptop she'd brought...

Experienced Professionals Wanted: For Free Internships

Los Angeles Times | Geraldine Baum | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business


Reporting from New York -- Sitting in a bare cubicle, with her reading glasses perched halfway down her nose and typing away on a laptop she'd brought...