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Innula Zenovka

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Something tells me that job applicants aren't exactly busting down the doors to this wonderful opportunity.
I dunno. Depends where the internship is, I suspect.

Sarah Kendzior makes the point convincingly in Flyover Country, and I've seen it argued of internships in London, too, that the growth of unpaid internships as a pathway into a first paying job acts as an effective filter on candidates' socio-economic background -- that is, having the resources (or your family having them) to allow you to live in an expensive city like New York or London without taking a paid job becomes a prerequisite

If you're fortunate enough to be in such a position, then maybe your trust fund or whatever will stretch to paying for the seat until you can find a real job.

ETA Or, if not a prerequisite, certainly a route into a fast-track first job with a big-name employer, rather than having to build up a resumé elsewhere and apply later for higher-level positions.
 
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When I did Master's in Museum Science, the program that I went to specifically barred students from taking unpaid internships. Mostly to make the museum field see student work as having value. The museum field is often seen as elitist and locking working class students out of the good internships by not paying only bolsters that.

I was offered a "paid" internship at a major photography collection in Manhattan. For $250 a month. I declined.

The only exception to the unpaid internship rule was for international students interning at the Smithsonian, as working at a national museum helped them when they returned to their home country.
 

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unpaid internships as a pathway into a first paying job acts as an effective filter on candidates' socio-economic background -- that is, having the resources (or your family having them) to allow you to live in an expensive city like New York or London without taking a paid job becomes a prerequisite
Pithy: unpaid internships serve to filter people who pay bills from people whose parents pay their bills.

The only exception to the unpaid internship rule was for international students interning at the Smithsonian, as working at a national museum helped them when they returned to their home country.
Foreign parents pay their bills restricting positions to the very rich in many countries.
 

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I dunno. Depends where the internship is, I suspect.

Sarah Kendzior makes the point convincingly in Flyover Country, and I've seen it argued of internships in London, too, that the growth of unpaid internships as a pathway into a first paying job acts as an effective filter on candidates' socio-economic background -- that is, having the resources (or your family having them) to allow you to live in an expensive city like New York or London without taking a paid job becomes a prerequisite

If you're fortunate enough to be in such a position, then maybe your trust fund or whatever will stretch to paying for the seat until you can find a real job.

ETA Or, if not a prerequisite, certainly a route into a fast-track first job with a big-name employer, rather than having to build up a resumé elsewhere and apply later for higher-level positions.
Am I the only one that sees just how wrong all that is? Take away the silver spoons and you get assTrumpets and BoJo Clowns. So best to just put those silver spoons back in the silverware box and only use them on special occasions.
 

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Don't tell Senator Bernie Sanders...
 
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Why not? He's no sort of socialist. A left-wing populist, maybe, but he's not what I'd consider a socialist.
He calls himself a democratic socialist, so you'll have to argue with Bernie about that (enjoy!).
 
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He calls himself a democratic socialist, so you'll have to argue with Bernie about that (enjoy!).
He can call himself anything he likes, but Is he a member of a party that's affiliated with the Socialist International, or any other socialist organisation?
 
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He can call himself anything he likes, but Is he a member of a party that's affiliated with the Socialist International, or any other socialist organisation?
I'm sorry, but are you actually saying you can't be hold or believe in a political ideology if you don't belong to the right organizations?
 
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