An Unpaid Internship A Wise Move For Job Seekers - 3263 Words

Introduction Is taking an unpaid internship a wise move for job seekers to get started in their career path? Or is it worth for the interns working as cheap labor? During the last two decades, with the ebbs of economy more frequent than its flows worldwide, an outgrowth of tough employment market has triggered the explosion of unpaid internships which have, on the one hand, allowed private sector employers to minimize their business costs by leveraging the cheap labor, on the other, plunged job seekers into certain professions where they often willingly or passively work as low-cost labor for achieving expected career competitiveness. The so-called ‘exploitative internship’ thus founded a ground for the rise of intern economy. Many firms found that they could get away with paying minimum wage or paying nothing by offering college credit to interns, and/or arranging an express waiver that embedded in the implied employment contract or internships policies (Jessica Olha 2013, p 187). This practice has been extensively leveraged by employers in the labor market and made of the implication of intern economy. The disconnection between the legislation and employment practices in the market as the spin-off that has attracted widespread attention on ethics issues. The intern economy, therefore, has posed an argument to society is whether or not the internship is an inevitable career step or whether the internship is a sort of exploitation? This paper aims to investigate theShow MoreRelatedFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 PagesStrategic HRM 28 PART 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONTEXT OF HRM Equal Employment Opportunity 56 Employee Rights and Discipline 84 PART 3 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION Human Resource Planning and Job Analysis 110 Recruiting 132 Foundations of Selection 154 PART 4 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Socializing, Orienting, and Developing Employees 182 Managing Careers 208 PART 5 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Read MoreLibrary Management204752 Words   |  820 Pages210 The LIS Education and Human Resource Utilization Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 The Organizational Framework for Staffing . . . . . . . . . 216 Job Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Job Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Job Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Recruitment and Hiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Filling Vacant PositionsRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagescharging past Fidelity. Vanguard’s strategy is to downplay marketing, shunning the heavy advertising and overhead of its competitors. It provides investors with better returns through far lower expense ratios and relies mostly on word of mouth and unpaid publicity to General Wrap-Up †¢ 7 gain new customers, while old customers continue to pour in money. Is Vanguard vulnerable to aggressive new competitors? Ethical Mistakes Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, learned that its blockbuster arthritisRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages2011038674 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 10: 0-13-283487-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-283487-2 Brief Contents Preface xxii 1 2 Introduction 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Individual 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Diversity in Organizations 39 Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 69 Emotions and Moods 97 Personality and Values 131 Perception and Individual Decision Making 165 Motivation Concepts 201 Motivation: From Concepts to Applications 239 3 The Group 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Foundations of Group Behavior