Unpaid INternships: Why do you do it?

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>“why WOUDNT they hire unpaid interns who are equally if not more ambitious than some paid employee?”</p>

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<p>I don’t know. Maybe because of labor laws. </p>

<p>“If you’re a for-profit employer or you want to pursue an internship with a for-profit employer, there aren’t going to be many circumstances where you can have an internship and not be paid and still be in compliance with the law,” </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;