Internship

I will say this unequivocally: All college students need to have an internship. I promise many other job candidates will. Employers expect it. More than 90 percent of employers say that students should have at least one internship on their resume, one recent study found. And the summer internship search ...

Attorney Mindy Felinton has had a few college-age interns in the past. But this time, she's decided not to hire a 20-year-old girl with a budding interest in law. Instead, she wants to hire that girl's mom. Felinton was watching a "Today" show segment on "40-year-old interns," when the Washington, D.C.-area ...

By Brian Clapp If you've just graduated or are wrapping up an internship and find yourself in job-seeker mode, you've probably been inundated with the career cliche: "It's not what you know, but who you know." Those are nine very scary words for anyone without many professional contacts. (And who are ...

By Alison Green Internships can be incredible learning experiences, but they can also harm your reputation if you don't conduct yourself professionally during them. Here are the top 10 mistakes interns make, and how they can avoid them: ...

By Whitney Parker Social media management is a trending career path for 2012, and entry-level strategists are in high demand. In nearly every industry nationwide and even globally, businesses are turning to young, tech-savvy professionals to help them navigate social networks - seeking more sales, better ...

By Heather Huhman Are you an intern, freelancer, or consultant getting ready for a new job? Congratulations! Are they asking you to work for free? Bummer. Unfortunately, some people assume that if you're not an official "employee," you don't need to be paid. Some people may ask to "pick your brain," for a ...

By Heather Huhman Great news, students: Internship and co-op recruiting for the year 2011-2012 projections indicate that hiring is up. In fact, according to the Collegiate Employment Research Institute's latest report, 70% of organizations plan to seek interns and co-ops for spring and summer roles in ...

NEW YORK -- The dream of using an internship as a gateway to an entry-level job is back. Employers plan to increase their summer internship hires by 8.5% in 2012, the biggest year-over-year increase since before the recession, according to a survey of 280 companies put out last week by the National ...

How do I know when it's an appropriate time to hire interns for my startup? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world's most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to ...