Jennifer Halperin No Pay

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In ‘No pay? Many interns say, ‘no problem’‘ article on AOL, Jennifer Halperin writes about the growing debate regarding internships. Particularly the fact that a lot of intern positions are unpaid, which many people agree and disagree with. However, people who actually apply and go to these internships don’t actually have a problem doing their internship for “free”, with strong and solid arguments for unpaid internships such as acquiring experience and getting to see what working in this field really is all about. But, there are also good arguments against unpaid internships, such as people who already live in financial constraints, would really dislike unpaid internships regardless of the benefits they would gain. Even with such arguments

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