Job-hunting university leavers are being warned against paying for services to help get them internships. A university careers adviser says it is "rubbing salt in the wound" to ask students to pay to find internships for which they will not even be paid.
There are websites charging hundreds of pounds for letters of introduction for internships. There are warnings the UK could follow the US example where wealthy parents can buy internships for their children. In a recent charity auction in the UK, work experience in the media was offered alongside a range of showbusiness prizes... read more
BBC, November 09
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