...RUNNING HEAD: Unpaid Internships Exploiting Students: Harsh Reality of Unpaid Internships In the article “Jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships,” Stephen Greenhouse writes about the harsh reality of internships in the United States (2012). Greenhouse, the labor and workforce reporter for The New York Times, explains in his article the specific stories of unpaid interns and lawsuits filed against companies who did not compensate these individuals. The internship programs that Greenhouse reports on oppress both women and men with unfair work expectations and poor opportunities for advancement. With the help of this article and other supporting materials, I will clarify the relationship between these unpaid, exploited students and the material covered in my Women Studies class. In the article, Greenhouse points out that since 1985, the unemployment rate for graduates twenty-four years old and younger has risen 9.4 percent (Greenhouse, 2012). Speculators estimate that this number is increasing so rapidly because of students’ willingness to work for free in internship positions. The article explains this phenomenon stating that many students feel this is the best way to get a foot in the door with a possible future employer. More and more businesses are refusing to hire students who have not completed an internship program. However, Greenhouse explains that even after the completion of an interning program, many students are left uneducated about the type of...
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...1309-6249 THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMES IN AN ODL INSTITUTION: A CASE FOR THE ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY Richard BUKALIYA Zimbabwe Open University, Mashonaland East Region, Marondera, ZIMBABWE ABSTRACT Several studies done elsewhere have indicated and concluded that a gap really exists between the quality of graduates produced and what the market demands (Mpairwe, 2010). For this and other reasons, training institutions and employers have accepted the need to seek mitigatory steps to bridge the gap. Among other steps, institutions of learning have introduced internship programmes also referred to as field attachment in some of their degree and non-degree programmes. There has also been the realisation that imparting the relevant practical skills is a partnership between the training institution and the prospective employers through student internships. However, despite these positive intentions, interns on field attachment have faced serious challenges among which are insufficient time and lack of funding for the programmes. It is behind this background that the present study sought to establish the benefits and challenges faced by student interns at the Zimbabwe Open University. The study focussed on two of the university`s faculties: the Faculty of Science and technology and that of Applied Social Sciences. Most of the students on internship were from these faculties. Being quantitative in nature, the study employed the use of the questionnaire to solicit...
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...set up a National Internship Programme (NIP) and covert the existing Jobsbridge scheme into this framework. Overview The Jobsbridge scheme was primarily designed to help all who had difficulty in obtaining paid employment for more than 3 months. This was to be done by reserving a significant number of positions to only be applied for those who had been in receipt of social welfare payments for more than 3 months. In addition to this overarching aim, in my view an additional underlying motivation behind the Jobsbridge could be seen in it enabling young graduates to gain a foothold on the career ladder where they did not have the requisite practical work experience to make them an attractive option for many employers. This lack of work experience was an especial detriment in the jobs market as the impact of the recession was making itself known. Not only did the recession lessen the number of jobs available it also increased competition for those jobs as a large number of redundancies across the economy brought a large number of applicants for positions who had many years of experience in their sector. Young graduates were forced to compete for fewer entry level positions against those who had many years of experience in the particular sector and who were available to pursue these entry level positions due to redundancy. Maintain the existing criteria for Jobsbridge with some exceptions: 1) the nature of the applicant; 2) extension of the internships available; ...
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...Write a comment on the topic of internships. Where possible bring in own experiences. Over the last few years, the position of interns has been quite often in the limelight of the German press and usually, the tenor was that internships do more harm than good. The main complaints are that companies use interns to replace full-time jobs, that interns are usually underpaid - sometimes even unpaid - and furthermore are used to fulfill boring tasks such as copying and making coffee. Moreover, many people argue that is often impossible to get an internship without personal connections. Therefore, internships are seen as an one-sided deal that makes companies laugh all the way to the bank. In my view, these accusations are only justified in some cases. Certainly, there are companies and institutions where these accusations are true. From talking to friends I know that it is close to impossible to find an internship and therefore gain any work experience during university if one studies a subject that is not related to business or science. Moreover, these are usually also the people who have to agree to work for free if they want to gain some work experience that gives them an edge over other applicants after graduating. However, my viewpoint as a business student differs significantly from that of the above mentioned group and my university friends see eye to eye. I have done three internships and also, I have been a working student in two different companies, and I will enter my...
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...Not only does it challenge the idea of the university, even economically, it doesn’t make sense. We need the artistic skills of the arts and humanities to innovate and produce future technology – think for example of the iPad: technology meets art and design. The only reason why early Apple computers offered different fonts was because Steve Jobs, prior to being thrown out of university, had been on a calligraphy course. To be ‘employable’, you need a range of skills and attitudes – creative thinking is one of them. I think one of the reasons we get so muddled about this is because words like ‘employability’ are so easily confused with ‘employment’. People tend to think the two words are interchangeable, when in fact, this isn’t always the case....
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...General Banking Function of a Public Bank A study on Agrani Bank Limited (ABL) An Internship report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Prepared Under the Supervision of SaminaHaque Lecturer BRACBusinessSchool BRACUniversity Prepared By Md. Samiul Islam ID-05104119 Semester-Fall’2011 BRACBusinessSchool BRACUniversity SUBMISSION DATE-19 JANUARY, 2012 Letter of transmittal January 19, 20111 To SaminaHaque Lecturer BRACBusinessSchool BRACUniversity Subject: Submission of Internship Report Dear Ms. SaminaHaque: I am very much grateful to you for presenting herewith the Internship Report, as partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA] program requirement. It is really an enormous prospect for me to congregate vast information and grasp the subject matter in an appropriate way. The report gave me the opportunity to know the practical implication of “General banking function of a public bank” An attempt has been made in this report to identify the financial management techniques followed by the Agrani Bank Limited and problems facing when implemented. I have tried my best to fulfill the requirements of this report. I am not anticipating that my analysis will assist you to provide a clear idea about ongoing activities of Agrani Bank Ltd. but you will find this report praiseworthy as I have put my best effort and labor on it. I am extremely obliged to you for your valuable...
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...Nikki Starnes November 28, 2011 3rd &4th block Anesthesiologists An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who cares for a patient before, during and immediately following a surgical or medical procedure by administering the appropriate anesthesia and monitoring the patient for reactions and complications, and to ensure comfort and manage pain. Some of the primary responsibilities of an anesthesiologist include examining the patient to determine the type of anesthetic needed, communicating all relevant information to the appropriate medical practitioners, and administering local, intravenous, or spinal anesthetic to the patient. Anesthesiologists meet with the patient prior to the surgical procedure to evaluate their condition and to review their medical history, they will explain the procedure to the patient so that they know what to expect. During surgery, an anesthesiologist carefully monitors the patient's vital signs—including heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, breathing, and kidney function—and adjusts anesthetics as needed. When surgery is finished, the recovery phase begins. The anesthesiologist administers medications to reverse the effects of the anesthetic, returning the patient to consciousness if a general anesthetic has been used. After surgery, patients are moved to a recovery room, where the anesthesiologist is still responsible for the patient's vital functions. In the recovery room, nurses and other specially trained staff closely monitor the patient...
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...BLAW 2210 Term Paper Career Preparation My top two career choices are corporate financial analysis in investment banking and actuary. I will be discussing the legal environment of my career choices, taxing authorities, entity structure, graduate school in order to obtain certain license, self-assessment of my chosen careers. First, I will discuss how I can work as a corporate financial analysis in investment banking. After that, I will talk about what I need prepare to be an actuary. 1.corporate financial planning and analysis The responsibility of a corporate financial planing and analysis is to support management planning and decision making by identifying, maintaining, and evaluating information,as well as recommending actions. * Legal environment * Entity structure Investment banking is concerned with the primary function of assisting the capital market in its function of capital market intermediation, i.e. the movement of financial resources from those who have them means investors, to those who need to make use of them means issuer for generating profit. Therefore, it can be inferred that investment banks are those institutions that are the counterparts of banks in the capital market in the function of intermediation in resources allocation. Investment banks carried on carious activities it helps companies and governments and their agencies to raise money by issuing and selling securities in the primary market. They assist public and private corporations...
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...Guidelines for UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowships (4YF) Table of Contents A. Guide for 4YF Award Holders 1. Eligibility for Funding 2. Selection of 4YF Recipients 3. Award Notification and Acceptance 4. Award Start Dates 5. Duration of Funding 6. Award Values 7. Payment of Funding 8. Requirement to Apply for Other Funding 9. Progress Reports 10. Interruption and Termination of Funding 11. Transferring between Doctoral Programs 12. Internships 13. Employment 14. Taxation B. Guide for UBC Graduate Programs 1. Allocation of 4YF places 2. Selecting 4YF Recipients 3. Making 4YF Offers to Students 4. Notifying the Faculty of Graduate Studies of Recipients 5. Re-offering 4YF Places 6. Banking 4YF places 7. Transferring between Doctoral Programs 8. 4YF Reports 9. 4YF Allocation Formula www.grad.ubc.ca/awards Last revised 3 October 2012 Page 1 Guide for 4YF Award Holders 1. Eligibility for Funding a) Four Year Fellowships may be held by PhD, DMA, and MD/PhD students b) Four Year Fellowships may be held by domestic and international students c) Four Year Fellowships funding is conditional on the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress Back to top 2. Selection of 4YF Recipients Students become 4YF recipients in one of three ways: a) Graduate programs select 4YF recipients from among their incoming and continuing PhD, DMA, and MD/PhD students (4YF-G) b) PhD, DMA, and MD/PhD students who are awarded a Killam Doctoral Scholarship...
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...Maria Hernandez Mod 170 Ms. Lily Anesthesiology An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who cares for a patient before, during and immediately following a surgical or medical procedure by administering the appropriate anesthesia and monitoring the patient for reactions and complications, and to ensure comfort and manage pain. Some of the primary responsibilities of an anesthesiologist include examining the patient to determine the type of anesthetic needed, communicating all relevant information to the appropriate medical practitioners, and administering local, intravenous, or spinal anesthetic to the patient. Anesthesiologists meet with the patient prior to the surgical procedure to evaluate their condition and to review their medical history, they will explain the procedure to the patient so that they know what to expect. During surgery, an anesthesiologist carefully monitors the patient's vital signs—including heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, breathing, and kidney function—and adjusts anesthetics as needed. When surgery is finished, the recovery phase begins. The anesthesiologist administers medications to reverse the effects of the anesthetic, returning the patient to consciousness if a general anesthetic has been used. After surgery, patients are moved to a recovery room, where the anesthesiologist is still responsible for the patient's vital functions. In the recovery room, nurses and other specially trained staff closely monitor the patient under the supervision...
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...S PONSORED P ROGRAMS O FFICE ADMINISTRATION POLICY Muncie, Indiana 47306-0155 Sponsored Programs are externally funded activities which fit within the mission Ball State University, and which are carried out under the direction of the faculty or staff members in fulfillment and furtherance of their various roles in the academic community. In the past decade, Ball State University has experienced growth in activities which are categorized as Sponsored Programs, with the potential for additional growth into the future. With growth comes the need for clarity in policies and procedures to be followed in the administration of these activities in order to meet University and sponsor requirements, and to provide the best possible support and service to all parties involved. It is important Sponsored Programs are identified as such and that each award is routed through the appropriate offices to assure that the acceptance and administration of these activities meet both University and sponsor requirements and that various technical, legal, and financial issues be properly addressed. I. ELEMENTS OF A SPONSORED PROGRAM Whether an external funding falls within the definition of a Sponsored Program is determined by the presence of most of the following elements: Commitment from an External Sponsor: A written commitment from the sponsor, which follows receipt and acceptance of a proposal, may take various forms such as a grant agreement, contract, purchase order, or a letter of...
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...IS A FIELD STUDY? The field study is an integral part of the HDSR Program, and is the basis for much of the upper level course work required by our majors. The field study allows students to: • gain experience in integrating the theoretical perspectives learned in the classroom with experiences gained in the field; • achieve insight into the workings of an organization; • become more conscious of the relationship of social roles, institutional dynamics, and larger cultural systems. When students return to campus, Field Study Seminar assists students in analyzing and interpreting their experiences, culminating in a major academic paper. An HDSR field study differs from a conventional internship or practicum in important ways. The main difference lies in the purpose. The primary purpose of a conventional internship or practicum is for the student to perform a job and learn skills that will be useful in a future career. In contrast, the HDSR Field Study is an ethnographic research project. Its main purpose is for the student to hone his or her analytical skills and gain insight into the dynamics of the organization in larger societal context. That is not to say that the job, in and of itself, is not important. HDSR students are expected to work diligently, and make every effort to contribute to the organization in positive ways, along with the added dimension of observing and analyzing the organization. An HDSR field study might be thought of as a conventional internship/practicum...
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...A Review of Business–University Collaboration Professor Sir Tim Wilson DL February 2012 Preface Just as castles provided the source of strength for medieval towns, and factories provided prosperity in the industrial age, universities are the source of strength in the knowledge‐based economy of the twenty‐first century. Lord Dearing, September 2002 The words of Lord Dearing continue to ring true. The economic and social prosperity of the UK depends upon a healthy knowledge‐based economy. In our globally competitive economic environment, never before has there been a greater need for a talented, enterprising workforce, for constant innovation in product and service development, for a thriving culture of entrepreneurship, for dynamic leading‐edge scientific and technological development and for world‐class research that attracts investment. In collaboration with business, and with the support of government, the UK university sector has the capability to fulfil Lord Dearing’s vision: to be the source of strength in the UK’s knowledge based economy of the twenty first century. Universities are an integral part of the skills and innovation supply chain to business. However, this supply chain is not a simple linear supplier‐purchaser transaction; it is not the acquisition of a single product or service. This supply chain is multi‐dimensional, it has to be sustainable, and it has to have quality, strength and resilience. These attributes can only be secured through close collaboration...
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...AN INTERNSHIP REPORT ON Analyzing the Problem of General Banking System of United Commercial Bank Limited Prepared By Sirajum Munira ID NO: 10254030 Department of Finance & Banking University of Rajshahi Supervised By Md. Monimul Haque Assistant Professor Department of Finance & Banking University of Rajshahi July 2012 Analyzing the Problem of General Banking System of United Commercial Bank Limited Prepared By Sirajum Munira ID NO: 10254030 Department of Finance & Banking University of Rajshahi An internship report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Supervised By Md. Monimul Haque Assistant Professor Department of Finance & Banking University of Rajshahi July 2012 July-30, 2012 The Supervisor Department of Finance and Banking University of Rajshahi Subject: Submission of Internship Report Dear Sir, I am delighted to present my Internship Report on “Analyzing the Problem of General Banking System of United Commercial Bank Limited”, which is prepared in a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of MBA. Preparing such kind of report is a great opportunity for me while having overall knowledge on General Banking practice. I believe that the practical learning will boost our intellects in our coming career life. I have...
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...complete this assignment. A special gratitude we give to our lecturer for Accounting in information subject, Mr. Marius Benedict, whose contribution in inspiring suggestions, encouragement and helped us to organize our problem based learning. Special thanks to our parents and families for all the support and prays to complete this assignment on time. Last but not least, full of thanks to all our classmates whose are willing to help us out with their abilities. INTRODUCTION Every business or organization needs to evaluate their design operation in order to catch with the current technology. If they did not aware with that, they are facing several problems that may affect their business’s goal especially in gaining the profit. In this case, Hattan is a final year accounting student at UiTM...
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