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come on up to the house: Unpaid Interns: Real World Work Or Just Free Labor?

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Over 1 million Americans a year work as interns. About half of them are unpaid.

Alex Footman was among them, until recently. He worked as an unpaid intern for Black Swan, a film that won numerous awards and grossed over $300 million.

Footman was hoping an internship with

So many people who have unpaid internships also aren’t getting any real life experience. Fetching documents, making coffee, and kissing ass, though it needs to be done in real life, does nothing to add actual skills for a potential future job. Busy work can be done by anyone but since these companies don’t portray their internship as such, they get trapped. It’s not cool. I had an unpaid practicum, but it was worth it because I know it gave me real experience and I was responsible for putting together my responsibilities and schedule. However, too many people get screwed. I’d be mad as hell like this dude if I worked on a project that grossed millions, unpaid, when I’m a student trying hard to survive.

(Source: NPR, via navigatethestream)