For the last year+ there has been a huge push with companies taking on unpaid interns and things are getting rather ridiculous. Take for example the following internship:

Internship for a Receptionist. How exactly is this an Internship where you'll learn skills? Now don't get me wrong there are probably a lot of things you can learn this just seems like passing off a normal job as an internship or am I missing something? (link to original Job Listing dead)

Some interesting further reading:

• Michele made a blog post Slaves.ie And The Intern Debacle - August 5^th 2011
• The Small Business Show with Kehlan Kirwan and Conn Ó Muíneacháin interviewed Michele - podcast available Small Business Show 6 Stocks Slavery and Sligo - August 5^th 2011
• More interesting reading from Suzy on her blog JobBridge an ongoing saga – or if an employee dies on job get a free health and safety officer - August 5^th 2011
• Suzy has some interesting reading on her blog on Maman Poulet - Paid job one day / Internship the next JobBridge and free labour - July 8^th 2011
• Stu has some interesting reading on his blog on the matter Calling Bullshit on unpaid internships - June 30^th 2011
• James made a post back in February Internship - Slavery 2.0 and shortly after the domain was purchased. - Feb 8^th 2011

What's happening in the UK?

• Intern Aware is trying to get minimum wage for interns InternAware.org
• Brief review of the book Intern Nation