- April 1, 2011
- Inspiring Interns
By Jayne Read, University of Leeds graduate.
By Jayne Read, University of Leeds graduate.
On Monday morning, a freezing central London greeted me with a tube strike and thus a 40 minute walk across town to none other than Inspiring Interns, where I began (you guessed it)…an internship!
As a thoroughly modern, cool, exciting (and very modest) company, Inspiring Interns spends a lot of its time browsing the Twittersphere, keeping a beady eye out for industry developments, potential clients, friends anything useful or interesting.
A recent study by Orange has revealed that more and more job-seekers are prepared to work flexible hours in their first job.
Inspiring Interns has placed many graduates in social media roles.
On the 04/02/2010 the Daily Mail ran an article entitled ‘The slave labour graduates: Cynical firms are forcing thousands of high flyers to work for nothing – or even making them pay for the privilege’.
Back in December we reported that the Government was planning to provide £8 million of funding to those from disadvantaged backgrounds who would have otherwise been unable to undertake unpaid internships.