Earlier this year, Ben Tatton-Brown, co-founder and CEO of RingRing Media sold his company for an estimated $20m after just 18 months of business. Here, he explains the value of internships in aiding his business’ success, in advancing the interns themselves, and why he recommends Inspiring Interns to other start-up companies.
If the term ‘internship’ makes you think of tea-making and picking up the boss’s dry cleaning then think again – internships are now being hailed by the BBC as almost a ‘guaranteed rite of passage’ in the ever-competitive job market.
Anyone who follows the news cannot have failed to notice the current debate about the value and legitimacy of internships.
Last week the new Inspiring Interns marketing team enjoyed a jolly to the Marketing Week Live exhibition at Olympia in order to spread the Inspiration.
Christopher Pfoster, Bee Fancier, Eccentric, Academic – ‘I took an MA because I wanted to be the talk of the town and the envy of the county.
The recent news that “three quarters of employers ‘require 2:1 degree’†has come as a shock to many graduates who have only just received their university degrees, many of which fall below this grade. With the number of students still on the rise, the latest statistics issued by The Association of Graduate Recruiters reveal that job vacancies have decreased by 7%, a frightening percentage for any graduate on the hunt for a job.
Does the mere mention of SEO or PPC make you salivate wildly like a Pavlovian dog? Perhaps you have a soft spot for numbers, tables and graphs?
Inspiring Interns has placed many graduates in social media roles.
Here at Inspiring we are on the cusp of graduate recruitment.
Over the last few years, there have been numerous calls from pressure groups and individuals for new legislation to force companies to pay their interns the National Minimum Wage.
