unpaid internships
Uncompensated work experience
Unpaid internships are work arrangements where someone—typically a student or recent graduate—performs job duties for an organization without receiving wages.
The employer gains labor; the intern gains experience, credentials, or academic credit.
Critics argue they exploit workers and favor those who can afford to work for free, reinforcing class barriers in competitive fields like media, fashion, and politics: She did three unpaid internships before landing an entry-level job.
- resumeCareer summary document
- cover letterJob application preface
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
entry-level · volunteer · stipend · labor · minimum wage · gig · hustle · networking · mentorship · college · college credit · credits · portfolio · grunt · fetch · photocopying · startup · exposure
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
- work-studywork-study, library assistant, lab assistant, research assistant, bookstore clerk
- job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias
- labor abusewage theft, worker exploitation, withheld wages, minimum wage violations, forced overtime
unpaid internshipswage labor
Work exchanged for payment
freelance work · full-time jobs · contract work · commissioned work
unpaid internshipspermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
unpaid internshipsworker cooperatives
Collectively owned democratic businesses
union jobs · unionized labor · employee ownership · self-employment · entrepreneurship
unpaid, internship, intern, interns, interned, interning, paying, payers, payment