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7 Things That Are Ruining Your Company's Internship Program

Make these fixes to turn your interns into star contributors

By Joel Schwartzberg - April 23, 2012
Is the difference between managing interns and exploiting them simply a matter of whether or not they get paid?

Well, it's more complicated than that, especially given recent lawsuits over unpaid work by former interns from Harper's Bazaar, Charlie Rose and the movie Black Swan. How is a business to know if it's giving top treatment to those on the ladder's lowest rung? Here are just a few signs that your company isn't getting the most out of its interns, or giving the most back....

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