For those looking to get into the fashion or PR business, you have to have heard by now about the importance of finding an internship. Interns clamor over some of these coveted positions at top design houses. The issue of whether or not interns should be paid has been debated over for some time now, but with new laws in London making it mandatory that all interns are paid at least minimum wage it leaves some to wonder what will happen to smaller fashion companies then depend on this unpaid labor to stay standing.
Source: Elle UK
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I believe that many interns enter into our business (fashion/pr/social media/event planning) thinking they have it all figured out. Personally as a business owner, I realized- rather quickly- that many interns do not have the skill set required to even last one day in the fashion industry. For business owners of small to medium sized businesses it takes time and certainly resources to bring interns up to speed with the real world of business, fashion, beauty, pr. etc. Some interns are spectacular and AT LEAST deserve a stipend or a certain percentage of client income (if and only if they are doing work related to income generation). While others….well, let’s just say they should consider photoshop lessons I personally take time out to give them as form of payment. Too many times I’ve seen interns call themselves social media gurus- writing a blog post and then simply posting one tweet about the blog post on twitter or facebook. Are you kidding me? What’s worst is when the blog post was either A. an idea I forwarded them, or b. a blog post I already prepared and all they simply did was hit upload. : (