Students need experience, business needs talent. IA favourites and Sydney entrepreneurs Buziebee talk about how they have created a win-win for both.

What are the costs of unpaid staff? Warwick Mihaly considers the complicated issue of unpaid internships and argues that the profession simply cannot afford it.

With youth unemployment one of the key areas of concern for the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, Interns Australia was thrilled to be asked to represent young Australians at the 2015 OECD Forum in Paris.

Interns Australia is proud to announce that co-founder and director Colleen Chen has been recognised as the winner of the 2015 Employment Award at the National Youth Awards.

HR Director Jack Kenchington-Evans speaking with the Melbourne Population Health Student Association - MPHSA earlier this week on how Interns Australia is working to improve conditions for the next generation of young professionals.

Interns Australia was thrilled to be invited to the 2015 Future of Work conference at The University of Melbourne.

My term now ends as Executive Director for Interns Australia. It has been a pleasure participating in the development of an organisation that provides advocacy and support to a growing yet heavily underrepresented group of Australians – interns and students undertaking work placements. Together, as a collective of individuals with shared experiences, we have built a new community organisation that will support and empower interns and students to shape their futures as they enter the workforce.

In 2014, Interns Australia awarded the Tin Alley Beta program with the inaugural “Most Outstanding Internship Program”. Three months later, we speak with one of the program participants, Xcheque, to talk about their experience from both the employer and the intern’s perspective.

Left to right: Jon, Arthur, David and Sam.

This is the plight of the recent graduate: there’s nothing out there. Zip. Zilch. Australia is officially closed for business. -- Roland, Melbourne.

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