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The UK government wrote to 500 companies telling them to start paying their interns — and doubled its war chest for cracking down on unpaid work

Getty Images HMRC is targeting companies which advertise unpaid work. More than 500 were contacted since November, with plans for more. Genuine voluntary unpaid placements are legal, but any position with fixed hours and defined work must be compensated with hourly pay. Officials doubled the budget for tackling unpaid work, to £25 million. The British […]

Interns in Wall Street’s hottest field are making a killing

AP / Mary Cybulski Private equity firms have been delivering strong returns for their clients, and the pay off has trickled down to the very bottom.  A new report on compensation in private equity out by Wall Street Oasis, an online community for financial professional, shows interns in the field make on average about $ 20 an hour.  […]

Goldman Sachs asked its interns about their spending habits, social-media apps, and dreams — here are their answers (GS)

www.empireonline.com Internship season has wrapped up on Wall Street, and young financiers have headed back to school with all the new skills and knowledge they picked up over the summer. Of course, banks can also learn a thing or two from the young people they hire for a summer. Goldman Sachs on Thursday released the […]

Goldman Sachs is going to use a personality test when hiring interns (GS)

  Thomson Reuters Aug 9 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to begin using a “personality test” as part of the hiring process for positions in its banking, trading and finance and risk divisions, a senior Goldman executive said on Wednesday. The bank will begin piloting the test on U.S. summer intern candidates who […]

We’re Looking for Fall Editorial Interns!

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How Blizzard more than doubled its female interns in 1 year

GUEST: The video game community isn’t known for its gender diversity. With women making up just 22 percent of all game developers internationally, the industry really needs to welcome more women into the workforce. One company breaking that mold is Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of games like World of Warcraft and one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For […]