Theguardian reports;
A former aide to a Liberal Democrat peer has been condemned for charging former unpaid interns at his thinktank “£300 a go” for employment references.
I can't even get a reaction out of me... the guy apparently got free workers out of his internship programme and after the students got out of the place he charged them even more than $500 for each reference.
Civitatis’s website claims that “for a decade, Civitatis International has been coaching our junior associates to get policy jobs paying £24-£32,000 per year with a 100% success rate”. When approached by the Observer, Mortier admitted that “one or two” alumni might not have reached their goals yet. He said the £300 fee for an employment reference was a “fair administrative fee”.
How's that for an internship...
Read the full story here.
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