What's an Intern?

[sarasota]

I was looking at a job desription seeking an intern. They require candidates to have a four/five year degree and two years of experience.

I thought an intern was someone who was still in college and working towards their degree. Do you think their use of the term 'intern' is to suggest that the position has a low wage; even though they are clearly looking for someone who has completed their education and has experience.

Thanks.

 

[banshie]

Monika Lewinsky!

 

[ocean976124]

An intern, I think, is someone who is supervised and basically acts as "in trainning" with no guaruntee of a job after the intern period...

 

[Keebler Elf]

An intern is someone employers underpay and overwork; usually someone that needs the experience or doesn't know any better.

The employer who posted that add is either stupid or is in a business that it's very difficult to get into.

 

[banshie]

The employer who posted that add is either stupid or is in a business that it's very difficult to get into.

The poster did not say what sector the job was in, but it seems that it is still a buyers market out there. So the employer may not be stupid, since they may well be able to get overqualified people for entry level positions.

 

[papasmerf]

someone who keeps making tighter and tighter turns?

 

[freakshow]

in·tern

in·tern [Ã_ntÉ™rn]
n or in·tern (plural in·terns) or in·terne (plural in·ternes)
1. U.S. Canada Australia junior hospital doctor: a junior doctor at a hospital
2. trainee: somebody who works as a low-level assistant or trainee in an occupation in order to gain practical experience


v (past in·terned, past participle in·terned, present participle in·tern·ing, 3rd person present singular in·terns)
1. vi work as an intern: to work as an intern, especially in a hospital
2. vt detain somebody: to detain somebody in confinement as being a security threat


[Mid-19th century. The noun is via French interne ; the verb via interner , both ultimately from Latin internus (see internal).]
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