#Internship
Why must small and medium businesses do all the heavy lifting for workplace experience?
We know that small businesses employ around 40% of Australia’s workforce, but they also play more than their fair share of taking on interns for work experience. Most interns that I speak to are getting their work experience at a small business, usually a place with fewer than 10 employees. With an increasing number of […]
Five tips to ensure your interns don’t sue you
Internships can be a mixed bag. Done poorly and you have an intern twiddling their thumbs or doing work that really should be done by an employee. Done well however, you’ll engage some bright young people with your organisation, gain some diverse perspectives, get some value add work done and build the management skills of […]
Why hiring graduates isn’t a cost to SMEs
New graduates are stepping out of university and finding it harder than ever to gain employment. They often turn to the graduate programs offered by large companies, where in some industries they take on hundreds of new recruits annually. For those that aren’t successful in these initiatives, or find themselves in an industry where programs […]
$100k on the table for ‘World’s Best Intern’
One lucky top Aussie graduate stands to score a $100,000 employment package in what’s being called the “World’s Best Internship” by the start-up behind the offer.
The legal requirements of unpaid work
EI gives the small business community the opportunity to ask our employment experts their burning employment questions.
How to treat an intern
Interns are often given grunt work and treated poorly by their co-workers and supervisors. Here are a few points on how an intern should be treated.