About half of the US’s 1.5m internships each year offer experience and connections but no pay, shutting out many potential workers
Four years after moving to New York City, Carolyn Osorio had finally had enough.
After three stints as an unpaid public affairs intern and another three as an unpaid fashion design intern, the 24-year-old moved back home to California in the hope of finding a paid full-time job, something she had been unable to land since graduating from university in 2013 with a degree in art and design.
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