Rich parents trade internship places with other rich parents

[Lord Percy]

Difficult to explain in the title but this to me is a shining example of how unequal society still is.

Article here: https://graduatefog.co.uk/2015/4111/myinternswap-internship-parents-go-online-to-trade-work-placements/

Rich parents in top companies can offer free internship positions on the website 'myInterSwap', in exchange for their own children being given internships elsewhere.

Example:

https://graduatefog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BBC-myinternswap.jpg

This person is offering a position at their London-based publishing organisation, in return for their own child (educated at London City School for Boys which I know is a good £15000ish per term because my rather rich mate went there) being given a position somewhere too.

Meanwhile the rest of us who don't run 'desirable' companies or have managerial positions which might allow us to offer such a thing... well we just get on as is.

Not that this is anything new, but it certainly makes things a lot easier for those who already use such methods.

[Ste]

"educated at London City School for Boys which I know is a good £15000ish per term because my rather rich mate went there"

Not quite... https://www.clsb.org.uk/fees

[J4mes]

Per term Ste, isn't there normally 3 terms in a year?

4900x3+lunch=jealous bawing?

[Ste]

Yes, there are three terms in a school year.

Lord Percy says "£15000ish per term".

Whilst the schools website "£4962 per term".

[Lord Percy]

[NJD]

"School lunch is provided at a cost of £229 per term." if that's a fixed rate then it's quite a good deal considering that I see the same couple come into my work place every couple of weeks and often spending just under that (yes, the place and them are a little upmarket) on food shopping.

Can I visit there just for lunch to same me money in the long run?

The picture on that link shows no real signs of snobbery, maybe young lads with parents that have a bit of money on the side for their education.

I'd be concerned that a lot of older lads are smiling and clapping at one young helpless individual, lack of females makes me think he's in for a good time

[J4mes]

[J4mes]

[Lord Percy]

[Ste]

"I wanted to highlight how it just always seems to be a thing reserved for people with money"

Looking through that myinternship website it seems to mostly be uni students after placements.

Only seen a couple of ads from public school parents and even then, I've found one from someone at Marlborough College and that's it for the big prestigious private schools.

I've found more ads on there from state schools / academies than I have from private schools.

[Itchy]

[Lord Percy]

[Lord Percy]

[Ste]

The private schooling comments appear to be just as wrong as the rich comments.

Parents can swap internships if they want to, I doubt internships obtained in that way are actually of much value on a CV. I can't see a placement arranged by mum or dad will interest potential employers nearly as much as someone who's got a placement from the merit of their work rather than who their parents know.

"doesn't help anyone but the lucky few"

The lucky few being those who look at the website and discover that rich public school kids are in the minority on there?

"It actually makes things easier for them. Is that a good thing for the rest of us?"

For them? I assume by that you're meaning the privately educated rich kids who seem to be a minority on there?

[Lord Percy]

[Ste]

It's an incredibly tame example of old boys networks and the degrees of separation in society.

The site says nothing about high managerial positions, the offers and requests are incredibly vague so I doubt they're anything significant.

"the rest of us have nothing to offer for that website"

Speak for yourself.

[arry]

I have interns working in my business at the moment. They tend to come in from an existing lead - for example one that I have is the son of one of our producers - but that's not the only reason he's here; he had a good CV and interviewed well.

[Ste]

Why didn't you recruit a local disadvantaged yoof for the placement?

[Lord Percy]

[Lord Percy]

I saw an interesting point on one article I read about this.

The government makes all kids do work experience at 16 years old. But kids are left to find their own work. So even at that stage in life, the kids with families with contacts are given a little bit of an edge over the others.

I suppose it's still a young age and may not be hugely relevant in the long run. But it would be good to see the government getting a bit more involved, maybe with schemes to ensure the right school kids go to the most suitable positions, based on academic merit or something.

[Itchy]

[wr6133]

I'm a bit stoned but if I'm reading the OP's picture right someone is offering an internship with the BBC (something we all pay for) in exchange for an internship that would further the personal career of their own spawn? Surely the BBC has rules against that?

[Itchy]

[delsol]

[arry]