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Can be educational. lots of schools had deals with employers where we got to try people out and school got experienced. then came the obama administration. they are illegal only if an employer gets only immediate advantage from the intern. and may be actually impeded. i took advantage of my interns we both benefited. that appears to be over: recently interns sued employers former employers sharyl lee rose not long ago forked over a quarter of a million dollars after an intern sued and said her u...

Programs. employers loads and students loads. i would say thats awful. they said its good. you wrote in the new york times abolish this modern day coal mine. i didnt choose this title. the issue is unpaid internships are anti-american ameridecratic how? >> you look at people whose families are wealthy and can afford to have children and work no money. >> there always can be exceptio exceptions. >> i had interns who worked as a translator. >> it will be harder for that person and one cannot do it...

She took a ten-year career break to focus on her kids. >> days turn into weeks and years. there is always something to focus on with them at home and it never feels like it would be necessarily an easy thing to come back and work 40 hours a week. marx isnt alone. more than 40% of women take a break from the workforce to take care of family and in a field like finance, that can feel like its full of wolves. but wall street is trying to change that. running paid internships for people who have lef...

Charge and helping with the transition. >> todays my first day of my new job. >> reporter: kristen marks is now a vice president at morgan stanley but a year ago doing a very different job. stay at home mom. after working her way up to vp of goldman sachs she took a 15-year break to raise her kids. >> ages and stages, always something to focus on with them at home, and it never feels like it would be necessarily an easy thing to come back and work 40 hours a week. >> reporter: marks isnt alone. ...

So now were losing all these internships. >> after those suits have been brought by some interns who thought they should have been treated better. >> charlie rose paid a quarter of a million dollars to settle a intern lawsuit. >> thats no small feat to overcome and now the opportunity may be reduced. >> it is reduced. >> what about the fact that poor people are locked into poverty, they cant get out? >> another myth. part of this income disparity business. its true, the disparity is bigger. but ...

Situation. are we all understanding that? right now there is no peer pressure. that has to change. fourth, the initiative has to get local business people to hire kids for summer jobs and internships. children must know about the work place and what is expected there. and, finally, the american law enforcement has to engage children at risk to convince them they are not the enemy. if those five things are part of the my brothers keeper initiative, i can guarantee you america will begin to turn t...

Theyre looking -- heather: i wonder if theyre competing against older people looking for jobs? or if there is tendency to put young people in a lot of unpaid internships? >> i think that is a big part of it too. a lot of them for lack of or fear of not finding a job and going to graduate school an continuing education. not only are they putting off finding employment because theyre afraid of not being able to find it but now looking at graduate school taking out more loans obviously and saddling...

>> an appointment with emily charleson. >> painful poor girl. your first job experience can be nerve-racking so howç can you go from scared stiff to c.e.o. here with her new book, "welcome to the real world ." intern queen lauren berger. how did you get the name intern queen? >> i had 15 internships after college. >> did you have trouble getting a job? >> i got a job because of my internships. i think internships are a solution for young people that want to land a job right after graduation. >...

Firms and finance companies are offering job reentry programs. 8 to 14 week paid internships helping women get back to work and companies experienced professionals. >> this is certainly a pool of talent that is untapped. just because individuals have been out of the workforce for a period of time doesnt mean theyre not capable and strong. >> one of 13 women in the real returns program at credit sui e suisse. shes been a state at home mom since 2005 taking care of her three times. >> its hard if ...

Stay-at-home moms navigate their way back to the work force. we are live in new york city with brian. brian, i love this story. i cant wait to hear the detail. >> reporter: arthel, one study found 31% of high achieving women left their jobs between 2004 and 2009, primarily to raise their kids, leaving five, ten, 15-year gaps in the resumes, making it difficult to find work. but more and more major law firms and finance companies like goldman sachs and jp morgan are offering job re-entry programs...