Recognized and credentialed online schools are doling them out as well. Employers have to stand on their heads to get these kids into paying internship programs. Stoia cites a recent study of job vacancy rates at 312 Massachusetts companies conducted by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. The average vacancy rate at all firms was 11 percent. Virtually all cities with high-tech industries are feeling the pinch.
Salaries also vary by region.
Regardless of location, most firms are paying decent salaries to lure interns into the corporate fold. Often it requires addressing stereotypes about older workers not being on top of technology trends and lacking the energy of their younger counterparts. But older intern candidates can tactfully drive home that they bring additional skills younger interns don't have, such as maturity, flexibility and experience. When Your Boss Is a Tyrant, Control Freak or Just Plain Nuts, is published by McGraw-Hill. Copyright 2000, Digital Chicago Inc.