Recently, "paid internship" has become a hot spot on the Internet, and few people have seen it online: "19,998 yuan sprint for big factory offers", "internships in finance, securities companies, and fast-moving consumer goods", "1-to-1 service, internships in Fortune 500 companies." "… the propaganda, which covers a number of well-known companies. The seller said that he has someone in the big factory, and he is even an incumbent of these well-known companies, so as long as you pay a few thousand to tens of thousands of fees, you can get a dazzling internship opportunity.

I see many people arguing that this is a "tiankeng" to cheat money or a "shortcut" for employment. Some people say that in the workplace is to work for one's resume. Spending a little money can make the resume look better, which is a cost-effective transaction; some people say that the wealth of the big factory does not mean that the employees of the big factory are rich. You should earn some money for interview opportunities; some people say that this behavior of spending money to buy resumes not only destroys the efficiency of enterprises in screening talents, but also is a constant deception.

In fact, there has always been such a channel in the workplace. Originally, employees based on their understanding of the company's position and their understanding of the talents they know around them help enterprises to match talents more efficiently and more appropriately. Therefore, the general enterprise will have a certain reward mechanism to encourage this kind of behavior. But now it has evolved into a mess where you only have a chance if you give money, and you don’t have a chance if you don’t have money, and it’s becoming more and more blatant and common. People dare to advertise on the entire network, so it must be taken seriously.

Instead of considering whether the paid internship is a scam or a shortcut, it is better to be practical, at least not to be fooled

First of all, there are more and more employees in large factories. If 10% of the employees of 100,000 people participate in this game, that is also a large number. And it's bound to push a larger number of talent out the door.

For enterprises, more suitable talents are the key, but now it has become whoever spends the most money is the talent. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that such a screening mechanism is bound to have problems.

Secondly, if the company does not impose restrictions on employees' behavior, it will inevitably lead everyone to think that resumes can be packaged as long as they spend money. Then it will inevitably attract more people to fish in troubled waters, which will eventually lead to enterprises being affected by these "talents".

Again, spending small money to gild and then cheating big money is a scam. If the company itself wants to exploit the interns through internship opportunities, then the starting point of such a company itself has a problem.

In fact, companies that can become bigger and stronger will be wary of this kind of gameplay, so there is a high probability that this kind of spending is not reliable. So instead of considering whether it is a scam or a shortcut, it is better to be more practical, at least not to be fooled.