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Ron Goch
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Interns: Paid and Non-Paid Positions

June 23rd 2006

Q. You shared earlier this week your thoughts on what to offer non-paid interns. Do you feel interns should be paid or non-paid positions?

A. Whenever a budget exists to pay interns, you’re likely to attract a larger pool of intern candidates with paid interns. This doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll attract a larger pool of “qualified” intern candidates, but simply more people applying for your paid intern positions.

Some people subscribe to the thinking that you must pay interns to get quality intern candidates. I don’t believe this to be true based on my experiences over the years with some outstanding interns who were not paid, and who are doing very well in sports business today.

It’s a bonus to the interns if you can create a budget that includes paid internships, because most interns could use the money towards their school expenses and won’t have to take on an additional job to earn money to pay for tuition, books, fees, housing and food.

However, what’s most important is the experience you offer students. It won’t matter if you pay students if they don’t receive a quality intern experience that prepares them well for work in the sports business following college.

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Ron Goch, The Telios Group
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