Ms Yuen, who graduated a month ago, opted for a two-month internship with an events company even though she had two full-time job offers.
At a time like this, a fresh graduate with two job offers will be the envy of her peers.
But Ms Bernadette Yuen, 23, turned down the full-time offers and instead opted for a two-month internship with an events firm, The Event Company Staging Connections. [Full Story]

Ahmedabad: From March 2010, student internships will not remain a privilege of students of medicine, technology and management alone.
The state’s Department of Higher Education plans to introduce an internship scheme for final-year students of degree courses in five faculties – Science, Arts, Commerce, Law andEducation.
The scheme, which will offer internships of one or two months to selected students at different institutes of excellence, will be available to students of all government-aided universities of the state.
Sources in the higher education department said that the selected students will get a chance to serve as interns at various institutes. [Full Story]

Like many of the Class of 2009, School of Journalism senior Michael Sanserino is headed to an internship this summer instead of a fulltime job.
“I applied to seven newspapers in October just for internships,” said Sanserino, who will work at The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco this summer. His early start paid off. After a phone interview in November, he was offered the internship.[Full Story]

Benjamin Wood Evans, a 23-year-old British law student, dreamed of being an international lawyer who could speak fluent Mandarin to his Chinese clients one day.
His internship last year in China helped him win the first passport for his dream – a training contract, which is a necessity for obtaining a British lawyer license.
“I was fascinated by the career opportunities in China,” said Evans, who worked in Shanghai for three months last summer. [Full Story]

The economic crisis is having an impact on the choices people are making in their love lives. It would appear that now foreign men are appearing less attractive options for many Chinese women.
Now those Chinese girls that were looking so desperately before for a foreign husband are now having second thoughts, and it’s all to do with the economic crisis. At the end of the day, it is financial stability and a sense of security that is the main driving force behind these women’s choices.
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It’s October now and heading into winter in the UK and summer in Australia. But that’s enough about the weather, lets talk about getting you some quality work experience on your CV that will cure any winter blues! [Full Story]