First off, millenials are nearing 30. Some 22yr-old fresh college grad is not a millenial.
Second, everything needs to be reciprocal. If an unpaid internship will lead to a good-paying career, then obviously its worth doing. The problem is that employers have been abusing the "work unpaid for me now and i'll get you a good job after" - by saying that, but then not appearing with a job later. They'll make excuses as to why they aren't holding up their end of the promise, but at the end of the day, thats what it is. Think about how the employer will think if a customer says, "give me your product for free, and if its good enough, I'll come buy more". Yes, we have "samples", but "free" samples are being phased out too. In my industry samples cost about %20 of the full cost and has so many restrictions anyways.
Oh well.
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