Chapter 11Internships, practicum, and professional marketability
Introduction
One major consequence of the economic recession in the recent decades has been a reduction of employees in the work force, which has caused employers to shift the same number of job responsibilities onto fewer employees within a company. In addition to increased workloads for employees, a higher level of education is typically required to obtain a full-time job, which can be partially attributed to the over-supply of job applicants. According to a monthly labor review, over one-third of entry level jobs require at least a bachelor’s degree (Watson, 2017). This phenomenon is coupled with the restructuring of ...
