Michelle Frankel chose to take an extra internship placement in her Masters program on speech-language pathology at Hofstra University.

WSJ: Job Hunting in the Off Season

When they return home, they are free to take an unpaid internship before they go on to graduate, business, medical or law school.

FORBES: Create a Job for Gen-Y This Christmas

After high school, Hotz enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology but dropped out a few weeks later, to take up an internship at Google, in Silicon Valley.

NEWYORKER: Machine Politics

Volunteer, do an internship, take courses at a community college, begin accumulating concrete evidence about new kinds of engagement that could provide fulfillment in the future.

WSJ: The Experts: How to Avoid Retirement Boredom

Parcells also noted the top reasons companies of all sizes are choosing to transform their internship opportunities and take on virtual student talent.

FORBES: How To Hire The Best Virtual Interns

Taking the lead from innovative applicants like Shawn McTigue, who made this 2:50 video as part of his application to a Mastercard internship, more workers will take a creative approach to marketing their experience.

FORBES: 2013: The Year Of Social HR

In one instance the commissioner found he had allowed an intern to take a publicly-funded laptop away at the end of their internship, and bought a new one for his next intern.

BBC: Denis MacShane expenses privilege claim queried

You know, I don't know if I want to do that, or you know, if I might as well just take a year off and, as you were talking, maybe get an internship or work or something.

NPR: Ask Amy: Responding to the Thin Envelope

Was it worth the cost of my son's college tuition, which gave him entry to the magazine internship, to have his decision-making abilities honed by making split-second choices about whether to take the A train or the No. 3 train?

WSJ: Steve Cohen: Minimum Wage for Interns? It Misses the Point