Entry Level: No Previous Experience Necessary - Today, a job ad like that would probably be a scam. It's difficult to land an entry level job at a top company if you have no experience. For communication graduates it means having a good idea of what you want to do before you graduate, and getting good internships under your belt before you hit the job market. For companies, especially PR firms, hiring a good intern is like finding a pot of gold. But after a high profile lawsuit, the Dept. of Labor took a closer look at internship abuses. Last year, the Fair Labor Standard Act included some guidelines that we all should know about. Basically, an internship has to benefit the intern not the employer. These are the determining factors considered: The extent to which the intern and the employer clearly understand that there is no expectation of compensation. Any promise of compensation, express or implied, suggests that the intern is an employee—and vice versa. The e
