A total of 228 JobBridge interns have been taken on by 14 Government Departments, but none of them has been kept on after completing their placements. Soon after JobBridge’s launch, Minister for Social Affairs Joan Burton said: “I would hope that some employers who through JobBridge find talented and motivated interns can make the decision to offer employment to their intern.
In other words, the period of internship would be a job interview for a longer period of employment.” However new figures show that, while 14 of 16 Government departments have hired interns using the scheme, established in 2011, none has offered the interns long-term employment.
Irish Times, Sep 10, 2013
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