What evidence is there that internships secure employment?

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Title	What evidence is there that internships secure employment?
Published by	The Conversation
DOI	10.64628/aa.rwqx3sann
Authors	Price, Robin, Grant-Smith, Deanna
Abstract	There isn't a lot of research on whether an internship will secure you a job.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country	Count	As %
Australia	23	48%
United States	3	6%
France	2	4%
Central African Republic	1	2%
United Kingdom	1	2%
New Zealand	1	2%
Ireland	1	2%
Curaçao	1	2%
South Africa	1	2%
Other	1	2%
Unknown	13	27%

Demographic breakdown

Type
Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	34	71%
Scientists	10	21%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	3	6%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	1	2%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 84. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2018.

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