新一代萬年實習生

by Richard Venturi Roza 譯

新一代萬年實習生

by Richard Venturi Roza 譯

又是一個開學季。對于畢業生而言，畢業季已過去了兩個多月。安穩地度過試用期了嗎？還是在“苦逼”的試用期中？還是在惴惴不安地期待著即將到來的實習期，躍躍欲試？在我國，畢業期實習基本上都是帶薪的，但在歐洲和美國，情況就沒這么樂觀了——很多年輕人連續工作了好幾年都是無償實習！再看看自己的薪水，是不是覺得比他們好多了呢？好好珍惜，打起精神奮斗吧！

Y oung workers have borne the1)brunt of economic hardship in the labour market since the2)Great Recession.

The most recent 2014 unemployment rates for under-25s in Europe and the U.S. shows a whopping 54% unemployment rate for those under 25 in Spain, 43% in Italy, nearly 24% in France, 18% in the UK and 12% in the U.S.

Though these fgures have in some cases improved in the last few years, persistent high unemployment has led more and more new graduates to internships as a way to get a foot in the door at companies around the globe. And in some cases, long-term internships both during and after university have become the main way to get into the workforce as a young professional. But, more concerning to some is that too many young people are moving from one internship to the next, especially in Europe. They don’t secure a regular full-time job—and sometimes aren’t paid adequately—for years.

Even in a country like France, where what the French call3)stages have been a common hurdle to accessing the job market for decades, the number of internships shot up from 600,000 in 2006 to 1.6 million in 2012, according to French government statistics.

Working for Free

What is even more worrying for young workers is that this job experience is often4)pro bono: a 2013 EU report found that 59% of 18- to 35-year-olds across 27 EU member states hadn’t received any financial compensation for their most recent internship.

自經濟大衰退以來，年輕工作者們已飽受經濟困難對勞動力市場的沖擊。

最新的2014年歐洲和美國25歲以下青年失業率數據顯示，西班牙的失業率高達54%，意大利是43%，法國接近24%，英國是18%，美國是12%。

雖然在過去幾年里，這些數值在某些情況下有所下降，但持續的高失業率讓全球越來越多的畢業生把實習作為進入企業的敲門磚。在一些情況下，畢業前后的長時間實習成為了年輕的專業人才邁進職場的主要方式。但讓一些人擔憂的是，很多年輕人做完一份實習工作又接著做另一份實習工作，這種情況在歐洲尤為顯著。他們沒有穩定的全職工作——有時候甚至拿不到足額的薪水——連續好幾年都是如此。

即便是在法國這樣的國家，幾十年來，實習期也是通往職場的普遍障礙。法國政府的統計數據顯示，2006至2012年間，實習生人數由60萬上升到160萬。

無償工作

更令人為年輕工作者擔憂的是，這種實習工作往往是無償的：歐盟2013年的一份報告顯示，在27個歐盟成員國里，有59%的18至35歲的年輕人在最近的一份實習工作中沒有獲得任何經濟補償。……