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The article discusses the need for employers to be more aware of their internship programs. Topics covered include the importance of carefully classifying interns and how they structure internship. Also mentioned is the benefits that the programs offer to interns who are looking to have more experience in the corporate world.

The article focuses on an internship advising model developed to assist career counselors in preparing college students for an internship experience based on the findings of a 2011 academic study on internships in the trading floor of a global investment bank. The study adopted sociocultural learning as a research framework. It relates the ways by which interns learned the practices of a workplace setting. It outlines the multiple purposes of internships for employers.