Recently,mediareportsexposedachaoticmarketphenomenonof"paidinternships",concerningcollegestudentswantingtogoto"BigFactories"(large-scaleinternetcompanies)andbigcompaniesforinternships.Intermediaryagenciestakeadvantageofthisneedtoweaveahiddenwebofpaidinternships.Theseagenciesclaimthatafterpayingoverthousandsofdollars,onecan"beexemptfrominterviews,guaranteedtopass",runlong-distanceerrands;theyalsocreatedfakementors,fakeprojects,fakecompaniesandthrough-and-through"fakeinternships".Themarketfor"paidinternships"isincreasinglyintensifying,whichharmedtherightsofconsumers,influencedtheproceduresforemployeerecruitment,disturbedmarketrules,erodedtheworkplaceecology,andbroughtalongbadsocialmorals,whichisbadlyinneedofregulationandstandardization.Inrecentyears,followingtheprofessionalizationofdomestichumanresourcesmarket,internshipsandresumeshavebecomeimportantfactorstoconsiderforjobseekers.Withanincreaseinthenumberofcollegegraduatesandthegrowingdiscrepancyamongcompanies,thescenariowhichoccurredinthemovie"ThePursuitofHappiness",wheretheprotagonistWillSmithspentsixmonthswithoutpayforaninternpositionappearstobereplayingitselfinourgraduateinternshipmarket.Societaldevelopmentundergoesrapidchanges,wherethepossibilitytoprofitwasfirstsensedbythemarket,themarketregulatorshaveevidentlybeenunprepared.Inaddition,thesituationof"onewillingtohit,theotherwillingtotakeahit"makesitdifficulttocollectevidence,protectone'srights,orfindprecedents,whichcausesthechaostoexpandrapidlytotheextentwheremanyolderpeoplehaveneverheardofthissituationandfindithardtobelieve.Firstandforemost,"paidinternships"arealegalissue.Undertheirpersonalnames,companyemployeesusinginformationtomakeprofitsoffinterncandidatesissubjecttosuspicionofusingcompanyintereststomakepersonalgains,eventakebribes.Intermediaryagencieswhopropagatethatinternshipsareguaranteed,concoctfakeinstitutions,fakementors,andfakeinternshipsaresuspectedofconductingfalseadvertisingandfraud.Studentsareundoubtedlyvictimsoftheseillegalactivities.Toturnthetables,wemustfirstenhancelegalsupervisionofthemarket,usepowerfulmeanstorestraintheseillegalcriminalactivities.Secondly,"paidinternships"areaneducationalissue.Havecollegesusedthesenewcasestoeducatestudentstoestablishaproperoutlookonemployment,sharperriskawareness,andaremoredeterminedinseekingtheprotectionoftheirrights?Aretheremorewaystohelpstudentsunderstandthelimits,risks,andboundariesof"paidinternships"?Ifeducationandpreventiongetahead,thenthiscanpreventmanycriminalsfromtakingadvantageofaweakpoint.Behindthe"paidinternships"isalsoamoralproblem.Wheninternshipsbecomeapureformality,whenchasingforopportunitiesreliesmoreandmoreonmoney,whenanewmarketdemandsoonbecomesfertilesoilforfalsehood,deceit,andfunneling,itishardtosaythatthemoralconstrainingforcedidnotgowrong.Atleastsocietystillhaspublicopinion,thelawstillhasabottomline,thischaoticphenomenonshouldalertustothemoralproblemsinourface.Afterclearinguptheseissues,thereneedtobemorewaystoprovideinternshipandjobopportunitiesbyusingpublicwelfarechannelsandreducinginformationasymmetry.Onlythencanweclearthemess,andsafeguardthejobmarketforcollegegraduates.ContributedbyXiaoLuo,aresearcherineducationTranslatedbyZhangJunye