Wang Yu (pseudonym) is a senior in a university in Henan. Recalling the experience of finding a part-time job as a freshman, he felt "naive".

When he first entered the university, he felt fresh about everything and couldn't wait to start trying all kinds of life. On the eleventh holiday, Hao Yu saw a part-time advertisement at school, which said, "Be a salesman for one day 150 yuan." Hao Yu said, "It is the kind of small advertisement that is posted today, torn tomorrow and posted the day after tomorrow."

Dial the phone number in the advertisement, and according to the address provided by the other party, he found a "company" full of students who came to understand the internship and part-time job. A staff member took him aside to talk alone and told him that he was full this time. But if you want to find a part-time job, you can become a member by paying the membership fee of 150 yuan, and you can receive news regularly in the future.

"If I pay 150 yuan, I can earn it back in one day and make a net profit in the future." With this mentality, Haoyu paid the membership fee.

Coincidentally. In order to find an internship opportunity as soon as possible, Ma Xiaohui, who is studying in Hangzhou, also went to an intermediary company. The company also promised to receive internship information as long as 260 yuan membership fee is paid. Ma Xiaohui, also inexperienced, dismissed the idea of asking questions. "Anyway, the agency fee will be earned back. Let's pay it first." . After paying the money, the intermediary company asked her to go back and wait for the SMS notification.

The result of two people is the same. Two weeks later, Ma Xiaohui began to receive one or two internship recommendation messages every week, but she felt that "there was no suitable position at all". The job recommended by the intermediary company requires high professional ability, or low salary, which requires continuous work for many days. The internship site recommended by the intermediary to Wang Yu is half a city away from his residence.

Many students around Ma Xiaohui had a similar experience: they paid an intermediary fee in an intermediary company, but the recommended job didn't meet their needs at all. After the intermediary sent them a text message of 1 month and a half, they never contacted each other again. "Of course, the agency fee we paid will go away."

There are also many hidden dangers in overseas internships.

Cui Yu's college roommate is a staff member of an NGO. According to students, this NGO has branches all over the world, and its staff are all college students. Her roommate's introduction really touched her. She wants to study more abroad.

The interviewer is a freshman. "I feel that the other party is not very experienced, and the interview passed quickly." Next, Cui Yu began to participate in some project sharing meetings. According to reports, it is very difficult to apply for projects in some countries in Europe and America, but it is much easier to apply for going to Africa and India. "As long as the language passes, the problem is not big." Cui Yu decided to sign up.

According to the regulations, she paid 2,500 yuan to the organization, of which 500 yuan was the deposit, which will be returned after the successful completion of the project she participated in. As for the 2000 yuan, she is not sure whether it is "registration fee" or "membership fee".

Cui Yu didn't get the receipt, and she didn't care. "This organization has existed for a long time and has great credibility and influence."

After putting 2500 yuan into the designated account, she got a "passport", similar to the membership number and password. After logging into the NGO's official website, she felt "like entering a big database", and she could see the organization's branches and projects around the world. If you are interested in which one, you can click in to find out and contact the person in charge of the other party by email.

"After paying the money, get the' passport', and the rest will be done by yourself." She explained, "You are like walking from one end of the intermediary chain to the other." In the end, she chose a public welfare project in Tanzania and made her own visa and air ticket.

The day before she left, Cui Yu suddenly received a phone call from Tanzania. The other party told her that there was something wrong with the previously determined project. If she agrees, she can be helped to change another project.

"I feel very unreliable, but my plane tickets are all booked, so I have to bite the bullet and go." They were received by college students from the Tanzania branch of the NGO. They had no time to take care of her and six other volunteers because they had to take the exam. "After entering the village, it was completely' stocking'. We do our own work and only contact the Tanzanian branch on the day of departure or when there is something important. "

After this international experience, Cui Yu felt a little scared because she didn't have insurance and didn't sign any agreements from beginning to end.

"In fact, there are many problems. We have had volunteers who died in a car accident in India and have never heard of compensation. " Cui Yu said, "Because college students run this organization, they have no power and naturally cannot be responsible for everyone."

"Overseas internship is quite difficult. Many intermediaries charge tens of thousands of dollars and send everyone abroad to work as coolies. " Compared with the overseas internship trap she saw in a report, she felt "lucky".

Dealing with traps is not helpless.

"Students' participation in internships or part-time jobs is largely the accumulation of experience before job hunting, and schools should actively provide guidance and help for students," Hu Jun, director of the career guidance center of Nankai University, told the author. He also introduced that the employment information network of Nankai University has specially set up a column of "internship information", and the websites of various colleges will also provide such information for students for a long time.

Teacher Wu from the Employment Guidance Center of Wuhan University also said that the school will put internship safety as a module into the students' employment guidance course. In addition, in the case of internship or part-time fraud in society, the school will communicate with the counselor according to the specific situation, and the counselor will hold a class meeting in time to tell students to be vigilant.

However, in the face of the job trap, college students need to improve their judgment ability and practice critical vision.

After reflecting on the "recruitment" experience of herself and her classmates, Zhao Qing also listed the problems that should be paid attention to: obtaining internship information from formal channels, sending interview information, emails and other details through internship units for re-screening; Try to form a small team when looking for internship opportunities, don't act alone, and take care of each other in case of emergency.

To avoid the trap of internship or part-time job, Hu Jun gave two suggestions: "First, the choice of information channels should be based on the information provided by the government (especially schools and colleges), and don't trust information of unknown origin. Second, we should check and verify some attractive information from informal channels in many ways, and don't blindly believe in the good luck of' being tall' and' having more money and living less and being close to home'. "