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Recently, a reporter from Workers' Daily found in an interview that the graduation season for college students is approaching, and the buying and selling of false internship certificates is becoming increasingly popular. The reporter searched on a certain social media platform using internship proof as a keyword and found more than 100000 related posts, covering topics such as "purchase of internship proof" and "is internship proof included in the file". Many people also left comments in the comment section to find ways to obtain an internship seal.

Internship can help college students test their skills, understand society, and clarify their employment direction. Why do these students choose to spend money on fake internship certificates? The reporter conducted an interview on this.

Online store "opening internship certificate" business is booming

The reporter found on a certain online shopping platform that under the ban on such transactions, some merchants opened stores under the cover of "completing professional services for leaving school" and "college student practical trial contract agreements".

At an online store that provides internship signing, stamping, follow-up and other services, the reporter noticed that the monthly sales of related products exceeded 3000 orders. A week later, the reporter clicked on the product link again and found that the sales showed 4000 orders, an increase of 1000 orders. At the same time, in order to avoid platform supervision, merchants will transfer transactions to WeChat for communication and trading. The reporter consulted the online store as a news major student, and the customer service representative stated that they can provide stamping services. "The company is located in Wuhan and can be found. We provide the official seals of technology companies and agricultural companies, and the position can be written as new media operation."

The reporter's investigation revealed that such transactions not only provide students with official seals, but also allow them to write comments and provide telephone follow-up. At the same time, sellers will prepare internship contracts involving different industries, locations, and enterprises for students from different majors to choose from.

In order to focus on taking the civil service and postgraduate entrance exams, I bought fake certificates

"The school requires students to participate in internships, otherwise they cannot graduate." He Xuehua, a college student from Yunnan, bought a fake internship certificate for 100 yuan online. "I was also worried that finding someone to stamp it would be discovered and affect graduation, but the school did not conduct strict inspections, so I have a certain sense of luck."

The reporter learned from interviews that many students purchase false internship certificates because they believe that internships have low value and good internship opportunities are difficult to find. Some students face significant pressure in taking postgraduate entrance exams and finding employment, fearing that their time and energy will be squeezed out by internships. Some students believe that internships are not very helpful for employment and may even become free labor.

Huang Ziqiao, a junior student from Guizhou, said that his internship time happened to be concentrated during the postgraduate entrance examination and job search period. He did not want to work in the field of his major in the future, and many internship units did not provide subsidies, resulting in high internship expenses. Therefore, he thought of obtaining a fake certificate to "cope" with the school.

However, Zhou Bin, a college student from Sichuan, said that it is difficult for him to find a suitable internship unit, and his classmates around him often find internships that are "burning the time" and cannot learn knowledge. Considering that he still needs to prepare for the civil service exam, he plans to find some ways to stamp an internship certificate.

"The arrangement of student internships by the college is to deepen the cultivation of professional talents and enhance their employability in practice." Liu Yingying, a teacher at the School of Media and Communication of Yunnan Normal University, takes the journalism major as an example. In her sophomore year, the college will organize students to visit various media outlets to understand the media production process. Students who are interested in further participation can choose whether to stay in the media internship in both directions with the media. Professional internships are generally arranged in their senior year, with a duration of 4 months, and students can choose their own units for scattered internships. During the internship, students are required to complete the internship log, provide proof of internship work, research reports, etc., and the proof should also include comments from the college's guiding teachers and the unit's leading teachers.

Forgetting internship certificates is not worth it

In the view of Duan Biaoyong, a lawyer at Yunnan Quzhi Law Firm, forging, altering, or buying and selling seals, forging, altering, or buying and selling internship certificate documents, and using fake internship certificates are all suspected illegal activities in transactions involving false internship certificates.

"Forged internship certificates cannot prove a student's true internship ability and experience. For students, using false internship certificates indicates that they are dishonest. Once discovered, it will seriously affect their personal reputation, graduation, and employment." said Duan Biaoyong.

Some professionals believe that it is necessary to strengthen supervision and crack down on platform violations. At the same time, schools should deepen cooperation between schools and enterprises, carry out team led internships, visit enterprises and expand job opportunities, solidly improve the quality and employment ability of students, flexibly design internship systems, and avoid students with high pressure for postgraduate entrance exams and employment from falling into a dilemma due to internships.

"Internship is a transition from university to society, which can help graduates achieve a change in identity and mentality, and also help students develop career plans." Zhang Yan, a student at South China Agricultural University, suggested that the school can consider allowing students to choose whether to intern based on their personal situation, and appropriately relax the internship time requirements to motivate students to intern and improve their employability through comprehensive testing and bonus points.

Zhao Lihao