DHS Turns To Unpaid Interns For Nation's Cyber Security 174
theodp writes "A week after President Obama stressed the importance of computer science to America, the Department of Homeland Security put out a call for 100+ of the nations' best-and-brightest college students to work for nothing on the nation's cyber security. The unpaid internship program, DHS notes, is the realization of recommendations (PDF) from the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on CyberSkills, which included execs from Facebook, Lockheed Martin, and Sony, and was advised by representatives from Cisco, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Northrop Grumman, the NSF, and the NSA. 'Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career?' reads the job posting for Secretary's Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteers (salary: $0.00-$0.00). 'If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling.' Student volunteers, DHS adds, will begin in spring 2014 and participate throughout the summer. Get your applications in by January 3, kids!"
Stick with what works... (Score:5, Funny)
Ooo! Outsiders worked so well before! Snow-den! Snow-den! What fun.
Well worth it! (Score:5, Funny)
$0 is a great price for being shunned by your peers for the rest of your life.
Reminds Me Of... (Score:5, Funny)
...during the Clinton years, but before the Monica Lewinski scandal where government would place ads in newspapers and certain periodicals asking for interns. The ads mentioned something along the lines of "gain experience under the nation's leaders". After the Monica scandal, this bit of wording was changed.
The REAL job (Score:4, Funny)
Don't worry about the government shutting down (Score:2, Funny)
They don't get paid! It's the biggest safety mechanism that the government has left.
Re:Get your security clearance before graduation . (Score:4, Funny)
If you want to know about security clearance in the US, you can check it at http://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm [state.gov]
For the cost of getting security clearance, you who is an employee would not be paying but your employer. I believe the cost is varied depended on case by case. http://news.clearancejobs.com/2011/08/07/how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-get-a-security-clearance/ [clearancejobs.com] gives some idea about how much but it is 2 years old...