Can a US firm legally hire someone as intern after they have graduated from school/university and aren&#39;t enrolled in any school/university?
<p>Can a firm US based in the United States legally hire someone as intern after they have graduated from school/university and aren't enrolled in any school/university anymore? </p>

<p>If state-dependent, I am interested in California.</p>

<p>You can call any position an internship without a school being involved. However you need to pay them. An unpaid internship at a for profit organization is only possible if it earns some kind of school credit for the intern.</p>

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