Summer 2010 Internships
“Get your Work Experience Early“

Everyone knows employers look for work experience on your CV/ resume. But when is the best time to get it?

Don’t wait until you graduate to start looking for quality work experience. Feedback from employers and universities shows you need to be doing this while you’re studying.

Check out the full article here:

Summer 2010 Internships – Get Work Experience Early

Last month we talked to a range of UK employers about how they viewed the need for work experience.

This month we talked to some of the UK’s top universities about the benefits of a quality summer 2010 internship and how this enhances not just future job prospects, but can lead to higher degree marks in years to come.

A quote from Lindy Blair, Placement Manager for School of Management, University of Surrey :

“Probably the greatest benefits we see for our students is applying their course work to the real world of business and especially applying concepts that are often hard to grasp when taught in a classroom environment. The university sees improvement in students’ attitude and approach to studies and there is a real link between students that have undertaken relevant work experience and higher degree marks when they return to their studies”.

If you missed the first articles, you can catch up on your reading (sorry couldn’t resist putting that there).

• Summer 2010 Internships – Where to Start
• Summer 2010 Internships – How to Budget
• Summer 2010 Internships – What’s the Big Deal
• Summer 2010 Internships – What do Employers Think

Any questions on the Summer 2010 Internships Programme don’t hesitate to give Jon a call from Intern Options on 0207 353 7699 or email info@internoptions.com

Australian Horticulture Travel Jobs Programme
Meet the first Confirmed Applicants

First Applicants: The first lucky people to be confirmed on the programme are up on our blog. You can read about their travel plans and when they will be starting in 2010.

Click here to see the first confirmed 2010 applicants

New Benefits: To see the full list of goodies we have added to the programme click on:

Australia Horticulture Travel Jobs Programme page.

There is no extra cost for all these extra benefits and no catch we’re just improving our offer to you, here are a couple:

• FREE 500 kilometres Greyhound coach travel and

• FREE Australian sim card

• FREE International calling card with $2 credit that lets you call home from your mobile

• Australia and New Zealand guidebooks

• International Discount Card with savings at 1200 Backpacker Hostels worldwide

To hear feedback from Mark who is currently on the programme click through to

Mark’s Horticulture Travel Jobs Programme Feedback

Meet the Intern Options Team at your University

On the 18th of November Intern Options visited the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff for a very successful presentation on the opportunities for Hospitality, Tourism and Events internships in New Zealand and Australia.

The future university talks and visits planned are:

25th November – University of Central Lancashire
1:30pm in the Greenbank 348 room
Hospitality, Tourism and Events presentation (other students welcome)

26th November – De Montfort University
12pm in Hawthorn 00.05
Summer 2010 Internships presentation and sandwich placement opportunities in Australia and New Zealand

15th February – University of Surrey
Hospitality, Tourism and Events presentation (other students welcome)

23rd February – University of Derby
11am Work Abroad Fair

25th February – University of Leister
Work Abroad Fair

9th March – University of Portsmouth
10am Presentation on Hospitality, Tourism and Events presentation (other students welcome)

If you’d like the Intern Options team to visit your university to talk through the options available in Australia and New Zealand, get in touch with us and we can organise this. Alternatively have a chat to your university placement office or tutor as we are probably already talking to them.

Student and Graduate Feedback on the Blog

So what’s been happening on the Internship Blog in the last month, well the last of the hospitality interns have been placed and we are getting up the graduate professional internship students.

www.InternOptions.com/blog

Applying for your Internship

We get asked a lot of questions before students or graduates apply for their internship through Intern Options. Below is some information that will cover the majority of the questions we get asked on a regular basis.

1. Am I eligible – For information on eligibility for our programmes please see the Am I Eligible page for full details.

2. What kind of Internship – We get asked a lot what kind of internship can you find for me? Two ways we can give you an idea on this, firstly check out the subject specific pages which have company and position descriptions for you to browse on the Sydney and Melbourne Professional Internships page.

If you would like some specific feedback on what we can place you into you can send your CV and cover letter to info@internoptions.com and we will come back with some feedback and options for you. You will find the CV and cover letter templates on the How to Apply page

If you have any questions on the programme you can give us a call on 0207 353 7699 or send us an email to info@internoptions.com

Current Graduate Internship Vacancies

The Sydney and Melbourne programme is currently our most popular – offering students the chance to gain valuable international experience that will make their CVs shine to employers. All positions are available for between 10 and 26 weeks and are unpaid.

Below is a small selection of the company and position descriptions available in every professional area.  For more information on this programme or to see more company and position descriptions in career/ subject areas, please see the Sydney and Melbourne Internship page.

HR Internship - Job Description (Sydney)
This is a new internship description on the website for an HR or Human Resources internship in a busy HR department in a large Sydney company. This would suit a graduate or an intern looking for their first bit or really good experience on their CV.

Graphic Design Internship - Job Description
This is one of the many graphic design internships we have available at the moment. If you’re looking for experience in a wide range of graphic design duties then this is a great position to work in and it will look very good on your CV also.

HR/ Human Resources Internship – Job Description
This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia, which has been operating since 1947. The company services all types of industries and businesses, from technical operations through to manufacturing, professional services, government business, and retail – large, medium and small.

With 85 permanent staff and managing approximately 65 contractors, the HR team is always busy. As an intern with us you will get experience in a busy HR team implementing and managing new employees induction as well as maintaining current employee details and contracts.

Hospitality & Tourism Internships – Current Vacancies
5 Star Wellington (New Zealand) Hotel have requested two more interns to start February 2010. After the fantastic DIT interns, the hotel have requested two more Irish hospitality interns for six month internships.

For more information on this programme or to see more company and position descriptions in career/ subject areas, please see the Sydney and Melbourne Internship page.

Finding Insurance for your Australian Internship

Alternatively check out Hostel World which is the best website we’ve found for reviews on hostels in Australia and to book a hostel for when you first arrive.