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Australia 2011 Summer Internships – What’s it all About?
Each year Intern Options advise and place between 30 and 60 students and graduates into Sydney and Melbourne under the Summer Internship Programme. Summer Internship placements are between the months of June and September so you go back to university with some really good work experience on your CV. We can also place you under this programme at any time of the year. All positions are unpaid training positions, perfect for getting great experience and kick-starting your career.
Outside of summer placements we place a lot of new graduates who are looking to pick up some really good experience for between 2 and 6 months. This programme is perfect if you are looking to take a gap year after university/ college but don’t want to have a gap on your CV. For more information on this please see the Sydney & Melbourne Professional Internships page.
If you have any questions on the information below you can pick up the phone and call 0207 353 7699 to talk with a member of the Intern Options team. All of our staff have lived and worked in Australia or New Zealand and we are the only company in the UK that specialises in internship positions in Australia or New Zealand.
Summer Internship Areas
Under our Summer Internship programme we can place you into just about any type of internship position in Sydney or Melbourne. The only places we can’t place into are banking and medical (hospital) internships. Have a look at the specialist Australian internship pages below for specific subject information and company and position examples:
Am I Eligible
You will need to be eligible for the Australian Working Holiday Visa, this allows you to undertake an internship for between 10 and 26 weeks. To be eligible for this visa you will need to hold a passport from a country that has a Working Holiday arrangement with Australia, if you are unsure please see the list of countries on the Australian Immigration website You will also need to either be currently studying, a graduate or have experience in the subject area you will be undertaking your internship in, to be eligible for this programme.
Summer Internships – Paid or Unpaid
While we would love to offer every student a paid summer internship in Sydney and Melbourne, unfortunately this is not realistic. There are a couple of main reasons for this, firstly no Australian employer will hire a paid employee for a 3-4 month internship without interviewing you. Secondly the positions and work experience we can place you into are far higher level than we could if it was a paid position. So although it is a shame we can’t get you paid roles it will mean the learning and experience you will have on your CV will set you up for your future career.
How do we Place you
The way that we will find the right opportunity for you is when you apply we take your CV and discuss it with the companies in Sydney/ Melbourne who meet the brief you give us. All the employers we work with know you are there to learn, so you won’t be stuck making the tea, or doing the photocopying, you will be getting real tasks and assignments to pick up as much experience as possible.
The benefit of this approach is that we will not try and fit you into a position that already exists, we will be talking with employers about a summer internship that fits to your needs. We will either sit down personally with each company or talk to them regularly on the phone to sell you and your abilities.
When to Apply
We get the most applications for our Summer Internships programme in February and March. This gives us 4 to 5 months to talk with employers in Sydney and Melbourne to find you a really great internship. At the least we need around two months to find and negotiate you a placement and to allow enough time to have your visa processed, but the earlier you can have your application to us the more time we will have to find you a really good job.
Programme cost
The total programme cost for our Sydney Internship Programme is £800, this is made up of a £300 deposit with your application to allow us to start talking to employers on your behalf. Once we have found and negotiated you a placement then a final payment of £500 to secure your position is required. You will need to fund all living expenses as well as flight, insurance and visa cost, outside of our placement fee. For a detailed breadown of living costs in Australia please see our Australian Internship Page.
What’s included in the Programme
Our placement fee includes the following:
1) Your placement/ internship designed to your specifications and confirmed before leaving the UK (or home country)
- Internship contract stating duties, working hours, obligations of employer, employment duration and contact person.
- Phone and/ or email contact with employer
2) Full support to interns during application including assistance with:
- Setting up an Australian bank account
- Flights to Australia
- Visa application and supporting documentation
- Phone interview
- Finding accommodation before you arrive – to your budget
3) Advice and Support while in Sydney/ Melbourne including:
- Insurance covering the intern during the placement (separate to travel insurance)
- Weekly newsletter
- Weekly social meet-up with other interns
- Discounts on various Sydney attractions
How to Apply for my Internship
To apply for the Sydney and Melbourne Professional Internships programme please see the How to Apply page for step by step instructions
If you have any questions or would like to talk through what we can offer you, please let the Intern Options team know. You can call us in the office on 0207 353 7699 or via email to info@internoptions.com
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