Outline of Internship Seminar
1. General overview about internship
2. How to write a Cover letter, how to write a CV
3. How to finance an internship, how to write a cost
projection
4. After the Internship: Internship Report and Thank You
letter
5. Job Interviews: Possible Questions
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
Contents
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
Contents
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
1. Internship
• within the framework of MA SES
• Duration: at least 6 weeks (recommended: 8
weeks)
• Period: 1.6. – 31.8. (summer holidays) or
01.01. – 31.03.
1. What is an internship?
Intern
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Internship)
"[...] An intern is one who works in a temporary
position with an emphasis on education rather than
merely employment, making it similar in some
respects to an apprenticeship.
1. What is an internship?
Interns are usually college or university students
or other young adults. […]
An internship may be either paid, unpaid or
partially paid (in the form of a stipend). Paid
internships are most common in the medical,
science, engineering, business (especially
accounting and finance), technology and
advertising fields.
1. What is an internship?
Internship positions are available from
businesses, government departments, nonprofit
groups and organizations.
Internships may be part-time or full-time;
typically they are part-time during the University
year and full-time in the summer, and they
typically last 6-12 weeks, but can be shorter or
longer."
Contents
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
Why internships?
"Theory-Practice-Reflection"
Theory
•Labour Markets
•Globalization
•Social Enequality
•Welfare State
Politics
•European
integration
•…
Practice
 How are organisations
(European institutions, NGOs
etc.) dealing with these
questions?
 How can the knowledge I am
gaining in this programme be
helpful for these organisations?
 What skills am I lacking?
Why internships?
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To gain knowledge/competences that can be
helpful in later jobs
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To check out a job/an occupational area that
seems to be interesting
• Making contacts to possible future employers
• Combining the theoretical knowledge gained in the courses with
practical experience
• Strengthen your resume. Related experience is often necessary before
an employer/graduate program will consider your application
• Gaining material for the Master Thesis
Benefits to students:
• Opportunity to work in career related or professional environment
• Provide career awareness for the students
• Give the students the chance to evaluate, reflect upon and try a
career field
• Provide valuable experience that helps secure future employment
• Can earn money or credit
• Provide professional networking contacts
• Make classroom learning more interesting
• Help the student develop job search skills
• Develop self-confidence as they identify skills, abilities and talents
Benefits to the employer
• Can evaluate the student for potential full time
employment
• Give the employer access to quality candidates
• Students contribute new energy and ideas to the
work place
• Scheduling can be flexible to meet the employer’s
needs
• Cost effective
Benefits to the
department/college/university
• Strengthen ties to alumni and the community
• Make the transfer out process easier for
students
• Curriculum can benefit through feedback from
employers
Problems concerning internship
Contents
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
Professional fields and
organisations/internships
Business
• Tourist agencies in Russia, preferably in St.
Petersburg sending Russian tourists to European
holiday places/round trips
• Tourist agencies in St. Petersburg inviting German/European
tourists for holidays to Russia
• German agencies of tourism in Germany inviting Russian
tourists (German language necessary, payment unlikely)
• German tourist agencies sending German /European tourists
to Russia
• Companies trading with European partners
• Russian companies in St. P./Russia
• German companies in St. Petersburg/Russia
Professional fields and
organisations/internships
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Culture
– Internationally active museums in Russia and Germany
– European Cultural Institutes in St. Petersburg and Russia
– Cultural Institutes in Germany
• Science and Education
- Russian institutes creating and developing international programmes
of studies and research
– German institutions which are creating and developing international
programmes of studies and research with Russian
universities/academies (AAA of German universities)
– German foundations in St. Petersburg/Russia
– European foundations dealing with Russian science
– German foundations/institutions in Germany dealing with science in
Russia
Professional fields and
organisations/internships
NGOs of Civil Society and Development Organisations
• Politics
• Embassies and Consulates of the European Countries in
St. Petersburg and Moscow,
• Russian Embassy and General Consulate in Berlin,
Hamburg and Bonn,
• Parliamentary Group for European Affairs in the
Russian Duma
• Russia Exchange Programme of Deutscher Bundestag
• Delegation of the EU in Moscow
Possible Internship Places
Name of the organisation
Немецко-Русский Обмен
German-Russian Exchange
Contact person
Angelina Davydova a.davydova@inbox.ru
+7 904 519 19 77
Information
German-Russian NGO
http://obmen.org/ru/main
Delegation der Deutschen Wirtschaft in der Katja Wedig
Russischen Föderation
service-ahk@spb.hk24.biz
Außenstelle St. Petersburg
Delegation of the German economy in the RF
www.hk24.biz
Russia Consulting
Daniel Breckheimer
breckheimer@russia-consulting.eu
German-Russian-Ukrainian
Agency
www.russia-consulting.eu
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Außenstelle St. Petersburg
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
Natalia Smirnova
FES@mail.wplus.net
German political foundation
www.fes.de
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Außenstelle St. Petersburg
Elisabeth Bauer
kasspb@online.ru
German political foundation
www.kas.de
Consulting
Committee for External Relations of Saint- contact via Nikita Lomagin (teacher of our http://www.kvs.spb.ru
Petersburg
programme): lomagin@rol.ru
Administration of
Generalkonsulat
der
Bundesrepublik Marcus Stadthaus
Deutschland in St. Petersburg
ku-1@stpe.diplo.de
General Consulate of the FRG
www.sankt-petersburg.diplo.de
Cool English Magazine
Journal (published in ) with articles in
English to learn English language
www.coolenglish.co.uk
William Hackett-Jones
will@eclecticpublishing.co.uk
Place of Internship of previous students
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Kultur- und Integrationszentrum PHOENIX
Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg
State Duma of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, Brussels
European Human Rights Avocacy Center, Memorial, Moscow
Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
European Intermodal Association (EIA), Brussels
Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, Gent
British Council, St. Petersburg
MAN Ferrostaat AG, Essen
A1 personeelsdiensten, Arnhem
ATTAC Bundesbüro, Frankfurt/Main
British Council, London
Russian Food & Drinks Magazine LLC., St. Petersburg
European Public Law Center, Athens
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Vienna
Administration of the Committee for External Affairs, St. Petersburg
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bremen University, Bremen
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels
Place of Internship of current students
Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS (TPAA), Moscow
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Department for
Russian and Eurasian Studies, Oslo
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
Russian-German-Exchange, Berlin
Green Party Russia, Moscow
Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg
Gender Institute of Saxony Anhalt, Magdeburg
Chamber of National Minorities in Lithuania, Vilnius
Centre for Democracy and Tolerance, Berlin
Centre for Turkey Studies, Essen
NGO Children Violence, Rome
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Potsdam
Internships in EU Institutions
• ECA - European Court of Auditors
Internship
• ECB - European Central Bank
• EMEA - European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
Internships
• European Commission
Internship
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions
Internship
• OAMI - Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Internship
Internships in NGOs and Political
Organizations
• Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
[27 Oct] Internships, Copenhagen
• Transparency International
[25 Oct] Internship in Policy and Research Department, Berlin (Deadline: 8
November)
• Nonviolent Peaceforce
[24 Oct] Internship - Communications Assistant, Brussels (Deadline: 1
November)
• Nonviolent Peaceforce
[24 Oct] Internship - Research & Fundraising Assistant, Brussels (Deadline:
1 November)
• Johanniter International (JOIN) Enterprises of the Orders of St. John
[24 Oct] Internships, Brussels
• ECMI - European Centre for Minority Issues
[20 Oct] Internships - EU Programme, Flensburg
Internships in NGOs and Political
Organizations
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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
[17 Oct] Internships, Copenhagen (Deadline: 5 November)
Union of European Federalists
[12 Oct] Internship, Brussels
EUREC Agency
[2 Oct] Intern, 6 months, from January 2007, Brussels (Deadline: 20
November)
The Hague Justice Portal
[25 Sep] Intern, The Hague
Article 19
[18 Sep] Europe Programme Intern, London
Transparency International
[18 Sep] Internship with the International Strategy Review Project, Berlin
Transparency International
[15 Sep] Internship with the Global Programmes Department, Berlin
Internships in International
Organisations
• UNAIDS - UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
[13 Oct] Internship with UNAIDS Headquarters, Geneva (Deadline: 30
September)
• EFTA - European Free Trade Association
[8 Oct] Traineeship, Spring 2007, Financial Mechanism Office, up to 9
candidates, six-month, from 1 February 2007 to 30 July 2007, Brussels
(Deadline: 15 November)
• Centre d'information sur l'Europe
[12 Sep] Stage d' Assistant(e) Promotion du site et Partenariats, Paris
Head of Internship/Internship Coordinator
The Internship Coordinator is responsible for the internship at MA SES
which means:
• conducts the Internship Preparation Seminar (Theory and Practice
of Applied Research)
• helps students to find a suitable internship placement
• increases contacts with organisations suitable for internships
• the person in charge for the internship stipend
• checks the internship reports that have to be handed in after the
internship
Since one part of the "active professionalisation" is also to go through the whole
application process (including receiving and dealing with refusals), the
internship coordinator is not necessarily in charge of finding internship
placements for the students.
3. How to find an internship?
• Advertisements
(1) Internet: special search engines
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Russia:
e.g.: www.monster.ru
www.jobfair.ru
www.e-graduate.ru
www.career.ru
…
3. How to find an internship?
 Germany:
e.g.:
www.praktikum.de
www.hobsons.de
www.jobware.de
www.jobpilot.de
www.monster.de
www.prabo.de
...
3. How to find an internship?
 "European Union" (Brussels/Strasbourg):
e.g.: www.eurobrussels.com/internships.php
http://jobs.euractiv.com
www.eubusiness.com/jobs
...
3. How to find an internship?
• "Direct search"
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Internet presences of organisations: mostly
also information about internships
e.g.: www.europarl.eu.int/stages/default.htm
www.europarl.eu.int/comm/stages
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Other sources: reports about organisations
on TV/in Newspapers, recommendation of
teachers, friends, SES-alumni, …
3. How to find an internship?
Sometimes: no information about internships
on the website of an organisation
 Possibility to apply proactively
 better chances (not so many
competitors)
 more freedom/more space for
negotiations
transitionsabroad.com
eu-student.eu
internabroad.com
europlacement.com
Contents
1. What is an
internship?
2. Why doing an
internship?
3. How to find
an internship?
4. How to apply
for an
internship?
4. How to apply for an internship?
4.1 Different application standards
4.2 The Covering Letter
4.3 The CV
What you get for your application: A Confirmation letter
Possible financing sources
1. Self-financing
2. Paid Internship
3. Sponsors
1. Self-financing
• 1st possibility: save money in advance
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2nd possibility: arrange "part-time
internship" that allows you to work during
the rest of the time
Possible financing sources
1. Self-financing
2. Paid Internship
3. Sponsors
2. Paid Internship
• esp. companies, but sometimes also other
organisations (e.g.: Bertelsmann Foundation)
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also possible: partly paid internships or
accommodation offered by the
organisation
2. Paid internships
• Advantages:
no other financial source necessary
Intern = real member of the organisation who
does work that is useful for the org.
2. Paid internships
• Disadvantages:
mostly have to stay longer than 2 months
focus is more on real work than on learning
in case of internships in foreign countries: more
bureaucracy (e.g.: for Russians in Germany: ZAV)
Possible financing sources
1. Self-financing
2. Paid Internship
3. Sponsors
3. Sponsors
3.1 CGES
3.2 Foundations
3.3 Additional Information
3. Sponsors
3.1 CGES
3.2 Foundations
3.3 Additional Information
3.1 Stipend of the CGES
• 5 stipends available
• Deadline for application: 15.4. as well as
15.10.09
• Papers to be handed in:
1. acceptance by an organisation
2. formal application letter
3. cost projection/budget
4. (if necessary) proof of language skills
3.1 Stipend of the CGES
1. Acceptance by an organisation
Letter/email by the responsible person
Should contain the period of the internship (at
least 8 weeks) and a short description of the
tasks
Should make clear that the internship can not
or just partly be paid by the organisation
3.1. Stipend of the CGES
2. Formal application letter
Addressee: Head of Internship and selection
commission (consisting of teachers from the
programme)
description of the organisation and why it is
interesting for you
attempts to get money from other sources
3.1. Stipend of the CGES
3. Cost projection/budget plan
list of expected costs (please, also name the
source of this information!)
should also contain information about how
much you can pay yourselves
Cost projection
3.1 Stipends of the CGES
4. Proof of your language skills
just for internships that can not be done in
English or in your mother tongue
either by one of your teachers or by an official
certificate
The Internship Stipend
• The Internship stipend is a financial help for students
who cannot afford an internship abroad (or - if St.
Petersburg is not their hometown - in St. Petersburg)
• It is not to be seen as reward – although good
performance in the programme is one of the
prerequisites to get the stipend.
• This fact (that the stipend is not a reward but a
financial help) should be made clear towards the
students in order to make sure that everybody checks
carefully how much money he/she can contribute on
her own.
Deadline to apply
• about 2 months before the internships are
supposed to start to make sure to have enough
time for the selection process and the money
transfer (which can take about 14 days)
• selection process is organised by the Head of
Internship who chooses and contacts the
members of the selection commission.
• then, the list of selected students with their bank
accounts and cost projections has to be sent to
Bielefeld CGES that is in charge of the money
transfer
3.1 Stipends of CGES
Please note:
• application can be handed in via e-mail
(dgspb@gmx.de)
• stipend is just "valid" for the internship you
mentioned in your application (→ if you
decide to do your internship at another place
or receive a letter of refusal afterwards, you
will have to apply again)