Meet 3 Folks Who Did an Internship in Australia with AIFS Overseas

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Australia is the definition of “work onerous, play onerous.” It’s well-known for its sunny seashores that encourage leisure and waterfront enjoyable, gorgeous maritime and terrestrial environments that supply outside journey, and an thrilling nightlife scene with reside music throughout each style. Past the enjoyable, Australia is a serious international financial energy, with booming industries that place it as a key participant within the Asia-Pacific area. AIFS Overseas affords full-time internships and Research + Internship applications in Sydney, one of many nation’s main enterprise and educational hubs. With an internship in Sydney, you may discover numerous profession fields whereas constructing a powerful worldwide community. Able to see what it’s actually prefer to intern overseas in Australia? 

Hear from three individuals who did an internship in Australia with AIFS Overseas! 

Raegan: Structure Internship in Sydney 

Raegan from Texas Tech College did an structure internship in Sydney throughout spring semester. She describes her expertise interning at a neighborhood structure agency under: 

“I’m loving [my internship]… My workplace is so stunning and is [in] such a fantastic location referred to as World Sq.… At lunch time I am going down for yoga! Since my work is situated at World Sq., us workers get particular perks like free exercise lessons!” 

Hear Raegan go over her duties at her internship, her expertise along with her supervisors, and her workload in comparison with different AIFS Overseas interns in her program: 

“Because it’s an structure internship, I’d say it’s slightly extra work in comparison with others, however not dangerous in any respect!.. My bosses are tremendous lenient and supportive since they know I’m nonetheless a scholar… they’ve been very useful… I’m engaged on boards with tasks throughout Australia. I’ve used 3D software program that I discovered in class and helped mannequin, design, and plan tasks. I’ve been on website visits as properly!” 

Exterior of her internship, Raegan favored to spend her time exploring Sydney, the remainder of Australia, and past: 

“I’ve been to the Nice Barrier Reef, the Blue Mountains, and the [Sydney] Opera Home. I’m going to Melbourne, Jervis Bay, and Canberra… I’ve [also] been to Bali and Thailand. I’m planning to [go to] Japan and Singapore in June for my birthday. It’s not onerous to search out reasonably priced flights.” 

As the top of her structure internship in Sydney neared, Raegan mirrored on her time overseas: 

“I significantly don’t wish to depart as a result of life has been so wonderful right here! I’d extremely suggest everybody to examine [or] intern overseas. I really feel like I’ve grown a lot as a younger girl and I’m so grateful. One of many the reason why I wished to intern overseas was to construct my portfolio, and I positively assume this can make me stand out from my friends and provides me life abilities.” 

Sandrine: Sustainability & Hospitality Internships in Sydney 

Sandrine, an AIFS Overseas Inexperienced Ambassador Scholarship recipient, interned overseas in Sydney whereas incomes her grasp’s diploma in administration at HEC Montreal. She did two part-time internships in Sydney, offering her with expertise in a number of industries and roles, which she particulars under: 

“So, I made a decision to do two totally different internships in Sydney. One in the direction of extra sustainability, so it’s the one which I’m doing on Monday and Tuesday, and it’s distant. It’s basically primarily based on the round financial system, and it’s in a consulting agency with a very small workforce. And the second internship I’ve is within the 4 Seasons Resort, so it’s extra of a hospitality internship; I’m a part of the Human Sources workforce.” 

As Sandrine emphasizes, her AIFS Overseas internships aligned completely along with her educational and profession objectives: 

“I did my bachelor’s in sustainability and advertising and marketing, and now my grasp’s in administration, so I’m seeking to work in sustainability—extra in the direction of consulting—so this internship is an ideal alternative! One advantage of AIFS is that your internship shall be primarily based in your objectives and aims!” 

Under, Sandrine lists a few of her duties at her sustainability internship: 

 “Write an academic article for our shopper, create some informative slides in regards to the round financial system, do an evaluation of our LinkedIn, and write some posts. Days are totally different from one to a different, however basically, it’s about educating our purchasers and serving to them to alter their method of doing enterprise!” 

Exterior of her internship, Sandrine explains a few of her favourite issues about interning overseas in Sydney: 

“Sydney has some wonderful coastal walks alongside town! Nice strategy to get across the metropolis in a sustainable method! Do you know that the Sydney Harbour & Coast Stroll community is 315 km [long]?” 

And as for Australia as an entire, Sandrine mentioned the next: 

“The character, the outdoorsy actions, and the life-style Australia affords are wonderful!” 

Nick: Research + Internship in Sydney 

Nick is a journalism and mass communications scholar from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College who did a Research + Internship program throughout fall semester. This distinctive AIFS Overseas program permits faculty college students and latest grads to concurrently take lessons and do a part-time internship overseas. 

Under, he describes his program in additional element: 

“For my diploma program at [my home university], I’m a journalism and mass communications scholar after which my focus is in media manufacturing… [For my internship program,] I do lessons three days every week and I’ve an internship two days every week… I’ve been serving to [my host company] promote some issues [and] put some advertisements out. They do lots of occasion know-how stuff, so in case you want a photograph sales space, if you wish to do the slow-mo Glamdroid, they’ve that. It’s been actually cool interning [abroad].” 

Not solely did Nick discover his part-time internship rewarding, however he loved his programs in Sydney, too: 

“I really like that for my movie lessons we get devoted class time to look at motion pictures and analyze digital camera methods in relation to overarching themes.” 

Hear Nick describe his housing in Sydney with different AIFS Overseas program members: 

“It’s cool, I [live in] an residence with 8 of us in 4 rooms, so it’s two to a room, and all of us [share] a front room and a kitchen. It’s fairly good, we’re staying not too removed from campus, so it’s like strolling distance for me and never too removed from the harbor both, so you may simply stand up and go see the water.” 

Take in the Sydney sunshine when you achieve hands-on skilled expertise with an AIFS Overseas internship in Australia! 

AIFS Overseas affords a variety of internship applications in Australia, every tailor-made to satisfy particular skilled, educational, and private preferences. With an intern overseas program in Australia, you may earn credit, immerse your self within the thrilling Aussie tradition, and journey all through Australia and the higher Asia-Pacific area. Select AIFS Overseas and make the most of our helpful program inclusions (which actually take the stress out of planning!), resembling housing, journeys and excursions, social and cultural actions, 24/7 emergency help, profession readiness programming, and the help of our trusted on-site employees.