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Virtual Internships with Experienced Bilingual Business Professionals (October/November)

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Glendon
Glendon
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Fabienne Breton
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General
  • Certificate
  • 20 learners; individual projects
  • 144 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 1/1 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Insurance, Business services, Government, Any, Banking & finance, Marketing & advertising, Business & management, Human resources & recruitment
Categories
General Accounting Operations Project management Marketing strategy
Skills
project planning sales & marketing business consulting business strategy communication
Project timeline
  • December 1, 2020
    Experience start
  • November 10, 2020
    Weekly Check-in
  • November 17, 2020
    Weekly Check in/Interim Report
  • November 24, 2020
    Weekly Check-in
  • November 28, 2020
    Self-evaluation
  • December 2, 2020
    Experience end
Overview
Details

Benefit from the skills and experience of one of our bilingual (FR/ENG) business students at the Glendon Campus of York University! We are currently inviting organizations with exceptional reputations seeking bilingual talent for roles in business, finance, administration, human resources, marketing and project management to host experienced, internationally educated, Glendon-trained professionals for a paid or unpaid virtual internship.

Students will work on one or more projects of your choosing over the internship period, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.

Students are available for 144 hours of placement (4 weeks full-time or 8 weeks part-time). These virtual student placement opportunities are for October/November 2020.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, student placements will only occur virtually.

Learner skills
Project planning, Sales & marketing, Business consulting, Business strategy, Communication
Deliverables

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project. The student should complete 144 hours with your organization.

Project Examples

Virtual Internship Opportunity

Students can complete a substantial project for your organization over the placement period. We suggest providing a starting project, but as the placement goes on there may be other duties or projects the student is asked to complete as well. Providing a central project creates structure for the internship, and gives the student (and company) a tangible goal.

This internship is the final module in our Bridge Training Business Certificate Program for Internationally Educated Professionals and gives our participants the practical opportunity to apply their learning from our program, in the Canadian workplace. The courses they have completed in our program include English in the Workplace, Business Communication, Project Management Fundamentals, Workplace Culture and Success, The Strategic Employee and Advance Your Career.

Ideally, an internship with your organization would be for four weeks full-time or eight weeks part-time, for a total of 144 hours. Students are looking for placements in business, finance, administration, human resources, marketing and project management. By taking on one of our students, you will have the help of experienced, internationally educated professionals, who are building their Canadian work experience, but who also bring bilingual core competencies from a wide variety of academic disciplines and international experiences as well as skills from our program.

Types of organizations that could be a fit include:

  • Banks
  • Insurance companies
  • Accounting firms
  • HR and recruitment agencies
  • Tech companies
  • Consulting firms
  • Engineering companies
  • Micro-credit institutions among many more.

Students are bilingual, with professional fluency in French and English.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who will act as the student's primary supervisor over the duration of the virtual placement. A secondary contact should be provided as a backup. Students will interact virtually with their primary contact on a daily basis, or as needed.

Placements are unpaid, for-credit experience for students, but honorariums are welcome if your organization is able to provide a stipend for the student.

The host institution accepts to supervise the internee and to submit a short report on the internee’s overall performance, notably on her/his learning and problem- solving ability, adaptability to the new environment, and relation with the host organization’s personnel and clients.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.