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Internship abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?
Internship abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?
What is an internship abroad?
- An internship abroad means working for a foreign organization for a certain period of time in order to help and especially to learn from it.
- For your work, you generally do not receive compensation in the form of salary, expenses or, for example, board and lodging.
Why should you intern abroad?
- To gain experience in your own field of work, or in the sector you might want to work in later.
- To see yourself at work in a different environment.
- To be able to work in a different field and see if you like it.
- To use as a stepping stone for a local job with a salary.
- To help others with your efforts and skills.
- To support organizations or causes you find important in your life.
What do you need if you want to do an internship abroad?
- Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you will acquire during your stay abroad
- Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need a reasonable to good command of the local language.
- Independence and/or self-confidence: you will need some form of independence, and your self-confidence will grow through it
- Environmental awareness: an important element for your stay abroad
- Cooperation skills: also abroad it is important that you learn, or can learn, to cooperate when working with others
- Organizational awareness
- Empathy
Where is the best place to intern abroad?
- When looking for a social internship: Aruba - Bonaire - Curaçao - Ghana - Guatemala - India - Nepal - South Africa
- When you are looking for a commercial internship: Australia - Curacao - Spain - United States of America
- When you are looking for an internship caring for or protecting animals: Costa Rica - Curaçao - Ecuador - Indonesia - South Africa
- When you are under 18 years old: Spanish language courses and internships in Spain (e.g. Salamanca, Barcelona) - Youth internships in Malawi, Uganda or South Africa.
- When you travel "as a woman alone" for the first time : Australia - New Zealand - Argentina - Ecuador - Costa Rica - Thailand - Indonesia. - Nepal - Ghana
- When traveling 'as a woman alone' with experience: Bolivia - Peru - Guatemala - Nicaragua - China and Hong Kong - South Africa - Kenya - Malawi
To what extent are you insured for the risks of doing a traineeship and intern abroad?
- Several reasons may apply why you need separate insurance when doing an internship abroad, or at least check your insured situation carefull
- Local organizations usually offer no, or very limited, insurance
- The risk of accidents is present because you are doing work with which you have little experience, for example
- During your internship abroad, in most countries the coverage of your own health insurance expires. You will then need special insurance to remain properly insured for illness and accidents.
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