Internships in Ireland

St Patrick's Festival Photo Competition

2011-03-15T19:13:00.004Z

So, what are you getting up to during the St Patrick's Festival in Dublin?

OK, we don't want to know everything, but if you've got some photos from the festival you would like to share with us, then you could win a night (or two) accommodation in Dublin for two people!

Past and present interns are invited to submit photos to win.

How to Enter

1. Have a fantastic time during the St Patrick's Festival and take lots of photos.
2. If you haven't already, "Like" our Internships Ireland Facebook page, then post your best photo(s) to our wall before 4pm on Tuesday 22nd March.
3. Relax and recover from the festival while we select a shortlist of photos and post them into an album on our Facebook page by Wednesday 23rd March.
4. Vote (or get friends to) for your favourite photo by "Liking" it - the photo with the most "Likes" by 4pm on Tuesday 29th March wins the prize!

The Prize

The winner can choose between either two nights midweek (Sun-Thurs) or one weekend night (Fri-Sat) for two people in an A*Star Hostel in Dublin city centre. Stay yourself with a friend, or be really popular and invite friends to visit you in Dublin!

Terms and Conditions

1. This competition is open to all current and past participants in Irish Education Partners internships programmes.
2. The prize is either one weekend night or two midweek nights' accommodation in a twin room for two people in either Abraham House, Ashfield House or Abigail’s Hostels in Dublin, subject to availability.
3. This prize may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.
4. All photographs posted on our Facebook page may be used in future promotions by Irish Education Partners.
5. By posting a photo to our Facebook page, you warrant that it is your own work and that you own the copyright for it. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws.
6. Any pictures deemed to contain inappropriate content will be removed from the Competition and deleted from our Facebook page.
7. Photos must be submitted before 4pm on Tuesday 22nd March and "Likes" will be counted up to 4pm on Tuesday 29th March.
8. The winner will be contacted directly by us, and also posted on our Facebook page.

That's it! Enjoy the festival - we're looking forward to seeing your photos.

What is "smart casual" dress code?

2010-10-05T15:51:00.007+01:00

For the majority of the participants on our internship programmes, the dress code is "smart casual". This primarily means no denim jeans, trainers or t-shirts on the one hand, without requiring a suit or uniform at the other extreme.

While there is no definitive specification for the oxymoronic 'smart casual', we just love the detail in this description from Wikipedia:

"... smart casual for men consists of dress trousers—some, but not all definitions may allow jeans or chinos—a long-sleeve dress shirt (tie optional), leather loafers or dressy slip-ons, dress socks, a belt, and, if appropriate, a sport coat.

For women, it consists of slacks or a skirt (long or short), a blouse or turtleneck, a fashionable belt, a jacket, a vest, or a sweater coordinated to the outfit, hosiery or socks with boots, flats (leather, suede, or fabric) or mid-heel shoes. Not all definitions allow jeans. Women may also wear jewelry, such as earrings that complement their overall outfit, at least.

This category demands a pulled-together, harmonious, complete look with colors, fabrics, shoes, and accessories, for both men and women."

Ladies, note that your belt must be fashionable :)

Internship: Newspaper Journalist Assistant

2010-08-13T12:34:00.008+01:00

Our client, a local newspaper group, requires interns with a good command of English, both written and oral, for their Editorial Department.

Duties will include:

Use of Vox Pops
Working on editorials
Working with Photographic Media
Out of the office assignments

The ideal candidate will be expected to work as a member of a dedicated team, and it is essential that the successful candidate will have a strong work ethic in order to contribute to the overall success of the team.

Click for more information on Irish Education Partners internships programmes.

Internship in Products and Operations Departments - 6 month

2010-08-13T12:28:00.006+01:00

Our client, Ireland's leading tour operator, is offering a six-month internship opportunity for business/marketing students/graduates. This role offers a great hands-on experience in a fast-paced office environment.

Start date mid to end Aug 2010

We are looking for an intern with the following skills:

Excellent English language skills
Excellent communication skills - phone, email etc
Good knowledge of Mircosoft Office essential
A fast learner - successful applicant will learn alot!

Duties will include:

Website content and other systems updating
Products administration
Producing supplier reports
Ticketing and liaising with suppliers on an operations level
Assisting in preparation of holiday offers (training provided)

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Internship: Sound Engineer

2010-08-13T12:16:00.004+01:00

Our client a community based radio station is seeking an intern.

Job description

Play and monitor broadcast
Audio Editing in radio programmes and radio dramas using Adobe Audition
Podcasting
Outside Broadcast (sport events, live music etc.)
Technical support to Sound Recordist/Interviewer

More information on Irish Education Partners internship programmes.

Internship: Office Administration Assistant

2010-08-13T12:11:00.004+01:00

Our client a leading media company seeks an intern to work in their busy office.

Job Description

Office administration: answering phones, dealing with couriers etc.
Website maintenance, updates
Certain tasks and projects will be assigned as needed i.e. statistics and study on MEDIA results. Event coordination, assist with office needs such as office move etc.
Database upkeep

Potential

Further their administration skills and computer skills
Enhance their English skills
They will get to know the Irish AV Industry through the various tasks they undertake
Gain knowledge on MEDIA and its schemes
The company will do their best to work with the intern's needs and interests.

More information on Irish Education Partners internships programmes.

Internship: Fashion Design Assistant

2010-08-13T12:01:00.004+01:00

Our client a fashion designer with her own distinctive fashion label requires a student with a keen interest in fashion to work in her studio in Dublin.

Job Description

Assisting the Design team
Identifying and researching trends
Producing colour palettes, mood boards, garment specification sheets
Assisting with the design of the garment ranges
Assisting with sourcing fabrics and trims
Liaising with clients and attending client meetings when necessary
Liaising with factories.

Requirements

Ideally, the candidate will have experience in the area of fashion design
Be studying a fashion related area at third level
Good CAD skills
Strong communication skills

Internship: Human Resource Assistant

2010-08-13T11:51:00.006+01:00

Our client a leading Human Resources Management Company seeks an an intern to work in their busy office.

Job Description

There are three main divisions in the company, recruitment, training and HR. The duties include:

Updating of email database
Organisation and creat of badges for conferences
Generating new and reformatting programme descriptions
Answering phones
Shortlisting appropriate CVs for various current vacancies
Compiling brochures
Input of trainne details into database
Partake in interviews for potential employees
Scoring personality test
Updating elearning system
Creating labels and sending mailshots to members
Creating excel sheet with client names

Internship: Event Management Assistant

2010-08-13T11:08:00.010+01:00

Our client a five star luxury hotel in Dublin seeks an Event Management Assistant.

Job Description

Planning each event to meet customer requirements
Selecting venues and organising room layouts, equipment, menus and timetables
Making sure that events run smoothly
Welcoming guests and delegates
Setting up equipment
Serving food and drink

Requirements

Ideally, previous experience in Event Management
Self Motivated
The candidate must be able to work as a team member
Attention to detail
Customer focused

Internship: Web Developer

2010-08-13T10:54:00.009+01:00

Our client, a long established and leading Travel Management Company in Ireland, seeks a Web Developer Intern to work in their busy Dublin City Office.

Essential Knowledge:

Thorough understanding of object oriented Programming and System Development Life Cycle.
Understanding of common good coding standards. Capable of commenting code and making code readable using proper indentation etc.
Experience with SQL/TSQL languages (preferably in the Mircosoft SQL server environment). Good understanding of database design and development techniques such as normalisation.
Excellent knowledge of HTML/CSS and W3C standards.
Knowledge and practical experience of a web based programming language, preferably ASP.
ASP.NET/VB.net a major advantage.
Web plug-ins like jquery/JavaScript/AJAX in a web based environment
XML

Also an advantage but not essential:

Awareness of SEO for websites and the factors search engines use to determine rankings.
Graphic Design packages such as GIMP/Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro
IIS knowledge
Previous programming work experience
Knowledge of Firefox based development tools such as Firebug/Web Developer Tools etc.
Experience using SQL 2000 or 2009
Experience using Dreamweaver 8

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Internship: Customs Clearance / Bonded Warehouse Assistant

2010-08-10T16:16:00.035+01:00

Our client, a leading Logistics company in Dublin with a workforce of over 260 highly trained employees seeks an intern to work in their Customs & Foreign Trade Department.

JOB DESCRIPTION: To perform Customs activities within the department, with primary responsibility for performing point of arrival Customs Clearances into the company's Bonded Warehouse; compiling and declaring monthly Customs Declarations for all removals from the Bonded Warehouse; perform re-export clearances from the Bonded Warehouse at the time of export. Other duties include, point of arrival clearances for other consignments into free circulation, primarily ex Switzerland.

Secondary responsibilities include preparing Preferential Trade Documents (ATR) & Transaction Testing shipments, to identify compliance issues against international standards.

There will also be the opportunity to develop skills beyond this. Training will also be given on other aspects of Customs & Foreign Trade, and the successful candidate will work with the rest of the Customs and Foreign Trade team in supporting various other tasks while developing their own knowledge of the area.

This role would be ideal for someone looking to specialise his or her knowledge within the Customs/Supply Chain and work with the department management to redevelop and grow this area of business.

REQUIREMENTS: The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

Basic knowledge of Customs Clearance processes and procedures, and the desire to expand on that knowledge within a specialised environment.
Basic understanding of stock control/reconciliation within the warehouse environment.
Good attention to detail (in an accounting fashion) and the ability to meet deadlines
A working knowledge of Computer Software (e.g. Microsoft Office etc.)
Good communication skills, team working skills and providing support to other team members, as it is required
The successful candidate should be able to work in their primary role using their own initative.
Training and guidance will be provided to the successful candidate.

We're back!

2010-08-10T15:31:00.006+01:00

What can we say? We've been somewhat [ahem] remiss in updating our blog of late, but we're back, and we've lots of interesting things to share with you!

We have been building up a portfolio of excellent internship positions in a broad range of areas, and will update this blog with current vacancies.

Of course, we've also had some great interns on our programmes, and we will share some of their profiles and successes with you too.

We're now on Facebook, where you'll find past and present interns, photos, videos and our "work word of the week", and we're also on YouTube - we welcome your comments, 'likes' and subscriptions.

New Internship & Educational Travel Website Launched

2008-12-09T09:38:00.006Z

Irish Education Partners (IEP) today announced the launch of a vibrant new website to showcase our internship services, and improve communications with our business partners, host organisations and host families.

"With hundreds of creative young people passing through our offices, we had no shortage of feedback and suggestions for this website upgrade" notes Debbie Flynn, Managing Director of IEP.

The website has comprehensive information for:

:: host organisations

:: universities and international internship agencies

:: interns

:: host families

:: success stories from our interns

:: featured internship positions

:: tips and case studies from host organisations

The website also features an extranet for providing detailed information for international business partners.

Interns: Ambassadors for Ireland

2008-12-02T10:02:00.009Z

The enthusiastic young people who come to Ireland on internship programmes not only contribute to our tourism sector during their stay, they become outspoken ambassadors for our country on their return home.

The individuals who participate in our internship programmes are typically young, educated and outward-looking. They generally stay between two and six months in Ireland, and during that time they usually take the opportunity to visit the whole country as tourists. They are often joined by family and friends from their country of origin during these trips.

A recent group of interns supporting Guinness

So, internship programmes make a positive contribution to the tourism sector in Ireland.

Much more interesting, however, is that having lived here, these young people are perceived as experts on Ireland by their friends, family and acquaintances. In overwhelming numbers, they also have huge affection for our country and culture, and they return time and again to Ireland throughout their lives, this time bringing others and spending more on accommodation, restaurants and so on.

Creative Interns Redesign Hostel

2008-10-28T17:44:00.011Z

One of our host organisations, Abigail's Hostel in Dublin city centre, converted from a hotel to a hostel earlier this year, and is now planning to revamp the interior. Dan, an interior design intern from the UK, grabbed this project and researched, planned, measured, sketched and created the following design proposal for the business owners:

Dan also proposed creative redesigns for the other two hostels in the AAA Group, preparing similar 3D presentations using software he selected, Google Sketch-Up.

As Dan's internship placement came to a close, he prepared his files, software and research to hand over to Alice, a textile design graduate, also from the UK. Alice continued with the project, visiting hostels virtually and in person, researching materials and obtaining samples, refining the details to produce mood boards, budgets and options for the project.

Sample mood board, which was backed up with costs, samples, providers and so on

A win-win situation for all involved, Dan and Alice got to apply their knowledge and improve their professional skills in a real and worthwhile project, while the host organisation gained a quirky, innovative interior design, based on thorough research, and ready to implement.

Star Intern Creates Web 2.0 Content

2008-09-16T16:58:00.007+01:00

A great example of how interns can contribute to their host companies is the video produced for our company by Veronica, an intern from Spain.

We were keen to include interactive Web 2.0 content in our marketing strategy (hence this blog...) and asked Veronica to conduct some online research in this area, in particular video sharing e.g. YouTube.

Veronica worked on ideas for content, based on our criteria of capturing the experience of her group in Ireland, and conveying for our business partners and potential future internship candidates the experience of an internship in Ireland:

With a little support and guidance, Veronica researched and selected free video editing software VideoSpin, created and compiled content and uploaded the video to YouTube. On her own initiative, she set up an MSN mailing group and Picasa account to facilitate image sharing and communication with her group.

Veronica is typical of the type of individual participating in the Irish Education Partners internship programmes in that Internet technologies, and in particular Web 2.0, are second nature. As such, they represent a great opportunity for host companies to test the (generally free) Web 2.0 waters to see how they may be exploited to promote their businesses.

It doesn't usually rain this much.... honest!

2008-08-19T10:47:00.002+01:00

Since a group of 50 internship participants arrived in Dublin from Spain in early August, the weather has been terrible.

The record rainfall, according to the Irish Met Office, is:
* 177.7 millimeters of rain in the first 17 days of August, more than double the August average
* on Saturday August 9th, a record 76.2 millimeters of rain fell on Dublin, the second highest daily rate of rainfall in any month since records began

Of course, the interns did not expect the current 35 degree heat and sunshine of Madrid, but we feel terrible for them enduring these conditions.

They are keeping spirits high, however, and have spent time visiting Trinity College and Temple Bar, with plans to travel to Belfast and the Giant's Causeway this weekend, as well as dropping in on the wonderful Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire.

We hope the rain stays mainly on the plain in Spain for the next two weeks so our Spanish visitors get a break.... at least this explains why our countryside is so green and lush!