PROFESSIONAL CAREER TRAINING
Professional internships for students in the USA

Program organized in cooperation with our American partner Council Exchange

What Is It?

• Program has been created for university graduates and employees with at least 2 years of work experience.
  
  
• Program's aim are internships in the USA.
  
  
• Internships can be paid or unpaid. If they're unpaid (or paid less than 750 USD per month) you should prove having enough money to pay your stay in the USA.
  
  
• You should find your internship in the USA on your own. Try here:
  
  http://www.rsinternships.com,
  http://internships.wetfeet.com/SearchInternships.asp,
  http://www.internshipprograms.com,
  http://www.internjobs.com,
  http://campus.monster.com/jobs,
  http://www.4work.com,
  http://www.headhunter.net,
  http://www.1stamericajobbank.com,
  http://www.U.S.interns.com,
  http://www.internweb.com,
  http://www.yahoo.com
  where you can find American employers looking for interns.
  
  
• Internship sectors:
  
  - Art and Culture
  - Journalism
  - School, Social science, Library science, Consultancy
  - Marketing, Banking and Finance (with Hotel marketing)
  - Health services (but not Medecine)
  - Engineering, Architecture, Mathematics
  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  - Administration and Law
  
  Internship in Hotel marketing requires change of company department every 3 months, it should be indicated in the agreement (Employer Section).
  
  
• Internship sectors NOT ACCEPTED by CIEE program:
  
  - Looking after children and elderly people as well as working as a baby-sitter or a housekeeper
  - Youth camps as Camp counselor
  - Pedagogy, Teaching or School assistant
  - Medicine, Psychology or Rehabilitation
  - Internship as a member of ship or plane staff
  - Veterinary
  - In cooperation with temporary work agencies or employment offices
  
  
• There can't be more interns than 10% of the company staff.
  
  
• During internship you can't change employer or work in another company in the same time.
  
  
• You can stay in the USA up to 30 days after your J-1 visa expires.
  
  
• Program lasts 2-19 months, of which up to 18 months of internship.
  
  
• Program includes:
  
  - DS-2019 form required in J-1 visa procedures (compulsory to be legal intern in the USA)
  - full insurance according to the American standards
  - assistance and help of CIEE Boston office in urgent situation
  
  
• Cost from 475 USD (2 months program) to 2015 USD (19 months program)
  
  
• Cost doesn't include:
  
  - processing fee (350 PLN)
  - transport Poland-USA-Poland
  - visa (paid in American consulate)
  - accomodation, board and pocket money
  - transport in the USA
  
  
• Procedures step by step :
  
  - selection of employer in the USA
  - signing of the agreement with Almatur
  - completed application form and passport photocopy (page with photo and J-1 visa)
  - DS-2019 form after payment
  
  
• Where to find an employer?
  
  -  on the internet, for example:
  
  http://www.rsinternships.com,
  http://internships.wetfeet.com/SearchInternships.asp,
  http://www.internshipprograms.com,
  http://www.internjobs.com,
  http://campus.monster.com/jobs,
  http://www.4work.com,
  http://www.headhunter.net,
  http://www.1stamericajobbank.com,
  http://www.U.S.interns.com,
  http://www.internweb.com,
  http://www.yahoo.com
  
  - information at university about American institutions it works with
  - by friends, family, people who lived or still live in the USA
  - contact with American companies working in Poland
  

Warning!
Procedures take more or less 2 months (up to even 3 months in summer).