What to Expect From a Customized Global Internship Placement

Maybe you need a fast internship placement as you’re time’s running out? Perhaps you need a high-quality internship to meet the requirements of your university? Jackpot! These are the most striking services of an internship agency. But there’s a catch: to score a high-quality global internship in a blink of an eye is not always possible. Not because the internship agency does a bad job! On the contrary, it actually shows that they are doing exactly what they are supposed to, and here is why.

An internship placement agency needs time to find a customized internship abroad for you in order to get to know more about your professional skills and demands. To guide your search in the right direction your advisor also needs to learn more about your soft skills. Is this your first solo travel? How sociable are you? Are you ready to accept compromises? According to these findings, your internship advisor will decide if your desired internship country meets your expectations or if the new culture will match your personality. Your internship agency is trying to get to know you and this process needs time. Not your time though, the internship placement agency will take care of it while you are studying or busy.

Many placement agencies offer last-minute internship placements, that are advertised by their host companies who are seeking shortly available interns. Most of them come with detailed descriptions about your responsibilities during the internship abroad and the professional skills required. If this internship is your perfect match, don’t waste your time and apply! First come first serve.

However, let’s take a look from the other perspective: you are searching for an internship abroad that is not yet available. Your internship advisor will check their list of partner organizations and programs and will try to make you an offer the fits the most to your demands. But one thing is for sure, you will need to make compromises. Sometimes this requires you to consider other country options with a less complicated visa process or to accept that you need to let go of your niche branch and opt for a more common one.

Our conclusion: ready-made young professional internships don't really exist. An internship is not a product, but rather the result of a process that strongly depends on the experiences of your internship provider. If you are seeking a fast placement you need to accept compromises. If you want to score a high-quality internship abroad that actually makes an impact in your professional career and time is not an issue for you, you definitely made the right choice by searching via a global internship provider.