Experience Chile

  Chile

• Vina del Mar: 
Vina del Mar

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: Throughout the year

Description: Competency for Today's Global Workforce

The Center for Global Workforce Development has emerged as an initiative of the International Office of the Universidad de Viña del Mar and its Volunteer & Internships Programs Division (VIP) in conjunction with UVM Schools, Institutes and Centers.

The Center's mission is to shape and support the vanguard of the 21st century global workforce.

Highlights: The purpose of the Global Workforce Development Center is to help participants experience another culture.

We try to place all candidates in their desired fields according to their skills and availability. Students may choose to develop their skills internship in public, governmental as well as in non-profit organizations.

High intermediate level of Spanish required.

Architecture and Construction

Planning, building and/or repairing projects are some of the tasks the interns may perform. In Valparaíso, projects are usually focused on repairing and transforming old historical buildings. In Viña del Mar, projects may be focused on designing and developing new building projects.

Journalism

Interns have the opportunity of working in a magazine or local newspaper with the option of working in English or Spanish. Their duties will include editing, interviewing, photography, and so forth. Additionally, they can choose to be part of the creation and development of brochures, institutional promotions, and part of the collaboration of creative projects.

Engineering

Students have the opportunity in working for big and medium size companies and organizations. They would be expected to carry out tasks such as production planning, logistics, cost reduction, finances, and also implementing quality policies, such as, ISO 9000 and ISO 14000.

Law

In this sector, the areas of work are: Maritime Law, International Business Transactions, Environmental Law and Tributary Law. Chile has recently begun to implement a system of oral trials, and intern students with experience in this area are able to provide to Chilean lawyers and Law students in order to share strategies and techniques already established in the USA.

Accounting

Duties such as managing checks, creating bills and bank statements, developing financial procedures and planning budgets, are some of the regular tasks performed by interns. Students have the option of being placed in public companies, as well as in non-profit organizations.

Teaching Art / Non profit: Children

In this position, interns will teach children and teenagers several aspects of art. These include Music, Visual Arts, Acting, and Dancing. Also, at the end of the internship they will present their own projects to the community where they worked. The internship will be with a non-profit organization, and dedicated to children at social risk.

Tourism

Viña del Mar has been regarded as the tourist capital of Chile, and thus, there is a constant demand from hotels and tourists for interns. In summer (December February), the jobs are mainly related to customer service, while the rest of the year (March November) the jobs are focused on planning and creating new marketing and communicational strategies.

Photography, Film/Video and Digital Art

In the areas of communication, design, marketing and public relations, the interns may work for different companies, institutions and organizations in the Valparaíso Region. There are galleries, museums and urban projects where they can also work. The material they compile can be used to construct a portfolio towards a future career in business marketing or journalism. Interns interested in photography can choose to be placed in a university setting, newspaper or magazine publication.

Computer and Software

Programming and designing software will be the intern's main area of focus. However, they will also be in charge of equipment maintenance, improving already existing processes, digitalizing files and planning new computer projects.

Human Resources

In the HR Department, interns will assist in salary calculations, wage payments, employee insurance issues, hiring and firing of employees, updating paperwork when there are new laws, helping with corporate taxes, and other related HR duties.

Graphic Design

The duties for interns in this field will be to design print and wed material, and to create brochures, flyers, logos, promotions and other related tasks. They will also be included in other projects of different material.

Psychology

Interns would be asked to assist in large companies, non-profits organizations, or in state institutions. Here they will work to improve the quality of life through assisting and helping works.

Teaching English

The intern's duties will include teaching different levels of English to both adults and children. The intern will assist in creating class resources and material, developing new activities for the classroom, and giving conversational classes in Viña del Mar schools or institutes.

International Business Development

This position will require the creation and execution of new business strategies, cultural and educational programs, new services and products, and the improvement of already existing processes. Since Chile has signed several international business agreements with important countries (Korea, Europe, USA), this experience could provide for a valuable stepping stone for a future international career.

International Marketing and Public Relations

In large companies, interns are meant to focus on maintaining the already existing international relationships, and, if needed, to develop new ones. In small companies and institutions, interns may create and implement marketing strategies that allow for the development of new relationships.

Radio Station

Because radio stations in Chile communicate trends and news both nationally and internationally, they have a relevant role in society. Therefore, interns will be surrounded by a dynamic environment, with a variety of duties, under the supervision of a news or journalist Director. Much responsibility is required for this internship since the intern's completed work will be dispersed into the community. Based on their skill set, desires and ongoing projects, the intern can involve himself in different areas. For example, programming, news, radio controller, interviews and advertisement. All of this will provide as a solid experience of work assignments.

Health Care Internship

The following fields related to "Health Care" are now open in Chile: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Kinesiology, Phonoaudiology, Dentistry, Nutrition and dietary guidance. In the public health care system, interns with health care background will be placed. Accordingly, here their studies, knowledge and desire to help others can be delivered effectively, and to a greatest extent to a largely underserved population who needs it most. Interns will also observe and assist those who work directly with patients within rehab and physical therapy.

Qualifications: An Intermediate level of Spanish is required

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Chile Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Essay
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

ITA-Chile's Mission Statement: ITA-Chile: Our Commitment to the Advancement of International Education. All students who seek a foreign experience must possess a global perspective. This perspective involves a personal, academic, and social orientation. Personal orientation entails the understanding of learning a language and a development of integrating capacities. Academic orientation engrosses the objective that one acquires through history and politics that forms a part of a country and the institutions in which one studies, especially the observations of the differences of academic systems in each country. Finally, social orientation permits the student to be able to understand others. This global perspective or multicultural education permits the student, who has participated in a program of study or work in the exterior, to possess the necessary skills to successfully compete in a globalize economy. This is why globalization and multicultural education are inseparable in today's society. It can be deduced that each student needs to have the opportunity to be educated internationally and that the opportunity to study or work in the exterior is not limited to only those talented of the class, but should be directed energetically towards students of all the class.

Year Founded: 1995