Intern in Marbella, Spain

  Spain

Marbella

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer 
Dates: April to November

Description: Adelante provides a low cost internship program in Marbella, Spain, with a focus on cultural immersion and real-life experience in an international setting. This program is for independent-minded people looking for a real living abroad experience. Airport pickup, orientation, accommodation, Spanish classes and internship placement all included in the program fee.

Intern in Marbella is an independent program whereby candidates gain real international work experience while immersing themselves in another culture. The program begins with a two week intensive Spanish course in Madrid with local Spanish teachers. Candidates will then travel to Marbella by train to participate in a 7 hour a day internship in a mid-sized hotel. Part of the application process is a phone interview to ensure that candidates are suitable for this position - we can usually guarantee placement. The Adelante program is not competitive. The Marbella program is available from April to November, starting the first Monday of each month.

Participation in this program will massively upgrade your resume and provide the opportunity to become fluent in Spanish. All candidates have a local Supervisor at their work assignments, plus an English-speaking Adelante Advisor living in Madrid. This is a fairly customized program and process. Housing for the first two weeks is your own room in a shared apartment in Madrid, then in Marbella, you will share a room with another international intern at the hotel. All meals and laundry in Marbella are included.

This program is for independent-minded people looking for a real living abroad experience. You will gain real, international work experience to add to your resume, and you can become bi-lingual if you apply yourself. Instead of just visiting, as a tourist, you will be living and working in Spain -- there is really no other way to truly learn the language and the culture...

Highlights:
** The amount of time you choose to intern is flexible, with program lengths ranging from 2 to 6 months.
** This can be a non-academic or academic internship - you decide. All candidates who have sought to receive credit for this program have done so.
** Extensive Pre-Departure Orientation and counseling
** You will be met at the airport when you arrive in Madrid, and taken directly to your housing
** 2 weeks, 4 hours per day, of intensive Spanish language classes are included in the fee
** 2 - 3 excursions are included during your intensive Spanish coursework.
** This program is designed to be 50% work experience and 50% cultural / language acquisition and immersion.
** Housing is included. Live like a local in a shared apartment with other Adelante candidates, or choose to share with a local Spanish person while in Madrid. Live in the hotel with other international interns in Marbella meals and laundry included.
** Internships are for 7 hours each day in a mid-sized hotel. Duties may include, reception work, welcoming guests, guest registration, filing, answering phones etc. You will gain real, international work experience to add to your resume.
** The Adelante Director in Madrid is English-speaking and is available to you for support and assistance should you need it.

Qualifications: Program candidates should be 18 or older and possess a desire to learn about and live in another culture. It is preferable to have at least an intermediate level of Spanish for this position. Candidates with tourism or hospitality backgrounds will fare well here. Candidates should be at college level or graduate level, though we do also place "gap-year" candidates.

Qualities required are: dependability for your work assignment, courage for your international living abroad experience and openness to all the new people and experiences you will encounter

Cost in US$: From USD 2,795 to USD 6,715 for 1-6 months, plus USD 150 non-refundable application fee.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Spain Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application