Virtual Internship: International Business
General
- Continuing Education
- 55 learners; teams of 5
- 240 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 10/12 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Sales, Retail, Manufacturing, Business services, Apparel & fashion, Telecommunications, Government, Consumer goods & services, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Banking & finance, Marketing & advertising, Trade & international business, Transport, trucking & railroad, Academic association, Business & management, Liquor, wine & spirits
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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July 6, 2020Experience start
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July 14, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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August 1, 2020Project Check In
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August 30, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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July 6, 2020Experience start
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July 14, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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August 1, 2020Project Check In
Online Meeting
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August 30, 2020Experience end
Overview
- Details
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The International Business Program is an intense one-year academic post-graduate diploma program that prepares students to meet the challenges of adapting to the global marketplace. The mission of the program is to provide comprehensive education and training that allows the students to build skills needed in today's global business world. Students study International Marketing, Strategy, Sales, Logistics, Political Economy, Law, Finance, Accounting and Entrepreneurship. The virtual internship is the last requirement for the students to graduate.
The program currently has students from Ecuador, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam.
- Learner skills
- Marketing strategy, Cultural awareness, Competitive analysis, Feasibility studies, International business
- Deliverables
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Depending on the nature of the internship, Partners | Employers can expect:
- Students with a good work ethic, intellect, and willingness to learn and succeed.
- A formal report and online presentation in the areas agreed upon. (If more than two teams are working on the project, the top two reports will be submitted)
If you choose to participate by offering a virtual internship, please know your organization will be providing a valuable community service by helping prepare our future workforce.
Project Examples
We are looking for companies that can bring on one or more of the International Business students from Red River College as your UNPAID virtual interns. That is where you come in! Students will work on one or more projects of your choosing over the internship period, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Students are available for 240 hours of placement from June 8th to August 31st, 2020.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, student placements will only occur virtually.
Student abilities include:
- Perform an environmental analysis to evaluate the impact of world issues on an organization's international business opportunities.
- Conduct, evaluate and present market research to support an organization's international business decision-making.
- Analyze procurement and transportation procedures and explore opportunities to support the movement of products and services in the organization's global supply chain.
- Develop and implement strategies addressing potential effects cultural differences could have on an organization's integrative trade initiatives.
- Develop and present a marketing plan and evaluate sales strategies that support an organization's initiatives.
- Conduct an analysis of an organizations current marketing strategies and tactics.
- Develop and present a feasibility study to introduce a product or service to a foreign or domestic market.
- Analyze an organization's sales by customer segmentation and identify key opportunities for future growth.
Recruitment process
Please submit a project to this page describing your Virtual Internship opportunity.
- You can message Kim Stephens if you have any questions before applying.
- Students will then apply for Internship positions with employers whose projects are approved
- Students can begin as early as June 8th; the placements would typically end around late-August, with the potential for employers to continue the placement longer.
The placements would typically end around late-August, with the potential for employers to continue the placement longer. Students are available for 240 hours of placement.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Complete the Employer Application Form (Basic Form)
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact(s) who is/ are available weekly for a WebEx conference with Supervising Instructor and students to address students' questions. [Maximum 45 minutes]
Be available to attend the final presentation virtually.
This is an unpaid opportunity.