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Virtual Internship: International Business Students

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Red River College Polytechnic
Red River College Polytechnic
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Sherri Garrity
Instructor
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Timeline
  • September 7, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 9, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 30, 2021
    Experience end
General
  • Diploma; 1st year
  • 37 learners; teams of 5
  • 240 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 9/8 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Business services, Apparel & fashion, Telecommunications, Government, Technology, 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
Accounting Market research Marketing strategy
Skills
finance strong work ethic international marketing international business political economy willingness to learn entrepreneurship accounting sales
Project timeline
  • September 7, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 9, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 30, 2021
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

Red River College's 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. They receive comprehensive education and training that allows them 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.

Put our students from Honduras, Hong Kong, India, China, Turkey and Vietnam to work for and with you! As post-graduate students, they have a wide variety of backgrounds and education ranging from business, sciences, technology, finance and fashion. Many are multilingual.

Students are available for 240 hours of placement from September 7 to October 22 2021 - a later start date may be discussed but projects must wrap up by the end of October.

Expected outcomes and deliverables

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 organizationwill be providing a valuable community service by helping prepare our future workforce. Everyone has a mentor or an opportunity that got them started - perhaps you will be that important experience for our students.

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 using virtual communication tools.

Our students have a great track record of putting their skills to work on many past RIIPEN projects.

Student abilities include:

1. Perform an environmental analysis to evaluate the impact of world issues on an organization's international business opportunities.

2. Conduct, evaluate and present market research to support an organization's international business decision-making.

3. Analyze procurement and transportation procedures and explore opportunities to support the movement of products and services in the organization's global supply chain.

4. Develop and implement strategies addressing potential effects cultural differences could have on an organization's integrative trade initiatives.

5. Develop and present a marketing plan and evaluate sales strategies that support an organization's initiatives.

6. Conduct an analysis of an organizations current marketing strategies and tactics.

7. Develop and present a feasibility study to introduce a product or service to a foreign or domestic market.

8. 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 Sherri Garrity 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 September 7; the placements would typically end around mid-October, 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:

Please agree to the following participation requirements for companies. Please check this box to confirm you agree. •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.