Also - meant to add this - the place I initially got my internship through:
http://www.acsfoundation.com.au/index.cfm?action=scholarships&temID=currentscholar Cheers, Brendo On Jan 22, 7:58 am, brentoe <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm currently an intern at IBM and I love it. I work in the test team > in a development lab and it's great. > > I have learned as much here in 18 months as I have in 3 years of uni. > The average age of our lab is quite young, probably largely because we > currently have 5-7 interns on in test and dev with a few more coming > in the next week or two as well as 6 or 7 graduates. There are 3 or 4 > developers that started as interns that are now some of the most > valuable developers to the team and are moving their way up the ladder > to be lead developers for some projects. There are also some interns > who have progressed to other divisions within the company from here. > > I am lucky that where I am intern culture is well established. Working > hours are very flexible around uni and other commitments, and all the > managers are very supportive. During session I am able to work from > home 1 or 2 days a week to attend classes in the morning/afternoon and > come exam time it isn't a problem to take 2-3 weeks off to study and > complete those. > > In saying that, the interns don't get a free ride - when the chips are > down, we are expected to work just as hard as everyone else to make > sure what needs to be done, is done. I think we certainly bring > something new and innovative to the team that sometimes can be missed > by older members that have been doing things one way for a long time. > > I have switched to part time at uni for my last 3 years and while it > will be a bit longer until I graduate, I am exponentially more > employable as a grad with that experience and there is every chance > that where I am now will offer to keep me on as a grad. > > That's my $0.02 worth - hope it's helpful. > > Cheers, > Brendo > > On Jan 20, 11:07 am, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Interesting to hear people's thoughts on this, actually. When I was at Uni, > > in my final year of undergrad, there were internships available as an > > alternative to the big group project, but they sounded quite poorly > > thought-through. It was minimum 2 days/week, unpaid, and actually increased > > the number of project deliverables to the university in terms of plans, > > specifications, etc. > > I thought it could have been good experience but it seemed impossible for me > > to take part at the time. Glad that some people out there are doing it > > usefully, though. > > > Cheers, > > -glen. > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Elias Bizannes > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > I applied to several firms for a summer vacation stint - which lasts for > > > six weeks. It's a competitive process as these programs are well > > > established > > > for traditional industries (like financial services) but students are > > > *dying* to get it. So it's worth following this model for our own evolving > > > Internet industries. > > > > Getting that first kick-start in your career is one of the hardest things > > > - > > > because you don't have contacts, you don't have work experience, you don't > > > have industry experience, you don't have anything other than enthusiasm. > > > It's taken for granted how things like that matter, > > > > As for the experience itself, I loved it and think it's a great thing for > > > all parties involved. I consider them drawn out interviews - you get six > > > weeks for employee and employer to work out if this fits. > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Dale Hurley > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Hi > > > >> I did an internship with Ernst & Young and it was the best experience. > > >> Ernst & Young loved and hired me after it getting me my first marketing > > >> job. > > >> It works well for both parties, the intern get experience and a bit of > > >> pay, > > >> and the company gets to try out a potential employee for cheap and if it > > >> doesn't work out it is easy to get rid of them. > > > >> Dale > > > >> ------------------------------ > > > >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:22:10 +1100 > > >> Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Interns in Australia > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Great business idea. > > > >> We've had good success with interns from UTS at Citrix. However we are > > >> placing them in our test group so generalist skills are appropriate. For > > >> specialized skills a service like GradConnection sounds great -- good > > >> luck > > >> with it. > > > >> Cheers, > > >> Michael > > > >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:25 AM, gradconnection <[email protected] > > >> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Rob, > > > >> My company GradConnection, specialises in exactly this. We are launching > > >> a > > >> web application in March this year called the Gradaute Program Wizard > > >> which > > >> intelligently tells grads which opportunities are most relevant to them > > >> based on the criteria that they enter. So if you were after a > > >> graduate/intern who programmed Ruby, we would tailor our question set to > > >> make sure you opportunity gets infront of relevant grads and students. > > > >> We have had major sign ups now from a number of government departments > > >> and > > >> are a couple of large corporates. > > > >> In our efforts to jump the chasm, we would like to get a couple of > > >> smaller > > >> companies on-board to profile the merits of our webapp and would happy to > > >> offer this to you since you are a member of silicon beach. > > > >> If you are interested then lets catch up for a coffee. In Sydney any > > >> time, > > >> or if you are in Melbourne we will be down their again from Feb 9. > > > >> Warm regards, > > > >> Mike > > >>http://www.gradconnection.com.au > > > >> rantalot wrote: > > > >> Has anyone had any experience in using Interns in their business in > > >> Australia? > > > >> SportsPassion is looking at establishing a few positions as > > >> internships and are wondering whether the likely source for filling > > >> the roles will be Uni students in Australia or Uni students who are > > >> travelling to Australia and can work as interns (that is, their visas > > >> permit that). > > > >> Any thoughts/guidance/feedback would be welcome. > > > >> thx > > >> Rob > > > >> -- > > >> Mike Casey > > >> *Director* > > > >> Level 5, 95 > > >> Pitt Street > > >> Sydney > > >> New South Wales > > >> 2000 > > > >> P: +61 2 8005 0266 > > >> M: +61 4 4997 6059 > > > >> -- > > >> __ > > >> Michael Harries > > > > -- > > > Elias Bizannes > > >http://liako.biz > > > -- > > Glen Maddern > > 0423 118 405 > > > logo.gif > > 9KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. 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