Intern Abroad Programs

Yes! As long as you match the requirements for the placement, we can guarantee your placement in an internship abroad. We work with hundreds of companies and to date we have been able to place 100% of our candidates in the field they requested. We accomplish this by asking our interns to provide a “Plan A” internship field and a “Plan B.” This way, we can guarantee your placement abroad. However, if you want to do an internship that requires specific experience or qualifications you must be able to fulfill those requirements. For example, if you want to do a Paramedic internship and have no CPR training, no medical education, no EMT training, then chances are good you will not be placed in that sector.

Yes – many candidates choose to receive credit for participating in an Adelante Abroad Internship or Study Abroad Program. Credit is issued from the candidate’s own university. Every university or school has different requirements to receive accreditation for a program abroad, so candidates must contact the appropriate person or department (e.g. Study Abroad Office, Career Services, Department Chair), to find out what is needed for them to receive credit.

For the International Internship Program, a minimum number of contact hours must be completed in order to receive credit. In some cases a course number is given to the internship program and credit is issued that way. Adelante will assist with and complete any extra required paperwork or evaluations prior to, during, and at the end of the international program, as long as all documentation is received in a timely manner.

All of our internship positions are unpaid. This is to comply with labor laws within the countries we operate in. The majority of our internships abroad are part-time, four to five hours per day with two days off. On a case by case basis, some positions may offer a small weekly stipend, to cover transportation or lunch, however there is no guarantee. Remember, the international work experience, network-building, and references that you obtain from our program will make you highly marketable upon returning to the job market post internship program.

While this is not included in the program fee, both the participating companies and the language schools in all countries are willing to create these for successful candidates. You must secure these PRIOR to your return home, as once you are gone it is quite difficult to get these letters. Please request in advance any letters needed and remind as necessary in order to have these documents in order before you leave your intern position.

Yes – We have English-speaking Adelante staff abroad in every location where we place candidates. Some programs have a Director and an Intern Advisor. The in-country Director is in charge of everything that has to do with your program once you are abroad including: airport pick-up, housing, language classes, your internship placement, etc. You will meet with this Director sometime during your first few days abroad, during week one, and have access to this person as needed for the duration of your program.

More importantly, our staff of Intern Advisors and Directors abroad are professionals in the international education and student exchange industry. These individuals abroad are used to working with foreign candidates and often times have complementary professional careers in conjunction to their services with Adelante Abroad. For example, our Director in Madrid also owns the language school where International Internship Program candidates will take their Spanish coursework. By design, these representatives are locals living, and often born and raised, in the city where they work for us. Our Directors Abroad speak both Spanish and English in each Spanish speaking country. These are your contacts while in-country for most aspects of the program and all have both day and evening phone access.