Internship Placement Service

Our new "Express Placement service"Express Placement service"Monash Professional would like to introduce the EXPRESS internship program as of the 1st May 2004. This additional service has been created to attract those applicants leave it till the last minute to make decision and then expect to have an internship offer immediately For an additional fee of just $350.00 Monash Professional will try to organise a great internship at their requested start date. As you know Monash Professional usually require 8 weeks notice from our applicants prior to beginning their placement.

This fee is fully refundable if ISPC is unable to meet the requested start date which means that applicants have nothing to lose!. However this fee is non-refundable in the event of cancellation by the intern.

What do we tell interns at the orientation

As I'm sure, you will all agree, coming to a foreign country is never easy. Even the simplest of tasks can be quite stressful. Our orientation is hosted by qualified staff in dealing with international students (All with previous English teaching experience). The orientation ensures that applicants are aware of everything before they start their internship . They are also able to ask any questions no matter how simple it is and be guided appropriately.

The orientation mainly covers the following topics:

Transportation to and from the internship
General transport information
Code of conduct at the internship
Safety in the internship city
Mobile phones, phone cards etc.
Our trips and social activities
First day instructions at the internship company
Emergency numbers
Staff at Monash Professional
Travel assistance during and at the end of the internship
Other rules of the internship company Example, dress codes etc.
Australian lifestyle and culture
Specific information for the budget traveller!

All applicants are also given an "Monash Professional welcome pack" which includes maps, guides, discount vouchers and lots of other goodies".

So as you can see, our orientation is very important for all interns to attend.

Cv's (Resumes) and Covering letters of applicants via email

As you all know, we require a CV and a covering letter as part of our normal application process. I understand that some of you may only receive a "hard copy" of the applicant CV and letter. This however makes the internship process for us that extra bit more difficult. The vast majority of our dealings with our companies are via email. this means that in over 90% of situations, we will email an applicant's CV and letter to the internship company. We are obviously unable to do this for applications that we receive in hard copy only.

We consequently need to retype the CV and letter (which I'm sure you would agree is very time consuming). This naturally delays the confirmation of the internship which obviously puts more pressure on everyone even YOU. An applicant will naturally be calling you as their first point of contact to ask about the progress of their application which obviously puts you under more unnecessary pressure

We quite often also need to correct Grammar and spelling mistakes on applicant's CV's before emailing to Internship companies. This ensures that internship companies receive a professional impression of the applicants and consequently a more professional internship is organised for the intern.

So as you can see, by ensuring that you send us a "soft copy" of the applicants' CV's and letters, you are also helping us to receive the best possible internship and a much faster processing time.

I look forward to receiving all applications via email in the near future