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Visit Ireland and enjoy
being part of the myguideIreland Team as an Intern at our offices
in Skibbereen, West Cork, Ireland.
Ever wanted to visit Ireland? Well here's your chance to see
the Emerald Isle and get some valuable work experience, by joining the
myguideIreland Internship Programme.
myguideIreland are one of Ireland's leading online travel companies. Based in
West Cork on the South West coast of Ireland (not too far from the sea!) and
two hours away from Cork City . We have
between 8 and 12 interns each year for Programmes lasting from 3 to 6 to 9 months. If you are currently
studying at University or have recently finished your studies and your course
is related to Tourism, IT, Finance/Business and Marketing, then please contact
us.
Our intern Programmes apply to people in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France
and myguideIreland's markets include the US, UK, Germany and France. We have a
great mix of staff from all over the world, from Ireland, Britain, Germany,
France, Austria.
The Programme lasts for 3 months, 6 months or nine months. Included is
free accommodation within walking
distance of our office (including all heating and electric bills), a weekly
stipend, time off to work on any University related reports, and time off to
see some of Ireland while the student is here (including discounted hotel rates
in Ireland). Interns must be eligible to
work and live in Ireland as an intern.
myguideIreland interns can expect to be working on Sales and interacting with
Guests, updating the different websites, assisting with Product input or getting
involved with marketing campaigns. You'll also get the chance to tour parts of
Ireland and experience myguideIreland's products first hand.
We are currently recruiting now for Internships in 2008 -
2009. Our next intakes are for the following
dates:
February 1 2009 for either
three, six or nine month duration
Please send your cv to
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or post to Suzanne Byrne, Human
Resources Manager, myguideIreland, Unit 9 Curragh Commercial Park, Marsh Road, Skibbereen
Co Cork, Ireland
Here's what some of our past and current interns have said about their time at
myguideIreland:
Hey, I am Christian and currently working for the
Marketing/IT department at myguideTravel. myguideTravel gives you a great
opportunity to gain work experience and in addition you can improve your
language skills. When you are working for the Marketing/IT department you can
expect to be involved in the monthly newsletter campaign as well as in daily
business issues. Knowledge in web programming e.g. HTML, XHTML, PHP, CSS etc
would be an advantage, because you have a lot to do with websites of
myguideTravel. Furthermore you have the chance to work with differnet
programmes such as Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver etc. As I mentioned
above, you gain a lot of work experience. The staff or perhaps your future
colleagues are very friendly and support you wherever they can. Personally I
enjoyed the "social events", where you get in touch with all your
colleagues and have fun together. Finally I have to say it was a great
internship and I can highly recommend it.
Christian Lindmayer, Austria
My name is Magdalena Kleer and I am from Austria.
Currently I am doing my six-month Internship with myguideIreland. The webbased
travel agency is located in Skibbereen, Co Cork and operates in many different
markets. I am working for the Irish market and the products department. I have
different duties such as answering enquiries, checking availability with
different self-catering-, Bed and Breakfast- or hotel suppliers, updating the
rates database as well as updating the websites. The working environment within
the company is very good and my colleagues are friendly, patient and helpful.
Interns become integrated into different work processes and get the opportunity
to gain useful practical experience.
Every intern of myguideIreland gets free accommodation in a lovely and spacious
house which is within walking distance to the office and the town centre. My
internship is almost over and I will miss the work and my colleagues for sure.
I can recommend doing an internship with myguideIreland because not many
companies look after their interns as well as myguideIreland does.
Magdalena Kleer, Austria
My name is Nadine Schmidt. I am studying Tourism Management in Germany and currently I am doing a 6-month Internship at myguideIreland. Working for myguideIreland is a great opportunity to look into the tour-operator sector. I am working for the German Market where I am answering enquiries, attending to the guests, booking B&Bs, translating texts for the German website and putting together travel-document packages. In addition I support the products department by updating rates or properties and help out in other markets wherever help is needed. Therefore my duties are very diversified.
Every month the social committee of myguideIreland organizes social events such as quad biking, visiting a comedy club in Cork, playing soccer or kayaking etc. So your colleagues from work are not just co-workers but become friends. Overall I have gained a lot of work experience and intercultural experience here and really enjoyed my time as an intern at myguideIreland.
Nadine Schmidt, Germany
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