Internships at CS Bratislava
The U.S. Commercial Service in Bratislava offers internship opportunities for Slovak students throughout the year.
What would you be doing?
The U.S. Commercial Service assists U.S. companies to sell their products and services in Slovakia with market research, business matchmaking services, and other marketing and sales support. At the same time, we help Slovak firms find U.S. suppliers and joint venture partners, and offer our assistance in all aspects of importing from the United States. To support these objectives, this office analyzes information on the Slovak market, facilitates contacts between U.S. and Slovak businesses, promotes U.S. products, advocates on behalf of U.S. business interests, and more.
Within this framework, we expect participants in our Slovak internship program to assist our staff with a combination of administrative and analytical duties:
- maintenance of our Client Tracking System, Business Service Provider and Featured U.S. Exporters databases
- content management of this website
- answering routine business inquiries and document filing
- assistance with the organization of ongoing projects such as trade missions, trade shows, publications, seminars, etc.
- assistance with the collection of information for industry-specific market research
- a special project may be assigned to an intern, depending on the needs of this office and the abilities of the intern to complete the project
An official letter of thanks and recommendation will be provided at the end of the internship. Most universities will award credits for a completed internship.
Who is eligible?
In order to participate in the U.S. Commercial Service Bratislava internship program, you must meet the following qualifications:
- Slovak citizenship
- full time student at a university or a professional school
- fluency in Slovak and English
- good communications and computer skills
- successfully pass a security check by the U.S. Embassy prior to the start of the internship
- internship duration: 4-12 weeks (Monday-Friday; 20-40 hours/week)
Students of business administration, economics, international relations and languages will benefit most from an internship at the Commercial Service.
Selection is made without regard to consideration of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, handicap, age or sexual orientation.
Payment
The U.S. Commercial Service internship is performed on a voluntary basis and is thus unpaid. At the end of the internship, a letter of thanks and recommendation is provided to the student.
Insurance
Insurance protection is not provided during the internship. Interns are not entitled to benefits, such as living expenses, travel expenses or other refunds or remuneration.
How to apply
Your application must include:
- cover letter (should include information on why you want to be an intern in this office, what you have to offer, what timing would be good for you, and how you hope to benefit from the internship);
- resume (should include full contact information, future goals, computer and language skills, past experience, citizenship, student status);
- copies of your national ID card (the page with your picture and personal information) and proof of full-time university enrollment;
- Application form Internship Appliation (241KB)
Please send your application to Bratislava.Office.Box@mail.doc.gov . We will confirm receipt of your appplication materials, let you know your status and update you regularly on the progress of processing of your application. If you have questions about this program, please feel free to contact Senior Commercial Specialist Marian Volent.
