Internship

Internships and Supervision in Turkey

NIHA is aware of the significance of internships for both the personal and the professional development of students. This is valid for Dutch students who do not have any relation with Turkey as well as for Dutch students whose family originates from Turkey.

The location of appropriate internships, the selection and preparation of students and the caretaking of students take a great deal of time and manpower. Consequently it is self-evident that the free services of NIHA need to be limited to general advices relating to possible internship addresses (for this purpose NIHA will create a special database) and to marginal support of scholars who probably want to make use of one of the NIHA guestrooms.

To be able to offer a full package of services in the field of internships, NIHA hopes to sign such agreements with various Dutch Institutions for Higher Education, that in the near future a separate internships-department will arise within NIHA.

Our Internship Coordinators Melek Yücel and Arzu Yıldız are always trying to find suitable internship places for students from Holland.

Internships at NIHA

NIHA is planning to place scholars from The Netherlands in its own organization as well on a regular base. If you are interested in an internship at NIHA, we kindly invite you to contact Aslı Kaymak . Send us enclosed your curriculum vitae and state your field of interest as well as in which period you are available. In mutual talks we can discuss the possibilities to get to a formulation of a concrete internship-task, which affiliates both the needs of NIHA and your interest and fulfils the demands which are made by the institution where you are studying.

Apart from this, NIHA will offer regularly concrete internships within its own organization. In those cases we will announce these internships here.

NIHA’s expectations from companies for traineeships in which NIHA intermediates:

Assignment

There has to be an assignment on which the student can be graded or evaluated.

Professional

The traineeship is part of a professional education. A student should be able to learn something about the profession from the traineeship.

Coach

The organisation/company should provide someone who coaches the student during the traineeship. This person should also familiarise the student with the organisation and the new work environment.

Work

The student should be able to work on real-life issueswithin the company so as to provide the student with   insight in what it is like to be working.

Integrity

NIHA does not sign contracts with students and employers. However, NIHA does want to make sure that agreements between students and companies are honoured.

Positive experience

The traineeship should be a positive experience for not only the student but also the organisation

NIHA’s expectations from trainee’s for traineeships in which NIHA intermediates:

Quality

An above average student who pays special attention to his or her grades.

Open minded

Someone who is open to other cultures. Someone who can cope with cultural differences such as the relationship between employer and employee.

Flexibility

Someone who can cope with things not being arranged properly, such as for instance an own desk or computer. Someone who actively tries to arrange things him/herself.

Working hours

Someone who is willing to make longer days than he/she would in the Netherlands ascompanies in Turkey usually have different working hours than those in the Netherlands.

Self starter

Someone who does not sit around and wait for an assignment, but shows initiative  and tries to create his/her own  work. Someone who is interactive and pro-active.

Communicative

Someone who keeps everyone up to date about problems and issues.