From one student to another, I can tell you that Madrid is a city with many companies offering Internship positions in multiple areas; finance, economics, marketing, programming, engineering, etc., however, this paradise of intern job offers is also flooding with numerous applicants seeking to obtain the best positions.
Madrid receives students from all over the world, and most of them seek to complement their studies with an Internship experience.
Therefore, the process to obtain an internship in Madrid can be difficult, but not impossible. In this post we will give you some tips and experiences on how to apply to Intern job positions in Madrid while you are doing your Exchange or Erasmus studies.
Agreements with your University
First of all, most of you will be enrolled in one of the Universities or Business Schools located in Madrid. Probably, when you were analyzing the study plan and benefits offered by the institutions, you should have read the section “internship”.
Most of these institutions offer Internship Agreements to the students with which you can access of one of the many Intern job positions that companies offer. However, take into account that the educational institution usually only post the jobs available for the students, and it is the student who must carry out the entire application process, interviews and tests with the companies.
In most of the cases, being enrolled in a Master’s degree or course does not guarantee that you will be able to find a scholarshipposition before finishing your studies.
Here are some very important tips to take into account related with the Internships:
- When can you start your internships?
Most people usually think that they can start their internships from the first day they start their classes, but this is not usually the case. Institutions usually set a minimum percentage of subjects or time completed at the course before being able to access to the internship agreements, for example: 60% of the completed course (includes exams, projects, etc.), 6 months after starting your classes, etc. .
- Number of Hours available for Intern work
Check with your institution, the number of hours of Internship available for your course, many can only offer part-time jobs or a maximum number of hours per week. If you try to apply for a full-time position and your university cannot offer that many hours, you will be discarded from the selection process.
- Career Portal of your University
Educational institutions in Madrid usually have agreements with many companies from different areas, reason why, these companies give priority to the students from these institutions for the selection process of interns. Check the Career Portal of your University
- Internships after finishing your studies in Madrid
Sometimes, it may happen that you couldn’t find an Internship during the entire development of your course, in this case, the following situations could arise
- Your university can keep making Intern agreements up to 3 or 6 months after finishing your course
- Your University finish the relationship with the student once the course is finished, so, internship agreements cannot be made.
Find your own Internship
Our biggest advice is that, in addition to using your university’s career portal, look for internship positions on your own in the different job portals in Madrid. It is much better to have several interviews and then choose the one that best suits your interests.
This process can also be a bit tedious, since there are a large number of applicants looking for internship positions, it can go from 500 to 2000 people applying to the same selection process.
Taking all the above into account, we want to leave you the following tips when you are applying on your own:
- Apply as soon as possible, do not wait too long as the selection processes of the companies can last weeks or months.
- Apply on job portals and directly on the web pages of the companies that interest you, with that you could ensure that Human Resources sees your profile.
- Highlight your command of languages, previous experiences as a trainee and command of computer packages, Madrid companies loves these Skills.
- Set hours of the day in which you will dedicate yourself to send your Curriculum or review the current status of your selection process.
Where can I apply for an Internship in Madrid?
Today there are many, but seriously, many websites that offer Internship places to students and those interested in doing their internships. It is best not to get overwhelmed by creating profiles on each job website and better to focus on 2 or 3 employment platforms.
Many times companies publish the same offer on different portals.
We have chosen the job portals where we believe you will have the best chance of seeing your profile and contacting you:
In addition to having a website, you can create your profile, upload your CV and motivation letter to a mobile application. Once all your information as an applicant is filled in, just search for intern offers according to your profile and start applying.
Some jobs will have extra questions to answer, but it is usually a quick and easy process.
In addition, the portal sends you notifications if your profile has passed to the next stage of the selection process or, on the contrary, has been discarded.
This platform is not only for executives, CEOs or high-level professionals, they also have a large number of offers for interns in different areas. In fact, some companies tend to take an application through LinkedIn more into account than through other platforms.
Do not forget to prepare a good Curriculum, highlighting your strengths and points for improvement, as well as attaching your motivation letter, there are companies that highly value these points.
Also, try to follow the LinkedIn profiles of the companies where you are interested in working, so you can find out a little more about their work philosophy, available offers and future vision.
Portal dedicated almost exclusively to offering scholarship for Erasmus and foreign students. They update the page every week with new offers from technology, banking and utilities companies.
In addition, they usually do events where you can attend in person and speak with the human resources managers of the companies. The idea is to put the applicant in contact with the company in a more personal way and allows you tonetworkwith other students.
The good thing about this site is that it is still little known, and your profile can stand out even faster than in the most saturated portals by applicants.
If you have any questions about everything we have discussed about Internships in Madrid or you need more information, do not hesitate to contact us, we will try to help you as much as possible.
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