Summer 2024] Employment Services Intern, IINE Boston
International Insitute of New England
- Boston, MA
- Training
- Full-time
- Summer Internship: late May/June through August 2024
- Assist clients in developing resumes and applying for jobs
- Provide feedback to clients working on resumes, cover letters, and job applications
- Practice with clients ahead of interviews and follow up with clients about their applications and interviews
- Teach work readiness trainings and tutor clients who require additional English practice
- When needed and appropriate, accompany clients to job fairs, interviews, and job shadows
- Provide general administrative assistance to the Employment Services team
- Passionate about international, refugee, asylee, and/or immigrant issues
- Patience speaking with non-native English speakers/non-English speakers
- Professionalism and discretion when handling confidential information
- Tutoring or teaching experience, especially in small groups or on a one-on-one basis
- Previous work experience in industries where clients often apply for first jobs: retail, customer service, food service, or production is a plus.
- Experience editing and formatting, especially resumes and cover letters
- Experience with US job application process
- Previous work and/or internship experience with an HR department or recruiting firm highly desirable
- Language skills in Haitian Creole, Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Swahili, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Somali, Russian, Ukrainian, preferred
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Highly organized with great attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Successfully navigate the application, interview, and orientation processes typical of recruitment systems used by US employers
- Hone administrative office skills in editing, formatting, documentation, file review, and data maintenance
- Develop familiarity with the availability of public services such as food stamps, Medicaid, work training programs, rental assistance and others.
- Understand the immigrant integration work and the US Refugee Resettlement program, as well as what part VOLAGs and resettlement agencies like the International Institute of New England play in receiving and integrating refugees.