Summer 2024] Employment Services Intern, IINE Manchester
International Insitute of New England
- Manchester, NH
- Training
- Full-time
- Summer Internship: late May/June through August 2024
- Assist the team in providing feedback to clients working on resumes, cover letters, and job applications
- Practice mock interviewing with clients applying to jobs
- Check in with clients about their applications and interviews
- Financial literacy and saving info-sessions
- Regularly summarize client accomplishments and feedback for Case Specialist
- Follow-up with clients to assess retention and alert the Career Navigator when clients require further services
- Help the team update the online database with case notes
- Assist the team in contacting local employers and inquire about job openings
- Assist the Career Services team in applying for unemployment benefits for clients
- Refer clients to the necessary resources regarding legal and banking advice
- Conduct outreach with local employers and job opportunities
- Interest in international, refugee, asylee, and/or immigrant issues
- Patience speaking with non-native English speakers / non-English speakers
- Professionalism, discretion, and maturity in dealing with confidential information
- Experience with US job application process
- Experience editing and formatting, especially resumes and cover letters
- Language skills in Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Somali preferred
- Highly organized with great attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Hone editing and formatting skills
- Successfully navigate the application, interview, and orientation processes typical of recruitment systems used by US employers
- Identify and access community resources and services, particularly those that cater to the needs of refugees and immigrants.
- Understand 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.
- Respectfully express and engage with ideas and values in a multicultural, multilingual environment.