KickStart Tourism Internship

Advertiser: KickStart
Location: Cape Town

KickStart has a local internship position available for a South African student who would like to gain work experience in marketing and research in the tourism industry.

KickStart is a full-service destination management company with a distinctive personal touch. Based in Cape Town they are operating throughout Southern Africa. They are primarily known for innovative meetings, incentives, conferences and events.

Internship tasks: Marketing, Business Administration

Applicant requirements:
- Student of tourism studies
- At least 20 years old
- Good English, written and spoken
- Good team player
- Efficiency, high energy, high motivation, self-disciplined

Start of program: January 2014
Length of program: 3 to 6 months

To apply for this internship, please send your CV and a motivation letter to lee-anne@kickstart.co.za

Reference number: 209

Closing date: 31 August 2013
Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.