Short internship
The short internship , also known as a trial apprenticeship in Switzerland and Austria , is intended to provide general career orientation within a professional field and to provide an initial insight into a specific profession or company .
In addition to privately organized internships, there are also work experience days in which an internship is completed as part of school lessons .
Basics
Short internships should serve to convince yourself of a job instead of trusting prevailing opinions or superficial descriptions. Short internships are completed by schoolchildren before choosing a career , are possible from the age of 14 or after completion of compulsory schooling and usually last one week. Normally, the intern is introduced to the various areas, departments and the corresponding work processes. If the short internship is not done during the holidays, but during school time, approval from the teacher is required.
You may not receive a salary during a short internship, but you will get a more detailed picture of the chosen profession and benefit from the first contact opportunities with your potential future employer . If you are not sure about your personal talents , it is advisable to look at a second job.
Initial information and job descriptions can be obtained from career counseling , job fairs , professional associations , the labor market service , and other specialists for career options. The advice centers and associations have been informed by the companies that offer short internships.
Young people can also first ask their parents and acquaintances where a short internship would be possible or find the company of their choice in the print media or on the Internet on their own. In this case, however, it is advisable to get help with a correct, written application before you contact us for the first time, which is automatically offered with good career counseling.
Practical days
In Austria, students are entitled to five practical work days during which they can stay away from class and do a trial apprenticeship . These days take place as part of the class. The responsibility for the process, content, duration, supervision and accompaniment lies with the respective teacher ( § 13b SchUG individual vocational (educational) orientation ). The students are insured against accidents , the chambers of commerce also offer liability insurance .
In addition, for pupils in the 8th grade elementary school, the 4th grade secondary school, the 8th and 9th grade special school, the polytechnic school and the 4th grade AHS there is the possibility of individual career orientation outside of school hours for up to 15 days per Spending calendar year in a company ( § 175 Abs. 5 Z3 ASVG).
Legal Regulations
The possibility of having interns do work for free is abused by some companies. State controls are inadequate. For this reason, a written internship agreement should be concluded in which it is expressly made clear that the work in the company is solely for professional orientation and without any obligation to work or pay.
In particular, in Austria the intern is not obliged to do any work and is not subject to any instructions from the owner of the company , apart from safety instructions.
See also
- Internship (Germany)
- Girls' Day
- apprentice
literature
- Walter Beck, Verena Greminger-Gurtner, Willi Schweizer: trial set. Documents for the trial apprenticeship [8. + 9th school year, illustrated by Peter Stalder, published by the Education Directorate of the Canton of Bern, Central Office for Vocational, Study and Training. Career advice], 7th edition, Schulverlag plus, Berner Lehrmittel- und Medienverlag, Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-906721-00-2 (10 pages, 8 A4 copies).
- Lothar Beinke: Career preparation and career entry . Difficulties of young people in the transition from school to vocational training. Lang , Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York, NY / Oxford / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-58870-3 .
- Helmut Dornmayr, Norbert Lachmayr, Barbara Rothmüller; Labor Market Service Austria, Dept. Labor Market Research and Career Information (Ed.): Integration of formally low-skilled in the labor market . In: Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich, AMS-Report Volume 64, Communicatio, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85495-245-9 .
- Christian Imdorf: School qualification and career choice . How gender and national origin structure the transition to vocational training. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-531-14441-2 (also dissertation at the University of Friborg 2004).
Web links
- Professional taster , Berufsinformationszentrum Vienna Chamber of Commerce (BIWI) - with standard agreements for Schnupperlehre
- JAAU - The portal for youth, work and training in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Trial week information about sniffing / internship of ch-info.ch