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Internships at CS Vienna for U.S. Citizens

The U.S. Commercial Service Austria offers internship opportunities throughout the year. Informationen für BewerberInnen aus Österreich finden Sie auf unserer Deutschen Website.

What would you be doing?

The U.S. Commercial Service assists U.S. companies to do business in Austria with market research, matchmaking services, and support in all aspects of their export activities to Austria. At the same time, we help Austrian firms find U.S. suppliers and joint venture partners, as well as offering our support in all aspects of their import from the United States. To support these objectives, this office analyzes information on the Austrian market, facilitates contacts with Austrian businesses, promotes U.S. products, advocates U.S. business interests, and more.

Within this framework, we expect participants in our internship program to assist our staff with a combination of administrative and analytical duties:

  • maintenance of our CTS, BSP and FUSE databases
  • content management of this website
  • answering routine business inquiries and document filing
  • assistance with the organization of ongoing projects such as trade missions, trade shows, publications, seminars, etc.
  • assistance with the collection of information for industry-specific market research
  • a special project may be assigned to an intern, depending on the needs of this office and the abilities of the intern to complete the project

An official letter of thanks will be provided at the end of your stay. Most universities will award 3-6 credits for a completed internship.

Who is eligible?

In order to participate in the C.S. Vienna internship program, you must meet the following qualifications:

  • current enrollment (not less than half time) in an accredited university
  • fluency in German and English
  • availability for at least 12 weeks
  • time commitment: 20 hours/week
  • good communication and computer skills

Internship opportunities for American citizen applicants are limited to those students who are candidates for business or economics degrees.

Selection is made without regard to considerations of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, or handicap. Every candidate must receive a positive security check by the U.S. government prior to the start of an internship.

Payment, Travel and Lodgings

This internship is a volunteer service. Federal regulations prohibit financial compensation. Interns are solely responsible for their travel and lodging arrangements. In some cases, this office can provide assistance with finding lodgings, however, we cannot guarantee intern housing.

Insurance

This office will assist interns in finding health and accident insurance for their stay in Austria, however, no federal government liability is assumed.

How to apply

Your application must include:

  • cover letter (should include information on why you want to be an intern in this office, what you have to offer, what timing would be good for you, and how you hope to benefit from the internship),
  • resume (should include full contact information, future goals, computer and language skills, past experience, citizenship, student status),
  • writing samples (e.g. a research paper you have written for school, ideally on an economic topic); if you do speak German, please also include a writing sample in this language.

After being selected for an internship position in our office, please fill out / submit the following documents:

Please send your application to our office. We will confirm receipt of your materials, and let you know your status as well as update you regularly on the progress in processing your application. If you have questions about this program, please feel free to contact us. 


U.S. Citizen Internship Application Package
Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions
OF 306 - Declaration for Federal Employment4
Student Volunteer Intern Checklist Vienna
Austria Internship pic