CEA CAPA Global Internships
Journey to Career Readiness

Pick your program, complete a CEA CAPA online application and submit your application fee. This takes about 10 minutes.

We want to get to know you and your personal and professional aspirations so we’re sure to set you up for success. After completing your online application, you will submit the following four documents which are required to review your application for acceptance into the program. Submitting these materials before the program closure date is a high priority for securing your internship abroad.

• Résumé: A résumé is the foundation for any internship or job search. We want to learn more about your past experiences that can tell us how you can contribute to your host organization. We’ll work with you to refine your résumé as we identify the right placement opportunities for you so you can stand out and make a strong first impression.
• Statement of Interest: This statement should complement your résumé, and serve as a personalized letter to potential supervisors, introducing yourself, expressing your interests, and explaining why you'd be a good fit for the areas you’ve expressed interested in. You can also highlight your skills and experiences. Think of it as a way to make a strong first impression and show how enthusiastic you are about a potential opportunity.
• Transcript: We’ll need copies of your transcript(s), which might be official or unofficial based on your home institution’s and your CEA CAPA program’s requirements.
• Career & Internship Application: This is an online form that will ask you about your motivation to participate in the program, internship placement areas you’re interested in, your past experience and additional information our team needs to know to search for your internship placement. It takes about 15 minutes to complete.

All CEA CAPA Career Development and Internship Specialists are Industry-Certified in best practices for career coaching. Your Career Development and Internship Specialist is eager to work with you on identifying and exploring your internship career fields of interest! They will guide you through each step of our internship placement process before your program starts to ensure our ability to identify a placement that aligns with your goals. They are available to meet with you virtually to provide one-on-one career coaching to help you prepare for your upcoming internship abroad. By the end of this process, you will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the nuances of your chosen career field so you better understand opportunities available to you upon graduation.
• Update your résumé and statement of interest so it is tailored to your desired placement in your chosen location.
• Improve your ability to answer common interview questions so you stand out in the interview process with your host organization.

You will be introduced to the 8 career readiness competencies employers are seeking most in new hires and start to explore how you can leverage them for long term success in your career journey.

Our Career Development and Internship Specialists are ready to guide you through a process that is designed to:

• Clarify and define your future career pathway.
• Secure an internship abroad that will encourage you to take advantage of the skills you have, while strengthening the skills you’ll need to be competitive in a global job market upon graduation.
• Differentiate yourself by identifying and aligning your competencies to those employers are seeking the most in job candidates nowadays.

During the placement process, you will also be introduced to your in-country Internship Coordinator, based in your chosen location, who will work closely with you on identifying and securing an internship placement that aligns with the placement areas you’ve expressed interest in during the application stage. Here is an outline of what you can expect.

Timeline: The placement process can be as short as 4 weeks and as long as several months depending on the uniqueness of your internship interest and your engagement in the process. We will make every effort to confirm your internship placement by two weeks prior to your program's start date.

Placement Guarantee: CEA CAPA guarantees to source Career & Internship Program participants an experiential learning placement that will allow them to develop the key transferable skills that US-based employers most want all graduating undergraduate students to have to be competitive in today's job market. CEA CAPA guarantees to source each participant an experiential learning placement as long as they meet all of the below criteria:

• Apply by the original application deadline.
• Meet the eligibility criteria for their CEA CAPA Program.
• Remain actively engaged throughout the placement process, including but not limited to, meeting all submission deadlines for each step of the process, meeting requests for additional documentation and attending all scheduled meetings and interviews.

Explore the details of our Experiential Learning Placements Policy here.