Career and Advising Center

Enhances competitiveness

Opportunity to gain relevant knowledgeand skills

Training in an educational environment

Valuable insight in the working processesof that particular company and theindustry at large

Why internships are important?

An internship is an unpaid supervised work experience opportunity designed to provide structured learning and hands-on work experience for students whose purpose is to fulfill an academic requirement or obtain valuable insight of their field of study.

The internship can be sanctioned (inlc. research) or credit bearing.

Criteria: Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or

graduate program.

Students requiring the completion of an internship to satisfy an academic requirement.

Students who sign up for an internship course for the opportunity of acquiring experience in a particular field of study.

After completion the internship should imply learning outcomes related to the student’s career development

Internship

Credit bearing

(CB)Sanctioned

• supervised by the Schools

• contribute to a degree

program

• identified as being a valuable

learning experience by CAC

and/or Schools

• managed by CAC

• information about this

internship is stored in the CAC

database for future reference.

Internship types

A student must be in

goodstanding

Nooutstanding incompletes

120 ECTS credits earned after the 2nd year

Other requirements such as GPA

Eligibility for CB internships

Only during summer

after 2nd or 3rd year

240 hours/6 weeks/or

subdivided into 2 parts (120+120)

Must be related to

the major/get

approval of the School supervisor

All reports to be sent

to the assigned School

supervisor

Can be self-found

or CAC proposed

Requesting for credits SoE

During the academic year after 2nd year

120 hours/1

month/or if combined with AY-

during the term

Must be related to

the major/get approval

of the School

All reports to be sent

to the assigned School

supervisor

Can be self-found

or CAC proposed

Requesting for credits SHSS

During the academic year after 2nd year upon the

approval of the School

120 hours/1 month

Must be related to

the major/get

approval of the School

Adviser

All reports to be sent

to the assigned School

supervisor through Moodle

Can be self-found or

CAC proposed

CAC sourced internships: CAC Career Net

Create account by registering at https://nazarbayev-

csm.symplicity.com/

NB. Approvals do not happen after COB or during weekends

and holidays. Make sure to register now to avoid problems

and late submissions.

Upload your recent resume with GPA

Check available opportunities frequently.

NB. Convenient apps available at Google Play, App Store

(Careers by Symplicity)

Important timelines for summer internships announcements

Dates Activity

Mid-March announcements launch in the CAC Career

Net

End of March application submission deadline

End of March –mid of April

applications revision by CAC and nomination

of students

Mid -April-end of April

Notifications of students

April end of April Notification of companies

Other non-group internships are announced through CAC Career

Net upon availability/demand

Internship announcements

All announcements are grouped by majors

(e.g. Summer-2017 Economics)

Internship start/end periods and duties will be in

the JD and attached documents

Contact person for CB internship registration at School

SHSS- Almira Zholamanova

SST-TBD

SoE- TBD

Job description related to major in

accordance with the form on the next

slide.

Confirmation of the company supervisor

to cac@nu.edu.kz stating name, dates

and duties of the students

Scanned copy of the agreement b/w

the student and the company to

cac@nu.edu.kz, if paid

Self- found internships

Job description for self found internships

• Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.

• The employer should be a structural unit of the University

• An employment contract should be concluded between the student and the employer

Work on-campus –employment of the

registered students for part-time paid positions in the

structural units and private entities of the Universities, not always related to the

academic major.

• Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program.

• An employment contract should be concluded between the student and the employer

Work off-campus -employment of the

registered students for part-time paid positions by the external companies, not

always related to the academic major.

Paid opportunities

If you get sick during the internship, you should immediately inform your supervisor or CAC contact personIf you have been contacted by the company directly, please make sure you have informed your CAC contact person.

Be focused, initiative and dedicated

Make sure you are dressed in

accordance with internal

regulations of the company

Make all arrangements well in

advance! (letters, agreements, etc.)

Code of Conduct

tracking the available internships/vacancies

applying with one click to desired position after uploading the resume

tips from CAC on the registration and maintenance of your CAC Career Net profile (Documents section)

your resume viewable to employers for them to consider you as a prospective intern/employee (CV Book)

PS: upload a convenient app to your smartphone from the Apple Store or Play Market to have an access to CAC Career Net (CAREERS BY SYMPLICITY)

Why do you need a CAC Career Net account?

How to find the CAC Career Net page?

Resume (CV) Book-Privacy settings

Privacy settings (cont.)

Jobs: Recommended jobs

Social media: Connect via Facebook

Employer directory

RSVP or Cancel RSVP

Participation in events

NB: To improve our services, respond to the CAC survey after the appointment

Counselling appointment

Drop in

Resume/Cover letter review

Internships

Interview techniques

Job Search Strategies

Alumni issues

Graduate application

advising

Appointment types

Internship tips Resume template Workshop ppts External links

Document library: useful resources

1) I signed up but cannot login: wait for the approval message from CAC-happens during working days/hours

2) I cannot apply for the vacancy/internships: check the eligibility, upload your resume

3) I cannot see the vacancies and my profile: you should fill in the career outcomes tab to be able to proceed- only for the 4th year students

4) I applied for the vacancy, what is next?: in case you satisfy the requirements, you will be contacted by the company representative

FAQs