Why join our Internship in Costa Rica?

With a focus on sustainable living and tourism, our Costa Rica Internship will prove to be an incredible experience for anyone involved. Working side by side with our Management team, interns will learn firsthand what it takes to build and run an eco-friendly hotel in a foreign country. It is a fun atmosphere jam-packed with learning opportunities and excitement. 

Perks:

• Amazing Environment
• Surrounded by Nature (7km from Manuel Antonio National Park)
• New experience/New Friends
• Have the time of your life
• 2 days off per week!! (Explore the rest of the country)
• Breakfast daily and lunch on occasion
• Free private accommodation at Villas Jacquelina

Additional Information

Organizational goals and potential responsibilities and projects

The following is a list of potential organizational objectives for starting an internship program:

• Finding talented future employees
• Increasing employee retention rate
• Accomplishing clerical work
• Completing projects (such as creating a social media platform or keeping your website current)
• Facilitating fresh solutions to ongoing issues
• Infusing the company with new ideas and current knowledge
• Improving public perception of the organization
• Enhancing company/product recognition among the public or potential interns
• Contributing to the community

Top three goals:

1. Make villasjacquelina.com an organic and useful resource for up-to-date information about our area (blogging).
2. Help Villas Jacquelina improve our guest experience.
3. Help move Villas Jacquelina closer to full sustainability

The following is a list of potential intern projects:

• Researching the viability of a new program or campaign
• Compiling and presenting statistics
• Evaluating potential social media platforms
• Proposing a social media strategy
• Building a company sales database
• Cleaning up an existing database
• Critiquing the company’s website from a user perspective
• Brainstorming ideas for boosting site usability
• Evaluating some areas of IT functionality
• Generating cost-cutting ideas
• Preparing budgets, reports, plans, or proposals
• Creating materials (marketing, collateral, etc.)
• Sourcing lower-cost supplies
• Developing process directions for tasks with high employee turnover
• Competitive analysis/product comparisons
• Use Google AdWords to research SEO targeted keywords
• Use Facebook to run ads and create lookalike audiences to target clients
• Additional projects:
• Possible learning exercises
• Learning exercises involve taking along an intern to observe a meeting or participate in a networking opportunity, teaching an intern a new skill, or providing training in how to complete a project.

Examples of formal learning exercises include:

• Inviting an intern to observe an internal meeting, client meeting, or sales call
• Teaching an intern how to prepare a budget, report, or plan
• Training an intern in how to use a piece of equipment or software
• Helping an intern use their PowerPoint skills to create a company presentation
• Role-playing with an intern how to make client follow-up calls or close a sale

Want to apply for our internship in Costa Rica?

We are now accepting applicants for our sustainable hospitality and tourism internship in Costa Rica.  To apply, please email us with the following information and documentation:

• Current resume
• One form of identification (passport/drivers license /school id)
• A cover letter informing us what you're looking for in an internship, why you believe this internship is right for you, and what you bring to the table that makes you the ideal candidate.

We will select candidates who meet our requirements for online interviews.