Documentation

Résumé
Your resume is your self-made key to the city. Refined and well presented, it opens doors with prospective employers. You need to set aside some time to ensure you have a quality final product. Take a look at the resume templates found in Microsoft Office 2000. Also, ask to see some sample resumes at any Kinkos. Most successful people will be more than happy to provide you their CV should you ask. Consider approaching a family friend who you respect.

Begin by making a list of all the significant things you have done. Incorporate your accomplishments under appropriate headings. Your resume should include the following: name, mailing address, telephone, e-mail address. Include date of birth, name of school, course of study, level of education, special honors and any activities that seem relevant (language ability, study related to internship, leadership roles, sports, etc.). You should include whatever practical, professional, or personal experience you feel best highlights your strengths, abilities and talent. List computer proficiency, driver's license, etc. You will need to e-mail as an attachment and mail us five copies of a quality end product printed on 20 lb. paper.

Letter of Motivation
In one to two pages, provide your potential employer, housemates, and I.C.E. staff members with a concise, yet descriptive, introduction to yourself. Include aspects of your personality and past accomplishments that make you a unique individual. Provide an overview of the internship work you hope to perform; talk about what makes you a good candidate for the job. E-mail and mail to the Hawaii office.

Expectations
It is not in our interest, nor the interest of our sponsoring organizations, for you to leave an internship site early. We ask that you work through the challenges that may accompany your internship to include: personality conflicts, distaste of home country's culture/food, loneliness and other unforeseen challenges. We do not offer refunds except in cases where gross misconduct on the part of an internship host has taken place. The refund amount will not exceed 50% of fees paid to I.C.E. An internship is a "real world" undertaking in a professional environment. As with most paid jobs, you will be expected to perform at a high level. And, just like a job where you are receiving payment, you will have to negotiate some of your job duties as well handle any differences you may have with individual managers or company policies. Your I.C.E. staff person is there to help. However, he or she has an equal obligation to listen to and assist the internship host as well as the intern. The internships that work best are those wherein the intern enters with realistic expectations about what a host can provide. While it is important to ask the right questions before arrival and formulate a general impression about the content of the internship, it is equally important to arrive with a beginner's mind-open to the experience that presents itself. Interns should expect a shifting set of responsibilities that may vary from start to finish.

I.C.E. remains independent of internship providers. We have chosen hosts based on positive feedback offered from former interns and, for new positions, we use our best judgment based on the host's reputation and our on-site assessment. We act on the information presented to us and try to provide interns with an accurate portrait of life within a given organization or company. We cannot guarantee or promise anything about a given internship owing to the host's autonomy from I.C.E.. We can only do our best to mediate on your behalf and portray what our hosts convey to us to the intern.

A completed application packet must include all of the following:

1) Application Form
2) $55.00 application fee
3) Typed professional looking cover letter and résumé
4) One photograph (send electronically if possible)
5) $600.00 deposit (placed in escrow until we confirm)