International Internship

pugw

Hey have accepted a job offer with 1 of the big4 and am now thiking of going to the states on a j1 this summer! When looking into jobs someone suggested applying for an internship with a big 4 accountancy firm. I was just wondering if anyone knows are these internships paid? Any info would be appreciated

jonnybravo

pugw wrote: »

Hey have accepted a job offer with 1 of the big4 and am now thiking of going to the states on a j1 this summer! When looking into jobs someone suggested applying for an internship with a big 4 accountancy firm. I was just wondering if anyone knows are these internships paid? Any info would be appreciated

Internships in Ireland are paid. I don't know anything about America but to be honest I couldn't see you getting a job in the Big 4 in America. In Ireland anyways they just use these internships to 1) get people to do a bit of work (summer is normally the quiestest time and when I did my internship I sat around doing nothing for the summer) + 2) to evaluate people for training contracts at the end of their college. Without the possiblity of #2 and with loads of US students I wouldn't be too hopeful. Good luck though!!

J77

Had a look at internships in the US before. Deloitte pay $24.50 an hour anyway.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/22/highest-paid-internships_n_621385.html#s103513

pugw

Hey johnny I can see where your comming from alright, it would probably be next to impossible to get in alright! Thanks for the link J77, that kinda money would leave you with some serious beer cash at d weekend :rolleyes:

lawlorl5

PwC in the U.K. offer an International Internship during the summer, and you can pick from around 10 places for your international assignment, New York included. You spend 5 weeks in London and 3 weeks abroad. You won't be able to do the J1 obviously but it might be a back up plan, and you get an all expenses paid trip to New York

You can write off an internship in the States. They start interviewing from November onwards by which stage you would have to have a visa secured, and competition is obviously very tough!

pugw

Thanks Lawlor! Ur right bout having the visa sorted I hadnt thought about that. that sounds cool, do you know is it a paid internship in the UK?

lawlorl5

Yes its paid. You get roughly £3200 and 5 days paid holidays! Plus you're in a hotel for 3 weeks so only have to pay for accommodation for 4 weeks (most of 1st week you're in a hotel in London countryside for training, sweet deal all in all.

bazzer86

PugW, firstly well done on getting offered a contract in one of the big4, its getting tougher and tougher these days...

In relation to getting a summer internship in a big 4 firm, my opinion is that it is highly unlikely. If you have a contract with let’s say E&Y, would you not think it would be weird doing an internship with any other big 4 firm in America before you start and possibly not too well received from your own firm? And as other people have mentioned it’s very hard to get into anyway. I know the firm I work for are big into seconding trainees to America for usually 3 to 6 months after the pass their FAE's, so that would probably be your best bet of working internationally.

Also, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTANCY WORK ON A J1, JUST BEFORE YOU START A CONTRACT??! haha sorry had to put in the caps to emphasise my point. It won’t really be of any benefit to you anyway unless you get an internship in the crowd your going working with as they all operate with different systems!
And if you did you will be working 5 days a week minimum 9 to half 5 with a very strong possibility of overtime (a colleague of mine is over in NY at the minute and works 60+ hour weeks) so any notion of you going on the absolute piss all the time won’t be long lasting!

From my own experience, take my advice, go to the states, either take out a 3 grand loan and go on the sauce for the summer, you'll have 3.5 years to pay it back, or get a nice cushy 4 day week job selling ice creams or working in a car park or something handy like that and actually enjoy the trip because come January when you start you’ll be up to your tits with work!

Good luck

pugw

Ha Bazzers u make a gud point:rolleyes:, workin in an office wuddnt be my ideal job for a j1 either i just saw it mentioned on 1a those j1 websites and said id lukn in2 it cos d wages offered on the j1 jobs website are sh**e :rolleyes: lukn into sumtn in construction but hopefully get sumting like painting/landscaping that doesnt involve working mondays :pac:

bazzer86

Coming from my own experience (I was on 2 J1's), depending on the place you mighnt even need a J1, just book the flights. If you have contacts you should be sorted. Landscaping and jobs like that arent too hard to pick up. having said that ur probalby better off to get a J1 just in case you cant get a job wothout one. Id get out there early and get a job as quick as you can before the usual influx of Irish. Places like ice cream parlours are handy out. May as well enjoy your self and dont work too hard!

what part are you thinking of going too?

pugw

Either new york or boston, wud probably have more contacts in new york so will hopefully hava a place to stay sorted b4 i go out and a job sum way sussed out!

freeze4real

First off I'm doing accounting in college and I hate it. For some reason I wanted to be an accountant I don't know why.

But what's it's the big4. Is it working for nama. I heard the top guys in Nama gets paid 10k per month.

What's j1.

What would a 21 yr old with. 2.1degree get per yr.