JR East offers “Internship for Foreigners”

[bill937ca]

Did you know JR East offers an internship for foreigners?  

 

http://www.topcareer.jp/inter/job/detail/001873/

 

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) offers “Internship for Foreigners” to students of university (including graduate school), high-school and vocational school located in and outside of Japan. We look forward to hearing from students who are interested in Japanese railway companies or the business and technologies of JR East, and those who want to put their skills acquired from school into practice.

◆Number of Positions, Internship Period and Location
[Number of Positions] Limited
[Internship Period] Tuesday, July 25 ~ Wednesday, August 2 (7 days excluding Saturday and Sunday)
[Location] Tokyo

◆Details
Interns will attend lectures at the first half of period, learning about the company, global vision, and technological innovation. For the other half of period, each intern will choose a specific field of interest and carry out related fieldwork. Interns will also have the opportunity to visit various facilities and sites.

 

[Other Information]
・Interns will not be paid.
・Transportation expenses will be reimbursed by the company.
・A lunch stipend will be provided.
・Accommodations will be provided for those whose commute to the company will be more than 2 hours one-way, and those from abroad.
・Before beginning the internship, the interns will be required to sign the agreement to protect confidential information.
・Application materials will not be returned.
・Personal information on the application form will be used only for internship selection, internship preparation, and administrative procedures during the period. After these uses, the 　
company will be responsible for the disposal of the personal information.

Edited March 31, 2018 by bill937ca

[tossedman]

Cool but this year's recruitment has been closed. Something my son might be interested in a few years down the road. Have to keep an eye out for it again. Thanks for sharing.

[cteno4]

Wonder what the language requirements are?

 

jeff

[trainsforever8]

Wow thank you so much for showing us that! That's definitely something I'd be interested in!

[EH500 (12)]

8 hours ago, cteno4 said:

Wonder what the language requirements are?

 

jeff

English buisness level and above.

The bigger problem is this: "Foreign citizens enrolled in a four-year university, a master’s or doctoral program (including law school), or vocational school and courses."

[miyakoji]

I wonder if this wouldn't be better as an exchange with employees from other railroads or transportation agencies.  The employers of the visiting employees could bear some of the cost, and the employees would come back with some JR East practices and procedures.  A big question in my mind is whether or not smaller operators, with much smaller budgets, could really do things the JRE way.

[kvp]

7 hours ago, EH500 (8) said:

English buisness level and above.

The bigger problem is this: "Foreign citizens enrolled in a four-year university, a master’s or doctoral program (including law school), or vocational school and courses."

In and outside Japan. This means they could accept for example US or EU university students too. I guess that phd students already studying at a japanese university would be preferred, but imho they won't turn down a fresh msc graduate from a better US/EU university either. This is a good way to transfer knowledge in both directions.