Externship
An externship is an experiential learning opportunity, similar to an internship. The opportunity is provided in partnership between UiB Ferd and employers to give younger researchers practical experience in their fields of expertise.
Main content
A UiB Ferd Externship consists of:
- 1/2 day of training seminar before externship: Skills surveys and training.
- 3-4 days of job shadowing in a company, either in the private or public sector.
Take an externship
Advantages of participating in an externship
- Build networks.
- Gain new career perspectives.
- Improve prospects with potential employers.
- Personal growth.
- Reflect on skills, values and core competencies that are valuable to the industry.
- Get to know non-academic workplaces.
- Enhancing non-academic career decision-making strategies.
- Navigate the non-academic job application process.
After completing the externship, you will also receive a reference letter from the host company you were with.
Do you want to sign up?
It is always a good idea to apply early, and to write a convincing letter of motivation. The host companies are published once each semester, usually in August and in January or February.
We match applicants with companies continuously, based on the company's wishes and younger researchers' motivation letters. If you are relevant, we will call you in for a short interview.
Be the host company for an externship
The UiB Ferd Externship is a career development program that consists of three stages. As a company, you will contribute in the second part, which is about exploration (hospitalization in a company).
Advantages
The externship is carried out not only for the benefit of the junior researcher, but also for the host company. Both parties get a chance to observe each other. Successful external positions can, among other things, lead to recruitment opportunities that will be based on a thoroughly informed decision.
- Branding your company.
- Develop your "talent pipeline".
- Get to know the next generation of highly skilled workers.
- Building connections with academia.
- Network building.
Your role is
- to Appoint a person (or a team) to host the junior researcher.
- Plan activities, meetings and tasks.
- Create an external job advertisement. *
- Contact the candidate(s) and agree a period for the externship.
- After the externship, write a reference letter. *
* We will provide you with templates.
Who is it for?
PhD candidates and postdocs employed at the University of Bergen.
Why is it important?
Not everyone who has started a career in academia will stay in academia.
Presentation of Externship candidates
See presentationof Externship candidates here.
