Internship in Korea by Asia Internship Program

I would highly recommend looking for alternative options for those considering AIP. While the communication of the staff was prompt and diligent I found the program lacking elsewhere, mainly in terms of the experience I was able to yield in my internship.

I understand my situation may have been an anomaly however I am i am still weary towards the precautions that AIP take in guaranteeing a fruitful internship program. I was particularly interested in broadening my marketing and copywriting insight however upon arriving at my internship my supervisor had now knowledge in this field and was also verbally abusive commenting on my appearance a number of times. In addition to this, I faced a number of visa programs upon entering the program. The person whom I was in contact with also mentioned that the business development team are making effort to mitigate issues like this in future - a huge disappointment considering the high lump sum AIP that calls for with minimal effort into dissecting and investigating the logistics of the company and the HR that underpins it all. For me, I was sat at a desk 9 hours a day with no assistance from my supervisor who would later asked me where the work I was never appointed was. Hardly the rewarding and experienced packed internship I was anticipating.

The company i interned for also told me they would be changing locations 2 days before my arrival into the country, after i signed a 6 month lease for an accomodation that would turn out to be an hour commute further away from my contracted location! I was also given incorrect information for the visa I should come into the country with and faced further issues at immigration.

I do encourage all candidates to look for alternative options. I was quite fortunate in that I had a decent amount of work experience prior to this internship and was able to attain a paid job at a media company after leaving my AIP internship and had a number of friends oversea who were able to help me over this time.