Program Add-Ons
To complement the program components included in the Puentes experience, you can choose any or all of the program add-ons here to allow for additional immersion.
SPANISH JUMPSTART
Through Puentes, you have the option of complementing your experience with intensive Spanish classes to jumpstart your language skills. The language classes are taught by native professors strictly in Spanish in small group classes of three to ten people from Monday to Friday. If you choose to do the Spanish Jumpstart, you will take an online test, and you will be placed in a class level according to your Spanish language ability. Many participants decide to take one to two weeks of Spanish Jumpstart classes prior to their internships in order to strengthen their language skills before diving into the workplace.
Here are the different options for Spanish Jumpstart:
Intensive 20 hours, group virtual: US$100 per week
Semi-intensive 10 hours, group virtual: US$65 per week
Individual one-hour, virtual: US$30 per one-hour class
Intensive 25 hours, group in-person: US$245 per week
Spanish Jumpstart must be confirmed and paid for at least two to three weeks in advance of your preferred first day of Spanish classes
You can select multiple Spanish Jumpstart units if you would like more than one week of group classes or more than one hours of private classes.
Academic Credit
The academic credit hours awarded recognize the internship hours worked, as well as the participation time in the Puentes professional development and cultural immersion programming. You decide how much academic credit you’d like to receive:
3 academic credits = minimum of 105 total internship hours worked = US$300 academic credit fee
6 academic credits = between 106 and 225 total internship hours worked = US$600 academic credit fee
9 academic credits = between 226 and 345 total internship hours worked = US$900 academic credit fee
Learn more: puentesabroad.com/academic-credit
Career Coaching Sessions
*As current Puentes participants, you can use promo code PUENTESCAREER to get the discounted rate of US$85 per coaching session.
We will do a detailed critique of your resume, and we will share our personalized recommendations with you and review resume best practices. Puentes Resume Guide included.
We will do an actual mock interview with you as the interviewee and Puentes staff as the potential employer of the target company or organization chosen by you. Immediately following the mock interview, we will provide you with detailed, personalized feedback on your interviewing style and response content, and we will share best practice tips, plus the Puentes Interviewing Guide.
What is informational interviewing, and why is this career-building tactic so underutilized in society today? In this session, you will learn about the ins and outs of the practice; you will discover how to find, prepare for, and arrange informational interviews in your desired industry; and you will analyze certain methods to maximize and maintain your new networks. Informational Interviewing Guide.
Interested in working abroad? We’ll tackle how to approach the incredibly exciting idea of working in a different country, which may seem daunting at first. We’ll share tried and true tips on how to consider realistic job options abroad, how to learn about the destination where you’d like to live, how to make connections abroad, and how to successfully relocate and adapt to your new home country.
This session will focus on the practice of managing oneself with respect to time. You will learn best practices on how to find a healthy balance for work, academics, and life in general. We’ll explore your personal time wasters and discuss specific techniques and strategies for how to overcome them so that you can achieve a more balanced, well-organized, and productive life.