Are you a current college student or recent college graduate looking for your first big career break? Would you like to travel the world, work and meet new people and set yourself apart in the crowded job market?
Job Location:
The Tea Council of the USA Sip of Success program is offering a once-in-a-lifetime internship for a college student or graduate to prepare for a great career and experience a unique and thrilling adventure in the Tea Industry that will span four countries; India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and the U.S.
Compensation:
All travel and lodging expenses will be covered. Interns will receive a small stipend.
Job Duties:
During the internship abroad the winner will learn about all aspects of tea cultivation, processing and appreciation (cupping).
The intensive training will occur in India with familiarization tours taking place in Sri Lanka and Kenya. The intern will live in Tea Estate Bungalows where all meals will be provided.
To top off the experience, the winner will participate in the U.S. portion of the Dream Job internship at SalonTea, under the tutelage of nationally known tea entrepreneur Tracy Stern, learning branding and tea manufacturing.
Qualifications:
Create a 1-2 minute homemade Internet video about tea (hot or iced; black, green, white or oolong tea, with no specific commercial brand mentions) in a creative, unique and/or off-beat scenario, while explaining what aspects of teas health-related benefits appeal to you and why.
APPLY: All entries must be received electronically at ?url?www.teausa.org/sipofsuccess?/url?. The submission deadline is November 19.
Internship and Travel Dates: Spring 2011
About the Tea Council:
The Tea Council of the USA is a non-profit association that was formed in 1950 as a joint partnership between tea packers, importers and allied industries within the United States, and the major tea producing countries. It functions as the educational arm of the tea industry with a primary goal of increasing overall awareness of tea by providing information about its many positive attributes. One of the Councils primary objectives is the dissemination of key scientific findings about tea to the public.
