Let's Visit Indonesia

Indonesia is secure and very conducive to be visited. Indonesian government has national program "Visit Indonesia Year 2008" there fore they will make sure the level of security in Indonesia to attract more foreign people to visit Indonesia.

Regarding English, English is a foreign language here in Indonesia instead of second language but it does not mean that very difficult to find people to speak English here (in company). Therefore most of people especially in Supervisor level and above in company (national and multinational company) are able to speak English, and even some taxi driver in Jakarta could speak basic English. The foreign students here could conduct their traineeship well, if they interested in studying local language, Bahasa, they can join a local course with English speaking teachers.

If you are interested in holding your traineeship in huge company the option would be in Jakarta; Jakarta is very busy city since this is very business city in Indonesia; traffic jams is a common there. Here the official website of Jakarta: http://www.jakarta.go.id/en/ available in Bahasa, English and German.

The other option is Semarang, Semarang is quite peace city and less traffic but in Semarang also available quite a lot of company that dealing with international business. Please visit the following link to get to know more about Semarang: http://www.semarang.nl/index.html the information is available in Bahasa and Dutch. The other reference that might be useful for you too is the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Indonesia. So after you completed your resume and your motivation letter; why don't you submit your internship application and eady to have fantastic experience in Indonesia? Hopefully could see you here in Indonesia!