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Organize educational and alternative trips within Costa Rica, including sustainable communities. Lots of ongoing projects. Good Spanish required.

Developing programs, collaborating on existing programs all dedicated to environmental conservation, assistance to national park visitors, getting to know the protected areas of Costa Rica. NOTE: housing is on-site within the National Parks not with a family in San Jose.

International non profit assists, unites and represents co-operatives worldwide. Project work and presentations with schools and local communities, with local grass roots groups as well as foreign organizations dedicated to the idea of co-ops. Workshop development and heightened level of social sensitivity and cultural awareness.

Long running firm offering amazing tours to mostly student and youth groups. Research possible destinations, assist with guiding, admin, appointments and meetings. Lots of weekend and other travel. Excellent and busy work assignment for good multi-tasker in international setting.

Award winning, Women-led partnership selling Costa Rican products (coffee, for example) in a sustainable way, so all are paid a living wage and all profits go back to the communities where the product comes from. Create marketing plans for the multiple products, teach English at an indigenous grammar school, work on a coffee plantation - total and direct immersion with locals. NOTE: housing is within a protected area, near to the various communities, with a family, not in San Jose.

Help develop advertising campaigns for client companies around the country (Costa Rica) - focus on defining market and developing logos / labels / tag lines for client companies. Emphasis on advertising and design. Create national Billboard campaigns for client companies.

Contemporary architecture, design and sales. Development of actual projects, hands on experience with architecture design programs, such as Animation, AutoCAD, etc.

Business consultancy, assisting companies in Costa Rica during the process of business development, identifying needs, creating other venues for profit sources, managing staff changes, hiring / firing, clarifying market trends for each sector.

This Institute is 12 years old specializing in investigation and environmental impact. They are a recognized leading Institute turned to for R & D on the environment. Opportunities include Sustainable Development Projects, Marine Biology, Tropical Ecology.

Requirements: Intermediate Spanish. Candidate must have environment / ecology major.

For Medical and Pre-Medical students, work in a well established, prestigious Hospital / Clinica in San Jose. Internal medicine, OBGYN, Pediatrics and Family medicine and more are practiced in the Consultorios Medicos.

Requirements: 3 month minimum commitment and stronger Spanish are required.

Small boutique hotel in a nice neighborhood of San Jose, near to Universidad Veritas and other shopping and activities. Family owned, dining room and about 20 rooms. Small gift shop attached.

Interior design and architecture, working with clients on commercial and private home projects.

Large multinational corporations and national firms importing and exporting a variety of products, from foods and personal products (Chiquita brands) to medical equipment and more. Good sales, good logistical experience for shipping and receiving internationally.

Magazine work in monthly or weekly lifestyle magazines, tourism trade magazines or architecture magazines. Photography for ads or events. Article writing based on experience. Newspaper internships with a focus on university life; also local weekly and monthly.

Small, Private law firm working for a Lawyer and Dean of a University. Office located right next to the Universidad Veritas. Small company but interesting work (for example, a project to turn national parkland into privatized area for housing). Commercial law, Civil law, Labor law, notary services.

Larger law firm, extremely busy, shadowing / working for a Lawyer or Consultant. FIRM PROFILE: Year Established: 1988 and conceived to provide clients with legal services, which are integrated on a basis of an interdisciplinary diversity. They offer the vast experience of their partners and associates, who are specialists in the following fields: Corporate and Business Law, Contract Law, Civil Law, Maritime and Aviation Law, International Business Transactions, Real Estate Operations, Foreign Investment, Intellectual Property and Trademark, Adoptions and Family Law, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, General Litigation, Criminal Law, Immigration, Tributary Law, Hotel Management and Tourism Law, Notaries Law and others. Said experience has been obtained through many years of successful professional practice, both individually and collectively. This law firm has been working under the concept of fusion of specializations for many years now. All the partners and associates are very impressive, with both of the partners having both a JD and MBA.

Requirements: Strong Spanish. Strong law background - preferably a current law student.

Marketing and advertising campaigns for large international auto firm in Costa Rica. Sales, marketing and product design for national companies in a variety of sectors.

Work with various other non-profits covering a wide selection of different sectors: a group dedicated to protecting the National Parks and protected areas in Costa Rica; an environmental conservation organization; work with a Center of Studies for Peace foundation, that focuses on developing programs - usually for schools and colleges -that inculcate peace, non violence and conflict resolution en all parts of society; and more...

Radio office with radio station heard in Costa Rica. Possibility to assist with jingles, ads. and music programming, if candidate has right experience. Traffic and other Editing, Administrative / General office.

Requirements: Strong Spanish

Various non-governmental organizations helping homeless and other under-represented groups, an orphanage, a group educating and advocating for peace studies, and more.

National TV Company started in 1994 and groups 3 television channels. The channels are full service channels with sports, news and entertainment. Opportunities include Marketing, Communication, Production Assistant duties

Requirements: LARGE, busy work environment. Must have practical experience in the broadcast industry. Can only work for one channel, not a lot of time for training. High intermediate to advanced Spanish.

Travel agencies and tour companies. Includes creation of tour packages, sales of same, guide work, packet preparation, and airport pick-up, among many other things that go into tours all around the country for diverse groups, both large and small. Some very good travel included to Costa Rica's tourist spots.

Work in busy study abroad office of a private, accredited, Tico and International student University. Assist with all placement processes, student admin work, transcripts, housing of international students and more.

Requirements: Intermediate Spanish. Basic computer skills.

Vet Clinic in San Jose that cares for house pets, also has grooming facility. Veterinary Internships.

Requirements: Intermediate Spanish. Basic knowledge of handling animals, care, hygiene.

This non-profit was started four years ago to help street kids ages 2-10. Orphanage for the poorest of sectors. It is a house, with materials, curriculum, and day and afternoon programs. Opportunities include Social work with Children, Social work with Addicts (5 centers for drug addicts / rehab: this would be for psych or social work majors only and is fairly intense), Teaching English, Art, Cooking - the organization prepares 30,000 free meals per month

Requirements: Strong intermediate Spanish. Sociology and Psychology background recommended. Previous work with kids an advantage.