The rules of use of WANTed-job and internship platform

• The WANTed-job and internship platform is managed and administered by the public enterprise Kaunas University of Technology (hereinafter – University), legal entity code 111950581, address K. Donelaičio str. 73, LT-44249 Kaunas, VAT payer code LT119505811, email ktu@ktu.lt.
• Please read the rules of use (hereinafter – Rules) of the WANTed-job and Internship platform (hereinafter – Platform) before you begin the registration and using the System. When the representative of a company uses the System, the University considers that the representative has read the Rules, agrees with them and undertakes to oblige them.
• The University can unilaterally amend the Rules, the registration conditions in the Platform, the functionality of the Platform, the services provided within the Platform and stipulate the fees for services. All the amendments are introduced to the company’s representative by the email provided by the representative in the Platform.

The purpose and use of the platform

• The platform is intended for companies and organisations aiming to publish the internship and job ads on the website https://wanted.ktu.edu, to submit the cooperation proposals to the University’s employees and students.
• The platform can be used by the company’s representative (-s) registered in the Platform (hereinafter – User (s)) who enters the login data in the registration form in the Platform; or when a registered User who fills in the data of a new User (another representative of the company) in the Platform. Users are prohibited to use the Platform for any illegal actions.
• By registration and/or using the Platform, the User confirms that he/she has authorisation to represent the company; during and after the registration the User provides correct, accurate and complete data of the company and its representatives.
• The registered company becomes the data controller of its login data; it guarantees the security of its login data and takes full responsibility for the actions performed on its behalf by the persons who log into the Platform. Each User undertakes to notify the University immediately about the loss or illegal use of login data.
• The User agrees for the data provided in the Platform during or after the registration to be public and available to the visitors of the website https://wanted.ktu.edu.
• The registration and use of the Platform are free of charge.
• The User is fully responsible for the compliance of the ad content with the provisions of the Rules and the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania. By providing the data in the ad, the User confirms and guarantees that the provided information is authentic, accurate and complete. It is prohibited to publish the misleading, offensive and incorrect internship and job ads, other proposals violating the law of the Republic of Lithuania and the established moral standards in the Platform.
• The University has a right to remove the ads and any other information provided by the User from the Platform at any time at its discretion, to make ads (information) invisible, to unregister the User, to block, correct or edit the User’s ads and information if the University considers that the User violates the Rules and current legislation, provided incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete and/or misleading information during the registration or while using the Platform, purposefully or accidentally disclosed the deceptive or incorrect information or otherwise misbehaved.
• The University provides technical measures for the uploading of the information in the Platform but does not undertake to take part in finding the trainees and/or employees, formalising their employment and other procedures related to the published ads or the proposals provided to the University.

Personal data processing and management

• The University has a right to process and manage the data provided by the User during the registration or while using the Platform later on – personal data of a natural person and those or another company’s representative under the procedure stipulated by these Rules and for the purposes specified therein.
• The User confirms that he/she understands and agrees for the University to process and manage the User’s personal data based on the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania related to the personal data protection and the Rules.
• Personal data are processed for the purpose of the proper provision of services to the User: uploading of ads, provision of other proposals to the University’s employees and students, etc. The User’s data are processed in the Platform and in the University’s internal information systems. The personal data provided by the User are published on the website https://wanted.ktu.edu; they are available to the University’s employees and students in the internal information systems.
• The User is a data subject providing the following personal data in the Platform: his/her name, surname, name of the represented company, legal form, position, email address, telephone. The User has a right to provide the personal data of other company’s representatives while registering them in the Platform.
• The purposes of personal data processing: Identification of the User (name, surname, position), assignment of the User to the company name and legal form of the company) and contact with the User (email address, telephone). The legal framework for data collection – Article 6 (1 (a)) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes). The User is informed about his/her right to revoke the consent at any time.
• PateikBy providing personal data, the User:
  • Gives the University the right to manage and process the User’s personal data in the volume and for the purposes stipulated by these Rules. The User has the right to revoke the consent for the University to manage and process the User’s personal data at any time, as well as to demand the termination of management, processing or the removal of the personal data;
  • States that provides his/her personal data for their uploading in the Platform of his/her own free will and agrees for the provided data to be stored and processed electronically in the System’s database within 2 years from his/her last login to the System and deleted by the University’s authorised person upon the expiry of this period;
  • Agrees and acknowledges that he/she provided the contact data (telephone, email address, etc.) and his/her personal data in the Platform so that the third parties could access these data, review and copy them (when the data are provided in the ads and proposals as contact data).

• The User has a right to access his/her personal data, demand to correct the incorrect and/or inaccurate personal data and prohibit the collection and processing of his/her personal data at any time.
• If the User has objections or complaints with regards to the personal data processing, he/she can lodge a request in a free format or a complaint to the University’s data protection supervisor by email privacy@ktu.lt or address K. Donelaičio str 73-110, Kaunas, or to the State Data Protection Inspectorate by email ada@ada.lt, address J. Juozapavičiaus str. 6, Vilnius.

Cookies and their use

• The Platform identifies persons by using cookies. The cookies are small files temporarily recorded in the hard disk of the User’s device; they allow to identify the User during his/her next visits in the Platform.
• The use of cookies is a standard practice used for the browsing of websites; it facilitates the use of the website. The User can always review the cookies used in the browser as well as change the settings of their use. Only the technical support cookies are used on the websites; they store the information about the browsing session (session identifier). No other information is stored in the cookies and they are not used for any other purposes.
• The University records the IP addresses and the performed actions of the visitors in its server logs aiming to ensure the possibility to respond to the digital incidents. IP address is a unique code in the networks identifying the computer. It is not an unusual practice.

An internship is a great opportunity for a company to find young talents who can become prospective future employees.

The students of Kaunas University of Technology study in 11 study fields; therefore, you can propose the internship places in various areas of the company’s activities: various engineers, technologists, specialists of informatics and mathematics, students of social sciences, humanities, arts, business and public management. All study programmes are available HERE.

An internship is an important part of studies; it helps the students understand their future professional activities and successfully prepare for them. Your proposed internship places and active involvement in the internship process is a very important part of professional training; therefore, we expect the following:

• The nature of the proposed internship places complies with the objectives and tasks of the internship programme included in the trainee’s study programme;
• You have experienced employees who can supervise an internship;
• You have a proper material basis;
• You will provide a possibility to integrate practical training and studies;
• You will provide the student with the working conditions complying with the standards of occupational safety, health and hygiene.

The students can complete several types of internships:

• Mandatory internship is included in the last year of studies of all the Bachelor’s study programmes. During the mandatory internship, a student-trainee deepens and practically applies the knowledge acquired during studies, develops his/her skills and abilities, conducts the research of professional activities and collects the data for his/her final degree project. Usually, the entire working day is used for an internship.
• Additional internship can be completed in the time free from studies (for example, after the lectures or during summer vacation); it can be completed by the students of any year of the Bachelor’s and Master’s studies.
• Research internship is intended for the acquisition and development of knowledge and research skills while conducting research; it is completed under the supervision of highly qualified researchers under an individual research programme.

The process of internship at the company:

1. Selection of a student-trainee;
2. Assignment of an internship supervisor (mentor) at the company;
3. Signing of a tripartite agreement on practical training among the University’s representative, the student-trainee and the company’s representative;
4. Participation in the coordination of an internship plan;
5. Supervision of the activities of the student-trainee, its monitoring and assessment of the performance results.

Internship supervisor (mentor) at the company is important for a successful internship of a student; therefore, we expect him/her to:

• Participate in the making of an internship plan;
• Assign the works related to the company’s activities and complying with the objectives of the internship to the student-trainee;
• Consult and assist the student-trainee;
• Monitor and assess the activities and performance results of the student-trainee;
• Assess the performance of the internship (tasks) of the student-trainee by mark.

Internship through Erasmus+ programme

KTU students and graduates can go for internships abroad with the support of ERASMUS + academic exchange programme. Support is provided to cover travel, insurance and subsistence expenses. For more information, please read more at http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus and ktu.edu/erasmus

Kaunas University of Technology prepares various engineers, technologists, IT specialists, mathematicians, specialists of social sciences, humanities, arts and business and public management. Our students or graduates can censure the development or implementation of various processes at your company and become the specialists representing your company.

The University encourages its students or graduates to work in the area of their acquired education; therefore, only the work ads corresponding to their qualification are uploaded on the website.

Kaunas University of Technology is open to various cooperation opportunities and promotes the involvement of business and public sector companies in the process of studies; therefore, we are waiting for your proposals related to:

• Improvement of the involvement in the study programmes;
• Topics for the final degree and semester projects of the students that you consider relevant; the students can propose the solutions to your relevant problem (for example, product prototype, analysis of business or social problem and recommendations for its solution). The projects are usually prepared within 4 months; most of the final degree projects are prepared in February-May. The final degree project is usually prepared by one student, semester projects can be prepared by a team of students. The students are always consulted by the lecturers-experts of a respective area;
• Lectures for students in your chosen topic;
• Possibilities for students and lecturers to participate in the company’s events, visits to the company introducing the company’s activities;
• Outsourced works that students could perform in their free time;
• Other possible forms of cooperation between your company and the University.