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The MICA Talent Pool

The MICA talent pool connects young talent with creative assignments and traineeships for young professionals. It is the place where creative students and graduates can put their skills to work for companies, and where organizations can access motivated, creative, and trained talent. The MICA Talent Pool consists of student jobs and traineeships.

Why the MICA Talent Pool?

The northern Netherlands is bursting with talent, and we need to connect that talent to the challenges in order to retain creative talent in the north. That is why the MICA Talent Pool was set up. We do this by linking students to suitable, paid assignments and offering graduates development programs at organizations in the region.

Within the MICA Talent Pool, we bring together supply and demand. Students from creative programs register and are selected based on their motivation and skills. Companies submit assignments or development questions. MICA ensures the right match, after which the student and client work together independently on a specific assignment or project.

Vocational and higher vocational students register via the registration form and, following a selection procedure based on their abilities, knowledge, and skills, are placed in the MICA talent pool. Once admitted, they join the Talent Pool and can be matched with paid, flexible part-time jobs and assignments that match their education and talent.

The impact

  • Students gain relevant work experience alongside their studies.
  • Graduates get a strong start in the job market
  • Companies work with talented and local talent
  • The region remains attractive to young professionals
  • This is how we strengthen the innovative ecosystem of the Northern Netherlands together.

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Student?
Would you like to gain practical experience, earn money, and work on real assignments? Sign up here for the MICA Talent Pool.

Company or organization?
Looking for young talent for an assignment or a trainee position?
Contact us and discover what the MICA Talent Pool can do for you.
talentpool@mica.nu

How do the Traineeships work?

We are currently developing two traineeships for young professionals. These are focused on professional development and gaining practical experience at organizations in the region. Four days working at an organization, one day for personal development and growth.

If you don't know each other, you won't love each other. That's why we offer this traineeship, where you can get to know media organizations in the region while continuing to work on your professional development.

Transitions are not only technological or economic processes, but also require social imagination, behavioral change, and public support. Media and communication play a crucial role in this. Whether it concerns promoting circular consumption, normalizing renewable energy sources, or encouraging preventive healthcare, each of these transitions requires new narratives, images, language, and interaction. The term transition communication is relatively new and not yet firmly established in (academic) literature. By this term, we mean the conscious use of communication to guide people through change, so that they not only understand what is going on and become motivated to adopt new behaviors, but also feel capable of actually doing so.

This Traineeship is in collaboration with the MICA Lab for Transition Communication and is therefore affiliated with the Transformational Media research group.

Creative communication & content creation
Students create fresh and relevant content: from social media posts to corporate identities, campaigns, and visual concepts. Always tailored to your target audience and platform.
Do you have a communication issue, a changing target group, or a need for insight into media or usage trends? Students conduct practical research, for example into brand perception, behavioral change, or media monitoring.
You will work with students on new concepts, formats, or strategies. Ideal for companies that are open to innovation and want to think outside the box.
Work together with students on projects and find your future intern or employee even before the application process begins.
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What can you contact MICA for?

MICA brings together creative worlds from education and business. In the thematic MICA Labs, but also in individual projects in the field of communication, media, and marketing. By promoting interaction between students and professionals, MICA is committed to a vibrant creative sector in the North.
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