MIRacoli

Placement organization

Name of organization: MIRacoli
Town/city: Florence
Country: Italië
Website: http://www.miracoli.it

Name of student: Alissa Osinski

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: touroperator
Organization’s activities: –
Target group of the organization: (Dutch) families, groups and companies.
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 1
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? I work in all departments. It is a small company, so you will be working at every part of the company.
Brief description of your daily activities: I made guide bookings and presentations. Worked at the administration, made scripts and answered requests of clients. I actually did everything what was necessary to organize a trip or event.
Brief description of your company assignment: I made a promotion plan of the organization.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The supervision by the organization during my internship was mostly at a distance. I worked in the office in Florence and the boss of the company worked in the Netherlands.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, flexible, stress-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word, Excell
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: by plane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? The company suggest a little house across the company. I arranged that house.
How did you go to work every day? By foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 100
Accommodation (monthly): € 650
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 150
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? The financial compensation is 100 euro per month. Furthermore I had a lot of lunches of the company.
I also went to Rome for a project and the company paid my accommodation, trip, food etc.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I already knew the culture a little bit, beceause of the many vacations in Italy. I didn’t prepare myself for the culture over there.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? no

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: alissaosinski@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: —
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are a lot of Leisure possibilities in Florence. It is a great city with many international students.
There are a lot place to go out, to go to the cinema, to go to the gym, etc. And there are also a lot of cultural things to visit.

Media

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