Education First (EF)

Placement organization

Name of organization: Education First (EF)
Town/city: Sydney
Country: Australië

Student

Name of student: Celia Lepelaars
Website: http://www.ef-australia.com.au
Name of student: Celia Lepelaars
Specialist area: ITTI
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Education company specializing in language training, educational travel, academic degree programs and cultural exchange
Organization’s activities: EF offers study abroad programs, language education, educational and leisure tours, cultural exchange, academic programs and more.
Target group of the organization: International students
Company culture: Everyone in the company interacted and communicates with each other, they help each other out when needed. Because it is an open office, everyone just talks to each other or e-mails.
Number of employees: 10
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Language travel
Brief description of your daily activities: Answering e-mails, phone calls, making overviews of group data, conducting invoices, contacting suppliers.
Brief description of your company assignment: Every year a new employee or intern is hired at Language Travel, and needs to be introduced to the wide variety of assignments Language Travel does every year. So to be well introduced to the department, I made a road map which explains the process and assignments that needs to be done.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: My supervisor sits across from me every day so supervision was automatically every day.
Connection with study program: Relevant

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? For this placement you needed to be social, flexible, representable, independent but also good at working with other people.
Additional company requirements for this placement? The computer knowledge required for the placement is Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and Adobe.
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Via the company
How did you go to work every day? by foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Yes, a working/holiday visa
Do you need a work permit? No the visa was enough
How did you arrange the necessary documents: .
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? It took at least 4 months
Did you need certain vaccinations? No

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? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 1035,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 655,00
Local transport (monthly): € 40,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 400,00
Costs of visa: .
Costs of work permit: € n/a
What did the company pay for/to you? € Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture? I did not.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? The culture of the country is more relaxed than in Holland, so the phrase “no worries” you will hear a lot, for the rest not much influence my way of working.

Future students on placement

My telephone number: 0626731105
My e-mail address: 100787@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: .
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: .

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