RCN Frankrijk (RCN Domaine de la Noguiere)

Placement organization

Name of organization: RCN Frankrijk (RCN Domaine de la Noguiere)
Town/city: Le Muy
Country: Frankrijk
Website: http://www.rcn.nl/nl/vakantieparken/frankrijk

Name of student: Lisa Smeets

Specialist area: MRO
Placement period: 2014-2015

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Campsite
Organization’s activities: offering pitches an renting out mobile homes for tourists.
Target group of the organization: families with children and 50+
Company culture: RCN feels like a family, The culture is very informal.
Number of employees: 36
Dress code: uniform
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Service office, central booking office for the 8 RCN campsites in France
Brief description of your daily activities: answering the phone and e-mails. sending brochures. Make bookings. Bookkeeping, preparing cash registers. little reception work.
Brief description of your company assignment: I had 2 assignments both assignments are about the PRL on the campsite. PRL are the people that have a rental lot, with their own mobile home. they spend 8 months a year on the campsite. 1, create options for empty rental lots on the campsite. 2, renewing the contracts of the people on the PRL.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: the first few weeks were a bit messy, and un organised, it took a few weeks for me to get my assignment clear. but the people here are very nice and helpful if there is a problem.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? social, teamplayer,
Additional company requirements for this placement? Office (excel), outlook
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French: Intermediate
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch advanced or mother tongue

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplain

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? is arranged
How did you go to work every day? 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 if you don’t speak french it is a good

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € –
Accommodation (monthly): € –
Local transport (monthly): € –
General costs of living (monthly): € –
Costs of visa: € –
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? you get a financial compensation, of 75 euro’s a week. Your in- and out bound flight is paid for. your accommodation is arranged. and you get 2 meals a day.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare much because I had 1 week from the moment I was hired until the moment my flight left.
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: lisasmeets.92@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Do: Work hard and enjoy you time in France!
don’t: Get annoyed with everyone living on Petit ( the small campsite for staff) because there is a lot of people in a very small place.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: there are lot’s of things to do in the surroundings, visit one of the beaches. Or visit Nice, Cannes, St Tropez, St. Maxime ect.

Media

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