The Global Work & Travel Co.

Placement organization

Name of organization: The Global Work & Travel Co.
Town/city: Surfers Paradise
Country: Australië
Website: https://globalworkandtravel.com/

Student

Name of student: Floor Noordanus

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2017-2018

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Tour operator
Organization’s activities: The creating and selling of working holidays, volunteer trips, teaching trips and au pair trips all over the world. Customers are completely guided through their trip.
Target group of the organization: 18-22
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 45 +/-
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Marketing

Brief description of your daily activities: Content marketing, research and automatisation flowcharts
Brief description of your company assignment: Researching how the transfer from an offline sales-platform to an online sales-platform could give problems/challenges. After that best practices were defined.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: You are given a company supervisor but you are very free in what you do and how you do it. There is no strict checking up on what you have been doing or strict deadlines.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent and social
Additional company requirements for this placement? –
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Myself, on the internet
How did you go to work every day? walking

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? Yes, working holiday
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Myself
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? A few hours
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? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € +/- 1300 euro
Accommodation (monthly): € 500 – 600
Local transport (monthly): € I don’t know because I walk, but public transport is not expensive here.
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: € 280
Costs of work permit: € –
What did the company pay for/to you? My transfer from Brisbane Airport to the Gold Coast and the first 5 nights in a hostel. This gives you time to find your own room.

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? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 151614@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Socialize in the office and ask for activities when you feel you can take on more.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: The beach, night life, pacific fair, movie theaters, lots of organised events, shopping, free organised fitness on the beach, koala sanctuaries, zoo’s, island trips, parties.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link