Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort

Placement organization

Name of organization: Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort
Town/city: St Julians
Country: Malta
Website: http://www.marinahotel.com.mt/

Student

Name of student: Samantha Smits

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: 4 star hotel
Organization’s activities: Proudly combining friendly, personalised service with a unique luxury experience.

Ideally located at the edge of the sparkling Mediterranean, the Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort is the perfect retreat for an island holiday. Overlooking the striking St George’s Bay and just moments from St Julian’s, Malta’s cosmopolitan hub, the hotel is conveniently located for exploring this sun-drenched island’s many attractions.

Offering stays and tours. There are also multiple restaurants and the spa of the neighboring hotel, Corinthia St. George, is allowed to be used as well.
Target group of the organization: Business & leisure
Company culture: There is definitely a hierarchy. However, everyone is still talking to each other which makes the culture sometimes informal.
Number of employees: 120
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Human Resources

Brief description of your daily activities: • Acknowledging incoming applications, scheduling of interviews and regretting CVs accordingly.
• Taking care of the filing system (both online and physical files).
• Helping HR executive with activities held for the team including sports and social events and recognition week.
• Create posters/tickets/invitations for those events
• Making sure that timesheets are provided in a timely manner and leave is updated on online system.
• Weekly distribution of employees’ punchings.
• Creating new profiles for employees and interns.
• Doing show rounds for employees and interns.
• Helping HR Executive and L&D Manager with reports.
• Answering the phone when the HR executive is not able.
• Ad hoc duties.
Brief description of your company assignment: I analysed the recruitment process of the Marina Hotel as the HR executive has difficulties in getting people interested to work in the hospitality sector.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: The HR executive supervises you directly as you are only with the HR executive in the office. This creates an personal environment with direct feedback.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable, independent, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Whole office package
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Plane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? mijnmaltastage.nl
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? Non EU-nationals need one
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? Only if your English is bad.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 140
Accommodation (monthly): € 500
Local transport (monthly): € 20
General costs of living (monthly): € 300
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Free meal per shift in the employee restaurant and they wash your work clothes.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Read online.
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: samanthasmits@outlook.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Do not expect that you can cycle easily and that you can go to work by bus. Public transport can be quite a mess and the drivers drive quite dangerous.

Do go explore the island in your leisure time. There is so much to see!

Try to learn some Maltese words like bongu, mela, grazzi and awguri, this will be appreciated hugely!

At the Marina, everyone greets each other and asks: “All right?”, have some small talk.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Paceville obviously is where the nightlife is.
The busses easily go to Valletta (capital) and Sliema which you should check out as well.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link