IPK International

Placement organization

Name of organization: IPK International
Town/city: Munich
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.ipkinternational.com

Student

Name of student: Miriam Brüggemann

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Consultancy
Organization’s activities: Tourism market research, creating tourism masterplans, tourism forecasts
Target group of the organization: Tourist boards, other consulting companies, ministries of tourism
Company culture: Colleagues were very friendly, some also address each other by their first names
Number of employees: 8
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? There are no real departments, different people are responsible for various areas
Brief description of your daily activities: A lot of data Excel processing, looking for tourist arrival statistics, updating reports, administration of addresses and mailing lists, sometimes preparation of PowerPoint, in general I worked on various tasks
Brief description of your company assignment: Investigating the benefit of having a Twitter account for the company, is it worth the time and effort
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Always helpful, you can talk about everything with her, encouraged me a lot also in my NHTV required assignments, really wanted me to learn something in the company

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Very good command of figures, ability to pay attention to detail and accuracy. Team-player, sociable, flexible
Additional company requirements for this placement? Good knowledge of MS Office, your colleagues will also help you but of course it is better if you are have advanced skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate, not really necessary, but a plus
French:
German: Mother tongue
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I got two addresses from my supervisor, so I applied there. I was living in a student house close to my work place. There are various Facebook groups and internet websites, it is however not that easy to find a place to live here. Anyway, there are also a lot of student houses around, so no worries.
How did you go to work every day? Bike

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

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): € 140,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 260,00
Local transport (monthly): € not more than 25,00
General costs of living (monthly): € Difficult to say, Munich is quite expensive e.g. when you go to a café restaurant etc.
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? EUR 500,00 per month and commuting allowance should it occur

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I am German
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: 112217@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: You can do a lot of sightseeing in and around Munich like visiting the famous Neuschwanstein Castle. In Munich there are a lot of museums you can visit. Munich has a lot to offer in terms of nightlife, cafés and events.

Media

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