Thomas Cook NL

Placement organization

Name of organization: Thomas Cook NL
Town/city: Hoofddorp
Country: Nederland
Website: https://neckermann.nl

Student

Name of student: Judith

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2018-2019

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Travel agency
Organization’s activities: Selling holidays to the target market, by using Marketing, sales and other elements.
Target group of the organization: Adults and families
Company culture: Both formal and informal.
Number of employees: 200
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

E-commerce department, in the site team

Brief description of your daily activities: HTML coding, putting new campaigns on the website, creating banners, closely working with the inhouse webdesigner, creating new pages (if necessary) and/or updating existing pages, closely working with the marketing team, attending meetings, closely working with the team in the UK and many more.
Brief description of your company assignment: I researched how Thomas Cook could attract millennials to their brand: Cook’s Club.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: I had weekly meetings with my company supervisor. So this was really good, you get a lot of help from the company.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, teamplayer, sociable, stress-prof and fluent in English.
Additional company requirements for this placement? HTML
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages: German

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Train / bus / car / bike

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Not necessary
How did you go to work every day? Public transport

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? If you are not fluent in English, then I recommend English course

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € Student ov card
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € 0
General costs of living (monthly): € 0
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? I received 350 gross per month.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
In the Netherlands, so not different.
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: 141686@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Try to ask as much as you can, so that you understand it. Also it is hard working, and the internship asks a lot of creativity and understanding of HTML.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Amsterdam and Schiphol are closeby and Hoofddorp is also a city with a lot of leisure possibilities.

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