Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay

Placement organization

Name of organization: Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay
Town/city: St. Julian’s
Country: Malta
Website: https://www.corinthia.com/

Student

Name of student: Almaz Postma

Specialist area: Tourism Management (EN)
Placement period: 2019-2020

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: accommodation
Organization’s activities:
• Distribution of weekly reports
• Collect, sort and distribute incoming correspondence, including resumes
• Acknowledgment of all CVs received, scan and save
• Schedule interviews and other appointments as requested
• Maintain and update employee files
• Upload Staff documents on HR Systems
• Check timesheets with Dakar input
• Update Training Records
• Update the Daily Forecast Report
• Update Recognition Slips
• Update the Staff Notice Boards
• Issue of name badges to team members
• Prepare birthday cards and birthday’s posters of the month
• Managing of internal communication by creating posters and writing posts on the private Facebook group of the Hotel
• Assist in social events
• Induction and show round with new interns
• Provide any other assistance to HR manager, L&D Manager and HR Executive which may be required
Target group of the organization: Business guests and leisure guests
Company culture: Hierachy, Formal
Number of employees: 300
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: Mostly administrative tasks, like organizing files, scanning documents, replying to application emails, setting up interviews and meetings, creating posters, etc.

Brief description of your company assignment: I focussed on the motivations of foreigners to come work abroad especially in Malta and what the postive influences are and negative influences. Also to figure out how much help Corinthia provides their foreign employees with regards to finding accomodation for example.

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supervision was excellent.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? English, sociable, flexible, communicative
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excel, Canva
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Facebook group for accommodations in Malta
How did you go to work every day? By bus

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents: My school did
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? Not much time
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? Depends on how good someone’s English is

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 300
Accommodation (monthly): € 300
Local transport (monthly): € 50
General costs of living (monthly): € 500
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: € 0
What did the company pay for/to you? The company did not pay for anything. They do offer a free meal each work day.

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: almaz.postma@gmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I would recommend finding an internship that offers payment.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are always things to do on Malta in the summer. I would say that 5 months is perfect to see everything you wish to explore.

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