Corinthia St. George’s Bay

Placement organization

Name of organization: Corinthia St. George’s Bay
Town/city: St. Julians
Country: Malta
Website:

Student

Name of student: Elena Nacheva

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

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Hotel
Organization’s activities: Accommodation, F&B, Recreation
Target group of the organization: Business class travelers, families
Company culture: Hierarchy, yet not that formal
Number of employees: 250
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

HR

Brief description of your daily activities:
⮚ Distribution of weekly palm reading 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 System
⮚ Check timesheets with system input
⮚ Update training records
⮚ Update daily forecast report
⮚ Update recognition slips
⮚ Issue of name badges to team members
⮚ Prepare birthday cards and birthday posters
⮚ Managing of international communication by creating posters and writing posts on the private Facebook group of the Hotel
⮚ Assist in social events
⮚ Introduction and show round with new interns
⮚ Provide any other assistance to HR Manager, The&D Manager and HR Executive which may be required

Brief description of your company assignment: Motivation and Engagement of Employees

Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Troughout my whole placement period I had an amazing connection and communication both with my supervisor and the manager of the department. They, as well as all my other colleagues, were more than helpful with any difficutlies I might have met.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Flexibility, hard-working, team-oriented culture
Additional company requirements for this placement? written and verbal communication skills, Excel knowledge
English: Advanced

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Agency in Malta
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? 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? no

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 300 euros
Accommodation (monthly): € 330 euros including the bills
Local transport (monthly): € 15 euros card might be used for 12 travels by public transport
General costs of living (monthly): € 400 euros
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? There was no financial compensation, we were only provided with complimentary lunch every day in the employee restaurant

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I conducted a small research about the religion, history, habbits and holidays of Malta
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Yes

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 170472@buas.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Have a pro-active attitude, be very open-minded and make sure to go out of your comfort zone, the experience will be worth it!
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Beach, clubs, restaurants

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