Erasmus Life Budapest

Placement organization

Name of organization: Erasmus Life Budapest
Town/city: Budapest
Country: Hongarije
Website: https://www.erasmuslifebudapest.com

Name of student: Jasmin Brinkerhof

Specialist area: Associate degree
Placement period: 2020-2021

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Event Management
Organization’s activities: – Social media
– Preparations, contact with managers, event management
Target group of the organization: Erasmus students
Company culture: 3 managers and 10 interns + 7 other employees helping with events
Number of employees: 20
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? More or less

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

Event management and social media

Brief description of your daily activities: Promoting our events on our socials, communicating with other departments, brainstorming for upcoming events, finding locations for events
Brief description of your company assignment: I am doing research in time management, since working with events can be really stressful and time wise it could improve a lot.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: They need to prepare more in advance

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Communicating skills
Additional company requirements for this placement? Office, writing skills, photoshop
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French: Basic
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: By airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Through family
How did you go to work every day? By tram

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? Yes
How long in advance? 2 months before

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? No

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 90 euros
Accommodation (monthly): € 300
Local transport (monthly): € 10
General costs of living (monthly): € 250
Costs of visa: € 0
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Since, I'm half Hungarian I already knew the culture
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: jasminbrinkerhof@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Learn to say "no" more often, since they are asking a lot from the interns and we o only need to work 40h a week.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There are some cinema's and bars near the office, besides that there is a shopping mall 200m form the office as well

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link