Don Quijote

Placement organization

Name of organization: Don Quijote
Town/city: Salamanca
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.donquijote.org

Student

Name of student: Samentha Geerts

Specialist area: MTT
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Language school
Organization’s activities: Providing language courses in Latin America and Spain
Target group of the organization: (Everybody in the age above 5) but mostly 18-30 and 50+
Company culture: As an intern, they will treat you as one of the employees. Very friendly environment.
Number of employees: around 60
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Sales, marketing, course counseller, seo team. I worked in SEO department
Brief description of your daily activities: Writing Dutch articles, translating to Dutch from different languages, search for affiliates,
Brief description of your company assignment: Market analysis for the Dutch market
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Helpful and friendly

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable, teamplayer, independent, language skills, computer skills
Additional company requirements for this placement? Excel, Word, internet
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate
French:
German: Basic
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane to Madrid and from Madrid with a 2,5h bus/train to Salamanca

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? I found an accommodation on the internet, on a Spanish housing site.
How did you go to work every day? By foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
How long in advance did you apply for visa
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? Yes
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Yes. I followed it at Don Quijote, Salamanca. 4 weeks conversation class.

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 200,00 and 40 for the bus
Accommodation (monthly): € 200,00
Local transport (monthly): € 0,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 200,00
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? EUR 300,00 per month

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: samenthageerts@hotmail.com

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Enjoy your time in Salamanca, and the weekends are excellent to make a trip to another city.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: In the weekends make trips to; Segovia, Toledo, Madrid, Valladolid.

Media

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