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Maren from Norway

About my stay in Vancouver:

As I explained in the resume that I sent to INTERNeX in November 2009, I have for a long time been interested in going to Canada. And I can say confidently that after my stay in Vancouver, I most definitely want to go back! It was an incredible experience being there during the 2010 Winter Games. I found the INTERNeX homepage on the web last fall, and I decided to give it a try - with a great outcome! :) I arrived  in Vancouver on the 28th of January, and got a internship position at a language school as an "Activities Coordinator". This included working behind the activity desk, planning an "Olympics schedule" for the students, and bringing them to different events in the city. The people at the language school were really friendly, and I quickly felt comfortable in this new environment. We had busy days, but that`s how I like it. I usually started my day at 8am, and finished at 5pm, depending a little bit on the program for the day. Two of my coworkers who were two very nice guys from Holland. Every Monday, the language school would have a new intake of students, so I helped out with the registrations etc. I also took the new students on a short city tour.

I lived in the Staff House of INTERNeX which was such a great experience! I met some very nice people, and we got along perfectly :) We would all go to the cinema, to bars and restaurants together.

During my 4 weeks in Vancouver, I also got the chance to go to Whistler. On this trip I joined some students and staff members and went there for the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.  I wish that I could have stayed in Canada for a longer period of time, but since this was an unpaid internship, I had to go back to Norway and some earn money. I want to see more of BC, but I`m also interested in going to Quebec and Montreal. Maybe next summer? :)

 

Jaime from Germany

My name is Jaime and i did an internship at a teacher recruiting company in Vancouver, Canada where I worked in the Advertising & Marketing Department in order to get my bachelors degree in Business Administration back home in Germany. The company that I worked for was founded by two English teachers. They recruit ESL instructors from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States and then place these university graduates in teaching positions in safe, reputable English institutes and government programs worldwide.

During my internship I worked as an intern in the marketing/advertising department and briefly was introduced to the placement and recruiting department. The principal duty of the marketing department is to make national and international advertising campaigns that are placed within universities, schools and online websites in order to attract the attention of job seekers who are interested in teaching ESL overseas in particularly in South Korea. Their target populations are generally English native speakers from the countries which I previously mentioned.

During my practicum I was proactive and set up a marketing survey which asked our alumnus what our company could improve in order to provide them with a better service and general information. Furthermore I had to call teachers and request the missing documents and also to ask them if they are still interested in teaching overseas. This was a big chance for me to improve my English skills while talking with customers on the phone. Also, I had to create a Media-Kit about our company which has been requested by a local newspaper “The Vancouver Sun” in order to promote our company.

In addition to this work, an intern from Ecuador and I had the task of setting up an entirely new marketing strategy for our main project “Enggo” (Teaching English Overseas). The main idea was to create a web 2.0 platform like Facebook, Orkut or StudiVZ where students and schools can create their own profiles and share their experiences overseas with friends and other students who are interested in going abroad to teach ESL.

My internship was one of the best experiences I have ever had. Most of my expectations have been fulfilled in terms of improving my English skills and gaining some international work experience. Already at the beginning of my internship I felt comfortable and enjoyed a nice work atmosphere where everyone tried to do his/her best to integrate me into the staff in order to ultimately become a part of the family which I really appreciated and I will truly never forget such a warm welcome.

I had a lot of responsibilities so after a few weeks I knew how to do a lot of things and I did not have any real problems understanding the business process. Therefore, I was able to be quite proactive in the company and make suggestions on how the company may improve some of its inner workings, particularly in terms of their marketing strategies. The work atmosphere was most of the time very good and we kept a good company with each other. Especially because it is a small company I liked the fact that we had a weekly meeting where everyone got the chance to talk about their work and any kind of trouble they had so that I could quickly get a lot of information. Of course we had also some issues in the office that I did not have the same opinion but important for me was to see and to learn from my co-workers and accept and tolerate different culture and traditions.

I appreciate the had work INTERNeX is doing in order to provide international students a comfortable stay in Canada particularly the weekly PuB NiGHT's and other weekly and monthly (Whistler trip, the host venue of the Olympics) events that are recommended to anyone who would like to learn English during or after their schooling. At the end I just would like to thank the Co-owners for giving me the opportunity to work at their company and of course INTERNeX for offering me this unique chance. The internship is a big step in my career and I will never forget where everything began. I had a great time in Vancouver…Thank You!



 

Kana from Japan

Thank you for sending me to this nice hotel! I had a lot of experience here!!:) and I really like it! On January 17th, I will have been here for 8 months(=32 weeks). So, I am going to finish this job, and I am planning to go back to Japan! I would like to tell you about it.

Thank you and Merry Christmas.
I wish you have a good time!

Kana

 

 

Florent from Switzerland

Hello, I wish you a merry Christmas (late..) and a happy new year 2010. Thanks for your work. Everything is doing well here in whistler. The work in the 7-eleven is nice and quite funny sometimes with the drunk people.. I often work by night. I can ride during the day. Whistler is a great resort, few days ago it has snowed almost 1m40 in 4 days! And now it's snowing a lot!!

 

Johan from Sweden

My name is Johan.
I’ve worked at Panorama Mountain Village first as a room attendant and then I switched to Inventory Staff. Panorama is an amazing place, the nature and the mountains was mind blowing. Panorama was a smaller village and wherever I went people know my name. I made so many friends from all over the world. It’s truly been everything I hoped for, and an experience of a lifetime.

 
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    About my stay in Vancouver:

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