Working 9 to 5

This week I've worked full days at GDCC, which is very exhausting and a bit stressful actually, because I have exams next week. Today I ran out of numbers so I had to cut flyers (recruiting material for the company) for two hours. That was a bit boring, to say the least.

After that, I started calling on a hospital project. I actually hadn't had an interview with that yet, but today I got two. The annoying thing is that they were just after each other so I sat for about 2 ½ hours straight, interviewing. I told the respondent that the interview would take about 30 minutes because that's what they'd told me on the briefing, but it actually took about 65 minutes to complete it. I felt pretty bad for the poor IT managers who had to listen to me going on and on about "how well implemented would you say your IT system is on a scale of one to 5 regarding...?". My voice was totally ruined after talking constantly like that, and now I'm really tired. 

Anyway, tomorrow I'm free so that means staying at home and study. I'm going to have coffee with one of the Swedish exchange students though, that'll be a nice break. 

A visit to Europol

What an interesting day it's been! Me and my two friends met up outside the Europol building around 13.40 to make sure we had time to pass the security. We had to scan our bags, and then we got body-searched. After showing our ID's and waiting for people to call and confirm our appointment, we got a visitor's pass each and went inside the main building. It was so cool! It's really a huge building which is newly built (it was finished about a year ago I think).

The man we did the interview with was extremely nice, and his trainee assistant as well. I actually got such a good impression that I'm considering applying there for my internship in year 3. It's just so interesting to meet someone who is working in a position that you would want to achieve. I really can't wait to start working now!

The Europol building (from Europol.com)

Today was a really fun day!

Europol interview

Again, I skipped a class today. However, this time I have a valid reason: I have an interview scheduled with a manager at Europol. Me and two friends are going to interview him about cross-cultural management, i.e. his experiences with managing people from different cultures. It's so interesting, and I'm really excited!

We have the interview at 14.00 but we have to go there much earlier to have time to pass through security.

Just another day in the life of a The Hague student!

Busy busy Wednesday

I've reached this point of the term when I'm skipping classes to be able to read at home. It's crazy, really. Today I skipped the first two classes, Cross-cultural management and Expert analysis. Around noon I went to school to have a meeting with the project group and prepare for the coaching session (that we were going to organize). In the class, we discussed segmentation techniques and what we've chosen within our group etc.

One group had a segment called "the Drama Queen" which was basically a hypochondriac who got a thrill or a kick out of getting examined and tested. It was also a person that thinks he/she has a serious condition whenever there is something abnormal going on with his/her body. I have to admit, I felt like they were talking about me.

Anyway, after the class we had to rush home to have an interview for the project with the pharmacy on our street. It was very rewarding and she gave us a lot of useful information! Now I'm going to write the transcript I think.