On Wednesday morning, I moved on to the sales department. There, we added interview transcripts of the field service employees to the operation system. As I was working with Vivian that morning, who does an apprenticeship herself, she could answer me many questions about the apprenticeship at WEICON. We also sorted invoices. Right before lunch break, we had an English lesson. Not only the apprentices have an English lesson once a week, but other employees can also take one lesson per week during their regular working hours.
On Wednesday afternoon, I worked at the warehouse in order to get to know the different products better. For example, I stuck on labels and put together packaging materials. Then I packed boxes with different pieces.
On Thursday morning, I went on to the branch support. After the eight different branches had been presented to me, we had a video call with the managing director of the Turkish branch. Afterwards, we went to the warehouse and took a look at different products.
The afternoon, I spent in the export department. I liked it a lot, as you can really use your language skills there. I speak three languages myself, so I found it very interesting to see emails from representatives in different countries. When you are in touch with people in different countries regularly, you are very well-practiced in the respective foreign language after a while. After my day there had come to an end, I was very excited about Friday, my last working day for the moment.
I spent Friday morning in the advertising department. There, I was given an insight into different photo- and text-editing programs. I was allowed to edit a photo myself, which was great. It was a picture which had slight pixelation towards the edges, which I was allowed to touch up.
Then, I had a concluding conversation about the internship, during which I was also asked to give feedback. In addition, every colleague I worked with during the week had completed a short evaluation, so I also received some feedback on my work during the internship.
My final station was the PR department. There, the social media concept was explained to me, for example, and I gained some insight into what you need to consider in PR work.
In conclusion, I can say that I was extremely happy to have won and done this internship. When I set foot into the company on my first day, I knew immediately that I wanted to stay. Everyone always welcomed me in a very friendly way and answered all my questions. I was always taken seriously and asked to give my opinion. I was allowed to work independently a lot and given the feeling that I was being trusted.
After this exciting week, on the last day of my internship, I handed in my application for an apprenticeship in industrial management in 2019. I would love to come here every day. Now I hope that I can do my apprenticeship at WEICON and get to see everyone again as soon as possible.