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Illinibucks When I arrived in Urbana-Champaign in August the first thing I had to do is to register for my classes. The main problem for me was that a lot of students have priorities and you need administrative approval. This process took me three weeks, where I spoke nearly every day with my course coordinator. If I didn’t schedule my courses I would lose my visa status and my scholarship from my university. I was able to figure out the problem to get my courses for my visa status but I was only able to get 4 of 6 courses. Therefore, I cannot finish my Bachelor degree this semester like I had planned it. Moreover, I would use the “Illinibucks” to get my favorite professor. Especially as an exchange student I could only chose from a very small list of courses and these courses where all nearly at the same time. It was hard to get a full schedule and make a lot of credits. Because of this problem the productivity and the effectiveness in this semester is not that ...
Team Structure My first job was when I entered the Business University of Vienna. I chose to apply to Eventiv, which was a typical student job in catering. The system of the company was perfect for students, because you could choose the time and event by yourself. It is a big company and you always worked with new people. Before we started work, we all had to do a seminar weekend, where we learned the basic skills in gastronomy. We also gained skills in customer service. Now I want to describe the structure of the company. At the top was the CEO of   Eventiv. He looked for new jobs for the business with his assistant. We could only talk to the CEO’s assistant when we had a problem but the next person who was responsible for us was our team leader. The structure of the company was very simple and worked very well. The team leader was responsible for us and we met her every time we started a job. She always sent us emails before entering a job and ex...