Case Study: Materia Exhibitions B. V.
1. Internship Company
Company description, line of industry (sector), location, address.
Materia Exhibitions B.V. is a global networking platform for architects, manufacturers of innovative materials, and creative professionals. Materia aims to create an environment of collaboration between the target groups.
Materia is active in several industry sectors. Most important of all, Materia organizes their annual exhibition. They are also invited as strategic partner at material-related events domestically and overseas, which is another way of allowing the company to display their material collection. Materia’s curated collection of innovative materials is also an integral part of Materia’s business model. Because this collection is a unique collection of highly …show more content…
The process of finding an internship first started in December 2015; when I completed the Internship preparation report. It made me think about the different aspects of finding an internship (abroad). Later down the road I started signing up on various internship websites. I applied for several interesting internship positions at well-known internship companies. As many students usually apply for these internship positions, I also applied for less popular internship positions. Ultimately it was Materia who noticed my profile on stagemotor.nl and reached out to me.
The problems that you encountered or considerations you had to make; or how you dealt with them.
As the internship period was restricted to several criteria, such as lasting a 10-week period, and being relevant to one of the three functional areas, the search was narrowed down considerably. Furthermore, as I had several appointments with my physician, I was hesitant to look for an internship abroad. Because there was some time pressure in looking for an internship before the deadline I dropped several preconceived criteria (such as only large, international companies) and looked for all possible
Company description, line of industry (sector), location, address.
Materia Exhibitions B.V. is a global networking platform for architects, manufacturers of innovative materials, and creative professionals. Materia aims to create an environment of collaboration between the target groups.
Materia is active in several industry sectors. Most important of all, Materia organizes their annual exhibition. They are also invited as strategic partner at material-related events domestically and overseas, which is another way of allowing the company to display their material collection. Materia’s curated collection of innovative materials is also an integral part of Materia’s business model. Because this collection is a unique collection of highly …show more content…
The process of finding an internship first started in December 2015; when I completed the Internship preparation report. It made me think about the different aspects of finding an internship (abroad). Later down the road I started signing up on various internship websites. I applied for several interesting internship positions at well-known internship companies. As many students usually apply for these internship positions, I also applied for less popular internship positions. Ultimately it was Materia who noticed my profile on stagemotor.nl and reached out to me.
The problems that you encountered or considerations you had to make; or how you dealt with them.
As the internship period was restricted to several criteria, such as lasting a 10-week period, and being relevant to one of the three functional areas, the search was narrowed down considerably. Furthermore, as I had several appointments with my physician, I was hesitant to look for an internship abroad. Because there was some time pressure in looking for an internship before the deadline I dropped several preconceived criteria (such as only large, international companies) and looked for all possible