3.3.3 Patricia Van der Werf
As part of my study, the Masterprogramme in Intercultural Communication and European studies at the Fachhochschule Fulda in Germany, I’m currently looking for an interesting company in order to apply for an internship. During my research on the Internet I found the SIETAR web-site and I was wondering if SIETAR offers students the opportunity to start a career in the field of intercultural communication and training. I believe I could be an interesting trainee for your organisation and I hope you could help me realising my dream of becoming an intercultural trainer in a world where borders disappear and where communicating with the “world” becomes more important every day!
I am a hard-working, extremely active and motivated student and visibly committed to my education. I finished my BA study in the Netherlands with an internship at Hotel Dolce Frégate in France and by preparing a French thesis on customer-service. After finishing my study in Leisure Management I studied Spanish in Spain and passed the DELE exam at the Universidad de Granada with excellent grades. In February of this year I applied at Nord Event GmbH in Lübeck (Germany) where I was given the job of project and event coordinator. In October I started the MA (Intercultural Communication and European Studies) programme, which I hope to finish in 2005 by receiving my Master of Arts.
I am a loyal, diligent, honest, considerate, and supportive individual who has the ability to see and understand things from another person's perspectives. Some of my strong points are my ability to communicate, flexibility, a high level of commitment and goal achievement. I am able to adjust well to different situations, which I believe is evident judging my study and wor! king experiences in such varied environments as Australia, France, Spain and Germany. I truly believe that I could be an interesting trainee and that’s why I hope you could be the helping hand I need. I’m looking for an internship in the field of intercultural communication & training for about 12 weeks (August-October 2004) and I would love to do this at one of the SIETAR offices in a Spanish or French speaking country, but I’m open for every interesting offer.
If you would like to discuss this any further, please feel free to contact me at
+ 49179 9077128 or by e-mail patriciawerf@hotmail.com.
Sincerely yours,
Patricia van der Werf