Introduction

Before I finish my study in summer and looking for a full-time job with some responsibilities, I
want to gain some work experience in my future role as a business psychologist. That is why
I spent the last six months two days a week in a local company called ‘Visionarybirds’.

My work experience

I started with analysing some business processes, researches how the company can win
young talents and sent surveys to the employees about their well-being. Afterwards I
showed my superiors my insights in a presentation. The participants were highly interested
and that is why I decided to create an additional workshop about new work and change
management, with key nuggets what I have learned in my study about it.

Conclusions from the last six months

Although my last six months were tough, I would highly recommend to all of the students to
gain work experience in an interesting company at the end of their studies. Even if you do
not earn a lot during that period, it is so insightful and it will be a huge game changer for your
job opportunities afterwards.

Improvement for the work experience organization

As I already mentioned, the last six months were really tough. Not just because of the work
experience itself, also since we started two months ago with the thesis. I had the benefit that
I could combine these topics, because I write my thesis about new work and change
management. I would highly recommend to start with the thesis later or with the work
experience earlier.