ICS- International Career Services - IHM
International Career Services at TSI Turismo Sant Ignasi is focused on two key, fundamental areas: internationalisation and
professionalisation.
Its main objective is to provide services that strengthen and entrench the personal growth of the individual as a competent
professional. ICS achieves this through actions that will enhance linkages with the tourism sector; providing a times for meeting
and dialogue with top industry professionals.
In order to consolidate a competitive profile of students and graduates, ICS coordinates action to support academic content,
especially courses related to employability. In this way, ICS facilitates students in their first employment, and to graduates in a
possible career change or professional upgrade.
ICS has a team of four dedicated trained professionals in the industry, who work closely together with academics to provide the
best support to students throughout their education, and to graduates to satisfy both expectations and professional interests.
To this end, ICS has cultivated close relationships with the industry´s leading companies, both nationally and internationally. This
provides opportunities to access both talented multilingual students and professionals, with a high degree of geographical
mobility, adaptability and developmental potential. ICS assists in their recruitment processes, maintaining a constant personal
contact with each other and with students. Knowledge of the needs of both parties allows ICS to offer a more effective and
accurate service.
CAREER SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Proposals over the academic year:
ICS proposes the following:
1.
ORIENTATION DAY: Introduction of the International Career Services department.
2.
FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE PROGRAM: Interview with IHM Tutor. The completed record of interview will be kept on file
for each student. This will help to identify who would be advisable to undertake complementary internships and to
make an introduction to the sector in Barcelona and in Maastricht.
3.
END OF OCTOBER:. Interview with students together with the placement department in Maastricht. The number of
students whose internships will be managed from TSI and from Maastricht will be established.
4.
END OF OCTOBER: Professional Talent Forum. It is a day of meetings between students and different companies in the
industry. Companies make corporate presentations and explain their professional development programs for the
students. Subsequently they hold an open forum where students can conduct interviews for internships with human
resource managers of participating companies, as well as answer questions about planning their professional careers.
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5.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK - INTERVIEWS: The head of each area for professional development in Maastricht and in TSI
and begin managing incompany placements.
END OF SEPTEMBER to MID DECEMBER: The ICS Department will offer three additional monthly activities for students. These
sessions will be given in the afternoon and some of these will be attended by industry specialists. We will also organize visits to
companies.
27 th &
28th
OCTOBER
•Student interviews held together 2 representatives from each school. The number of students taht each
school will manage will be established.
•Students must hand in their CV before the interview
•Students will be notified of the assigned school to manage their incompany placement (TSI or Maastricht)
NOV 4th
NOV 10th
NOV 24th
•Incompany placement process begins
•Students who are managing their placements on their own are asked to hand in the Self Seeker form and a
complete job description.
•TSI and Maastricht will initiate a personalised process for each assigned student, in accordance with the
destination/area, considering the candidate´s academic & professional record and knowledge of languages.
•Deadline to hand in the Self Seeker forms for their subsequent validation by the internships committee.
DEC 12th
DEC 20TH
AS OF DEC
15th
•The incompany placements which have been managed and closed before the end of the Barcelona academic
block must be accepted in writing. On the contrary, reasons must be stated for rejecting the offer, through
the tutor the incompany placement manager.
•The student may only reject a maximum of 2 offers. The student will in this case become a Self Seeker.
•Closing meeting with students together with Mr. Iñaki Bustinduy, Coordinator of the IHM Program, Barcelona
Block.
•Provisional date of assigned and accepted Incompany placement
JAN 30th
Accompanying our students
From ICS, we offer individualized support and guidance to students. This begins at the time of your enrollement and will
continue during your professional career. In this way, alumni who are in the process of transition in their careers or who wish to
start a new career, the ICS Student Support Program provides the right methodology, tools and monitoring needed for success.
Professional Guidance
ICS offers students in need of guidance, with prior appointment, personalized sessions to help them in their next career move,
to validate possible job search strategies, to review thier CVs and adapt it if necessary, how to manage interviews, learn about
communication styles, help them draw on their strengths which facilitate the successful transition into the professional world,
and to overcome the personal "barriers" that hold them back.
Mentoring Program (proposal for 2014-2015)
The Mentoring Program aims to bring together professionals with relevant experience in a particular area and to share
information and knowledge (mentors) with professionals who can benefit from their expertise, advice and support to advance
their careers (mentees)
Do you think your work experience may help?
Do you need a mentor to develop some aspect of your career?
Find out about our Mentoring Program and become a part of it.
Mentors:
Those who can offer
Mentees:
Those who need
Experience
Support
ICS / TSI
Career Development
INCOMPANY PLACEMENT
Professional experience in business: ICS manages and coordinates student internships in companies individually and personally,
both nationally and internationally, as well as managing the legal partnership agreement. The incompany placement period is
for a minimum of 18 weeks.
ICS is responsible for.
 Preparing students for professional careers.
 Offer support with all the necessary documentation by way of contracts and visas.
 Offer information on financial grants and aid for foreign placements.
 Personalised support during the student´s placement period.
Graduates from previous years have carried out professional internships in the following companies:
COMPANY
Amstel InterContinental Hotel Amsterdam-Netherlands
Amstel InterContinental Hotel Amsterdam-Netherlands
Banyan Tree and Angsana Hangzhou
Bilderberg Kasteel Vaalsbroek
CHINA CYTS M.I.C.E SERVICE CO.LTD
Connecting Brains, Barcelona
Crowne Plaza South Amsterdam-Netherlands
Dream Decide Do, Barcelona
DoubleTree by Hilton
DVP China Eventmarketing
Enterpreneurship – Starters Zuyd - Amsterdam Netherlands
DEPARTMENT
Reservations & Sales
Front office manager Assistant
Sales & Marketing trainee
Duty Management
Leader team assistant
Innovation & Insights
Banqueting & Events
Marketing department
Rooms Division – Guest Satisfaction
Events Trainee
Starting own company
EXE VIENNA HOTEL, Austria
Golden Tulip Hotel, Maastricht
GRAN HOTEL LA FLORIDA, S.L. - Barcelona, Spain
Grand Metropark Hotel Suzhou
Hilton Hotels Spain & Portugal
Hilton London Parklane - London - England
Hilton Parklane London - England
HMS Host Amsterdam Airport-Amsterdam-Netherlands
HORWARTH HTL SPAIN, S.L.
HOSPES PALAU DE LA MAR Valencia - Spain
Hotel Crowne Plaza, den Haag
HOTEL ESPAÑA - Barcelona, Spain
HOTEL HESPERIA LANZAROTE, Spain
HOTEL MAJESTIC Barcelona - Spain
Hotel Majestic, Barcelona
Hoteljuice, Barcelona
HSV Executive Search, Moscow
I'M FREEE TRAVELLING, Belgium
Innova Management, Barcelona
JW Marriott Hanoi-Vietnam
Kasteel Vaeshartelt
Les Merdien des Indes- The Hague - Netherlands
Little Rock - USA
MAGMAtri Hosp. consulting, BCN
NH Hotels Head office, Hilversum
NH Hotels Head office, Hilversum, NL
PARK HYATT HOTEL, Australia
PT CREA CIPTA CEMERLANG / CREA INC, Surabaya,
Indonesia
Pulitzer Hotel Amsterdam
Sefapane Lodge
Shandong Hotel
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel
SHERATON BRUSSELS HOTEL, Belgium
Sodexo Altys
Starwood Castillo Son Vida, Mallorca
Starwood Reg. Sales Office, Mallorca
Teaching Hotel Chateau Bethlehem
Teaching Hotel HMSM
THE ST.REGIS TIANJIN, China
TSI – RESPONSIBLE TOURISM CONGRESS
Worldhotels, Frankfurt
Worldhotels, Frankfurt
Worldhotels, Frankfurt
Front Office, Reservations & Revenue
F&B manger assistant
Front office manager Assistant
Front office manager Assistant
Business Development
12 months RDM training program
Revenue Management
HR Advisor finance of special project
Russian market
Horwath HTL Market Research
Sales and Marketing
Finance and GM support
Asistente a dirección
Concierge department
Front Desk-Guest Service Department
Congresses & Conventions Asst.
SEO/SEM/SMM
Executive Search
Marketing and Events Department
Consultancy and Sales department
one year F&B MIT
Sales and Marketing Dept.
Finance
Consultancy
Sales assistant
Head Office
Guest Service Officer
Crea project or Crea action
Duty deparment
50% marketing and 50% hotel operations
Conference Center
Banqueting Mgt Trainee
F&B manger assistant
Front office manager Assistant
Business Development
Front office manager Assistant
Leisure Sales
Front office / reservations
Front office manager Assistant
Butler Trainee
Assistant to the Congress Secretariat
Global Marketing Dept
Performance & Rev.
Global Marketing Dept.
Wyndham Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam
Xotels, Barcelona
F&B manger assistant
Social media Assistant
Optimization EMEA
ONLINE JOB PORTAL
The Job Portal is an exclusive service offered to students and TSI Alumni as well as to companies. Our Online Job Portal is
developed by HOSCO, an international leader in online recruiting and networking in the industry of tourism and hospitality.
Students and alumni have direct access to job and internship vacancies. Also in HOSCO, the student benefits from being a
member of an organization, along with the most prestigious universities and companies worldwide in hospitality and tourism,
allowing the student direct contact with any other member of the community.
Our commitment to students and alumni is to facilitate access to employment, to guide and advise on labor issues and to liaise
between students and companies.
Our commitment to the company is on the one hand to give maximum visibility of their offers and make it extensible to the TSI
community and on the other hand, as companies require, provide a shortlist of candidates that fit the required profile and
report the conditions and requirements to them.
International Job Portal: We support graduates in finding work in international companies once the master program has
finished.
GOING INTERNATIONAL
Today we are in a global society and we believe that the continued internationalisation of students and teachers is essential to
increase the quality of studies, the perspective of people, and so to contribute to the ongoing development of their academic
skills in diverse cultural contexts.
Our mission is to accompany the Master Degree student so they can gain international experience, which provides value to
their professional and personal lives, fulfilling our goal of providing an excellent academic foundation in the field of management
of travel and hospitality companies .
OUR SERVICES: Guidance and support to international for the VISA application process and Certification of Registration in the
European Union.
European Union Citizens: must obtain a Certificate of Registration as a citizen of the European Union once they arrive in
Barcelona.
1. REQUIREMENTS
Every citizen of a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement of the European
Economic Area have the right of residence in the Spanish territory for more than three months period if:
• They are a student and enrolled in a public or private school accredited or financed by the educational administration
for study or training, as well as having public insurance or private health contracted in Spain or another country
providing full coverage in Spain and who is responsible for sufficient resources for themselves and family members, as
not to become a burden on the social security health care system in Spain during their period of residence.
2. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
Note: Applicants should provide copies of documents and display the original at the time of application
 Completed application of the official form (EX-18) in duplicate, duly completed and signed by the EU citizen. This
form may be obtained from http://extranjeros.empleo.gob.es/es/ModelosSolicitudes/.
 Passport or valid national identity card and that has not expired. In the event that your ID has expired, you must
submit a copy of this and the renewal application.
 Acceptance letter and enrollment in a public or private school, accredited or financed by the relevant education
authority.
 Documentation accrediting public or private health insurance. You may bring a valid European Health Card covering
the period of residence and enabling you to receive the necessary health benefits from a medical point of view,
taking into account the nature of the benefits and the expected duration.

Declaration that the applicant has sufficient resources for themselves and members of their family, for their period
of residence in Spain.
• Accepted and sufficient to meet these requirements is documentation of participating in a program of the
European Union that promotes educational exchange for students and teachers.
Important note: When documents submitted from other countries they must be translated into Spanish or the co-official language of the country
where the application is to be filed.
In the case of standard forms of the European Union or its translation or legalization is not necessaary in accordance with the provisions of
Community law. For example: healthcare models S1, E109, or the E121 .
However, all foreign public document must be previously and duly legalized by the Spanish Consular Office with jurisdiction in the country where
the document was issued or, if applicable, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation except if the document has been Apostilled by the
competent authority of the issuing country under the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 and unless the document is exempted from
legalization under International Convention. For more information about translation and legalization of documents, please consult the attached
fact sheet.
A. International students from outside the EU: Once the visa in their country of origin has been processed, the student
must process the NIE (residence permit). Once in Spain, the student has a period of one month from the date of entry
to the European Union in the passport to apply for the first residence permit.
1. Appointment via the online request form at the foreign office (usually granted in 5 to 15 days depending on the
application)
2. All documentation must be submitted in an official language (Spanish or Catalan).
3. Documents to be submitted on the day of the appointment:
4. Original application form and copies
5. Original Passport and copy
6. Original VISA and copy
7. Photocopy of entry stamp to the EU or ticket (boarding pass)
8. Acceptance letter from the university where the duration of study is clearly indicated
9. Three recent ID card size color photographs, with a white background.
10. Certificate of registration ( Empadronamiento)
11. Health insurance that covers medical expenses for the duration of stay and two copies. Although with the new
immigration law repatriation insurance is no longer necessary, we recommend you have one.
The commissioner shall issue an official receipt of the card. The Authorization Card for Student Residence will be
received between one and two months after application. Its validity depends on the period of study or completion of
the academic year. For additional information, please consult this document.