Day 18

Woooo what a day!! My last work day of the week proved to be the longest.. literally. Our workday was from 9 to 6, but if that’s the only thing I have to complain about then its not all that bad. J

Today was relatively like the others, more clients, more scenarios and much to learn. One of the women who work at the bank had to help another branch since they were missing some employees and only had Ausbilders.

An Ausbilder is like an apprentice.  When high schoolers in Germany finish Gymnasium (middle school and high school pushed together) they can either become an Ausbilder in a chosen profession or go on to the University. As an Ausbilder, like Emma März at our bank, the students work along side employees learning processes and other aspects of the profession. They also attend class once a week with others in their profession. They will do this for 2 to 3 years and then take an exam. Once the exam is passed the student may either go on to study or begin working right away.

Emma had a lot of work today due to the other employee’s absence. This also meant that I worked directly with one of the bankers. We worked on a clients financial portfolio and some of the legal issues with Wills and Testaments.

Tomorrow I have the day off. J hopefully I get some homework done!

Tschüß!!