Finding a Job in Germany

Quite early before my last co-op term (I think it was mid-way before the term before the co-op term), I started contacting Dave about the possibilities of doing my last co-op abroad. I started out with just a couple of emails, and then once it was the term before my last co-op term (which was a school term for me), I started going to his office. At first we looked into getting a position at the WHO, but we quickly found that that looked to be next to impossible for an undergrad co-op student who only speaks one language. I believe their minimum requirement for taking in an unpaid intern was a Masters degree, at least bi-lingual, and 5 years international work experience, or something along those lines......not quite matching with my resume thus far. We then began to brain storm other possibilities, and one of the first ideas that came up was Dave's suggestion to work for my old professor, Benjamin Jung, who had just left UVic for Germany to work at a consulting firm for the European Union. At last word with Dave, Benjamin told him to keep in touch for possible co-ops (hence Dave's epiphany).

Working for Benjamin in Germany was quite the idea, especially considering that during his run at UVic, he was the most notorious professors for difficulty, and due to the fact that in Germany.....people speak German......and I don't. This didn't really bother me, however, since I had gone through 3 of Benjamin's classes, and although they were challenging, I managed to do fairly well in them. Also, through those classes, I had the chance to spend some time with Benjamin, both for school and away from school (HINF PUBCRAWL!!!!), and he wasn't always the hard-nosed professor he wanted to make himself out to be.... he's actually quite nice on his own time! I also didn't mind the German barrier, since I have found in my past travels, that even in non-English countries, one can normally get by on English, so that really wasn't (seeming to be) an issue either.