Boris Milanovic

My responsibilities include teaching English as a native speaker where I am able to communicate to students in English only, thus giving them the opportunity to immerse in the language completely. I teach business English, TOEFL preparation courses and basic Level 1 upwards Direct English (Linguaphone) courses. I also help the administration prepare tender procedure documents, and help organize courses.

My responsibilities included direct contact with suppliers and producers of various international brands such as Victorinox, Gerber, Leatherman and Casio among others, through e‐mails or telephone conversations, where I made sure that the orders were going through fine, set up new businesses, acquire new brands and, in a broader sense, make sure the business runs smoothly. I also visited international fairs which enable better understanding of market demands, competition and possibilities.

I was employed as a teacher of English language, where I taught general English, business English and held conversation courses. I also helped with marketing due to my experience in the field of language schools. It is a newly opened school in Banjaluka, so I helped the team with marketing ideas, organizing paperwork, courses and groups, and helped them better coordinate students, parents, payments and teachers.

My responsibilities included organization of teachers, marketing and classrooms; acquiring teaching materials such as books, blackboards, computers, desks, chairs and everything else needed to start a new language school in Banjaluka; organize language courses in institutions which wanted to improve their employees; translation of documents from English to Serbian and vice versa; organize translations of other languages; organize marketing, create leaflets, handouts and posters; design and create children coloring books.

I also taught English language to several groups in this school before it was closed.

It was a language school started by several business partners who employed me as a person who will start everything from the ground in relation to courses. Everything had to be set up from zero, from paperwork to marketing materials.

My responsibilities included coordinating already started language courses in the school, which meant talking to teachers, students and parents on a daily basis. Organizing new courses, starting new groups, and starting groups outside the language school itself - in the elementary schools in Banjaluka and other cities in Bosnia.

Packing and preparing teaching materials for over 30 teachers in the school, for each and every group they had, from kids aged 5‐8 years, to business English courses.

I looked after the library and acquired new books for the school library.

I was responsible for a quick and efficient translation of any language into any other language that might be asked for in the translation agency in the school. I translated any type of document from and into English language. I also did consecutive and simultaneous translation to and from English.

It was also my responsibility to hold every month, and sometimes twice a month, the international TOEFL test in the school, which is done through the internet, where I was in direct contact with the organizers of the test. Promotion, enrollment, and holding preparation courses was also my duty.

When the time came for a new school year to start, it was my job to promote the school, check enrollment, organize groups, find new teachers, start new groups, organize the classrooms, prepare teaching materials and oversee marketing promotion to ensure a start of a successful school year.

I taught several groups of general English, held courses in business English, held conversation courses and prepared students for ESOL and TOEFL exams held in the school.
Also, at the same time, I was a student of German language in the evenings.

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience is an international association for the exchange of students that wish to complete a practical training. This association gathers students from more than 80 countries that wish to do practical training related to their field of study. My duties included contacting employers in the region with the aim of hiring foreign students, welcoming new students arriving in Banja Luka, help with their accommodation, assist them in their first contact with a prospective employer, testing the knowledge of English language of domestic students who wish to go abroad to do a practical training, maintenance of office computers and organizing meetings of the association members. Only people who are enrolled in university studies can be members of the organization, so after graduating, I had to hand over my duties to
younger members.

Scouting unit is by its statute a non‐political, non‐governmental and a non‐profit organization dedicated to the education of the youngest members of society.

I participated from the very beginning of the scouts group, through its creation, the statute creation process, the court registration, and donations solicitation. I designed and created the seal and the flag of the scouts group.

After launching the scouts group, my duties included the organization and holding weekly scout meetings, general scout meetings of the whole organization held every four months, organizing trips, meetings with other scout groups in the region where participants learn about nature, scouting skill and life in general. I, also, maintained a small school of English where the youngest members could learn English basics for free. Of course, my responsibilities included things essential to the scouts group: finding donations, which was, sadly, the most difficult part.

Because of my own student obligations, I had to hand over my duties.