Internship in Rimi
I will start from the beginning… This summer I was really tempted to work in Hansapank in Estonia (due to the heart warming recommendations by Janar and Harlis).
Unfortunately, my lacking knowledge of the Estonian language and a slowdown of the economy ruined my plans to work in the northern part of the Baltics. Since the response from Hansapank was quite late I was desperate to find an internship, so I went to our pro-rector Diana Pauna. She posted a request on the Alumni webpage and after 2 days I received an e-mail from Rimi HR department. My first thought was something like: “I am President of the Student Association in SSE Riga but my internship will be in Rimi?!” Read more…
Internship in Hansa Fondi
During the internship, we were expected to write two reports: an individual report about new investment product development and a team report about the structure of Hansa Fondi. In order to gain a better understanding about what is being done in different countries, we spend one week in Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Hansa Fondi offices and one week in Swedbank Robur in Stockholm to get acquainted with the processes and the people and later on had two additional weeks to sum up everything we had learned so far.
Although most of us still remembered something from the finance course, the internship enabled us to gain a much better understanding about commercial investing, especially about portfolio management practices in the Baltic countries and Sweden. In addition to working, we had quite extensive entertainment program which included joining our Robur colleagues to boat trip to Archipelago and seeing DG Galan sports competition in Sweden, Hansapank Summer Days, track and field-competition and driving karts in Estonia, and getting acquainted with Old-Towns especially in Lithuania and Sweden.
For me personally, this was one of the best summers I have had so far and I would propose everyone to candidate for the project in case it is continued this year as well. For further questions, you can approach me or my colleagues personally.
Harlis Velk
Year 3 student at SSE Riga
How to act in DoO and other career fairs.
Career fairs. The job search equivalent to speed dating, sometimes career fairs can be overwhelming (or underwhelming, depending on who’s there), frustrating (because you only spoke with a recruiter for a minute before someone else cut you off!), and confusing (Which company raises pigs and which one sells real estate?). However, don’t fret – there are several tactics you can use to get the most out of your career fair experience (and maybe even walk away with a potential “match”). These tips will turn your career fair experience from a horrific speed dating nightmare (Why’d you let your friend talk you into this, again?) into an enjoyable, exciting learning experience that you can really use to help you decide what’s right for your own future. Read more…
Business Developer, Oriflame Kazakhstan
6 AM. One way ticket. Five hours flight. Strange feeling inside my heart. Can I do it? Alone in the middle of nowhere, with no idea about what I’m expected to do and almost no one to ask for support. Arranging visas, booking tickets to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, organizing meetings with top management of the key companies, government representatives, getting in touch with local gangsters; negotiations, conspiracy, gut feelings, luck and improvisation…on the other hand, completely different world and mentality, culture and traditions, open and kindhearted colleagues, great landscape, cuisine and parties. Evaluate the opportunities for business to expand – is there really something to do for a business in these “desert” lands? Several weeks of work to get to the answer, several weeks of unexpected situations, people and results. Several weeks of fun and unforgettable experience.
6 AM. One way ticket. Five hours flight. Proud feelings inside my heart. I did it.
Internship abroad in Almaty with a task to research economic, political, social and cultural environment in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. No defined means how to do it – you are on your own to decide about every single thing you want to perform. It’s a challenge to all your previous experience – gather and analyze, think and conclude, lead and follow, see things differently and feel beyond ordinary; a marvelous opportunity to test who you really are. Without the Oriflame offer I wouldn’t get there; without the Days of Opportunities experience I wouldn’t succeed.
Deniss Aksjonovs
Days of Opportunities 2008
Chief Organizer
Students and their future in the labour market
Morten Hansen. Head of Economics Department, SSE Riga
One thing has been evident from the Baltic labour markets since regaining independence: The need for new, highly-skilled and up-to-date competences and this demands a lot from students as well as from educational establishments.
Key words for students must be flexibility, willingness to devote time for studies, an analytical mind, curiosity – “the day you stop looking is the day you die” as it was said in a movie some years ago – and, in these days of globalization and internationalisation, good command of foreign languages, notably English. Read more…
Hello people!
It is friday the 13th and unlike waiting for some bad thing to happen, we are doing one good thing, we launch the Days of Opportunities blog.
If you are feeling young, studying at school or university, or starting your career ventures, looking for new insights, ideas how to be, what to do in these changing times, then this blog will be valuable for you.
If you don’t know what the 3 magic letters (DoO) mean means, don’t be afraid. You can get to know it on the right side and by visiting its webpage.
Here you will find the newest trends in the labor market provided by experts, career tips, internship stories from the students of SSE Riga and some information about career fair Days of Opportunities 2009.
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DoO ‘09 team
