Employer conference, workshop creation ~ week 45

Dear Readers,


I hope that you all doing well and enjoying the first days of summers. I certainly am enjoying the first few days of summer as it giving me the chance to do more outside and make the most of the sun.

While enjoying the warm Boston summer evenings, the past couple of weeks has been really engaging as I am multitasking projects I am undertaking prior to the end of my placement.

One of the main projects I have been working on is the complete design and creation of a workshop for students returning from a global experience. The workshop will focus on how they 'sell, share and network' around their global experience, no matter what the nature of their experience was Dialogue of Civilization, Global Co-op or Study Abroad. I have been working on creating the strategy and content of the workshop, including the research, the agenda, the structure and the content of this essential workshop for students returning from a global experience. Designing and creating the workshop is an opportunity for me to not only leave something concrete behind me, here at Northeastern but to further expand and improve my knowledge of career development and global experiences networking, sharing and selling. It will also be a good transition for me as I will be moving to the role of President of the Glasgow School for Business and Society - International Business and Society Network. This workshop design is giving me the opportunity to put into action all I have been learning over the past 11 months and to collaborate with differents department on campus. I am looking forward to seeing pictures and having some feedback about the workshop as I will no longer be in Boston when the workshop will be run for the first time. 
This project is for me a great opportunity to use my creative and innovative skills, but further identify myself how I will, in the short-term future, be able to sell, share & network my experience at Northeastern.

I further had the chance to take part in the annual employer conference on campus this week. Career Services organized a day-long event "9th Annual Employer-Partner Conference: Building Networks, Customizing Learning and Accelerating Discovery" to thank employers for their collaboration with Northeastern University and for employing and engaging with the student body. I had the privilege to listen to Sean Gallagher and Dustin Clinard presentations and to take part in two different breakout sessions.

Overall the past couple of weeks, despite challenging due to the quantity of work, have influence my path here and are helping me to complete my year long at Northeastern University!



Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed and I will be back here really soon to share the last couple of weeks with you!

Love,

Alexandra

Marketing strategy, communication & Commencement ~ week 43

Dear readers,

It is on this really rainy day that the class of 2017 just graduated at Northeastern University. Today I was reminded that my time at Northeastern was coming to an end and moreover that in just over a year I will be graduating myself. With the emotions starting to become really evident about the rest of my time working at NU, I also realized that I had really little time to achieve some of my professional goals.

Over the past two weeks, I have been further involved with marketing strategies and analysis for the department. Marketing planning helped us to identify the need for new workshops that meet the needs of NU students. I will be an integral part of the development of a workshop structure & marketing strategy for part of the GEO Week in the fall. My participation in the marketing meetings is great as it gives me first experience on a large scale marketing strategy creation which is extremely important to me as I am exploring the possibilities of working in international relations and marketing. I know that even if this project is a challenge, I will be able to learn and develop skills that will benefit me in my future career. 
Since my last entry, I was further able to attend Human Resources training on creating SMART goals. After doing the online session, I was a little confused on how the in-person training would go as I felt I got a lot of information and help through the online training, however attending the in-person training helped me to design and craft goals for this last quarter but further helped me to craft personal goals that I will be able to take on after my time at Northeastern.
I am trying to make the most of my time here, and I believe that by making the most of the opportunities I have here, I will be able to expand my personal growth and knowledge.

Over the past weeks, I have attended a presentation on the expansion of Northeastern in Canada. Attending this presentation was an opportunity for me to further realize that I love working in an international environment and that I really want to pursue this as my career.
The professional journey I have undertaken here, in Boston, is unbelievable and I can not believe how much this has changed me. So let's roll the next 2 months of adventures and professional growth!


Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed, see you soon!

Alexandra