3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #  30 /  February 2nd, 2021

Have you written your resume yet? Is it something you want to write just before placements start? Or is it something you plan to build over your student years. Do you review it periodically to reflect upon who you are and what do you want from your student and/or work life in the future. What excites you? Are you doing more of what you like as a student in high school? as an undergraduate? while doing masters? What does it tell others about you and most importantly what does it make you think about your future intentions of your ideal work life. To be able to enjoy your work life, reflecting on what you like, acting on what you like and getting better at it, building your profile around it is key so that you find the work that matches your interests and purpose. Here are some tips to write your resume and think about aspects that you might want to focus on as you get ready to make sure that you enjoy a long period of work life.

Three Images For The Week

Two Thoughts For The Week

Experience is not what happens to a man.
It is what a man does with what happens to him. —Aldous Huxley

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. —Confucius

One Video For The Week

Finding a job used to start with submitting your résumé to a million listings and never hearing back from most of them. But more and more companies are using tech-forward methods to identify candidates. If AI is the future of hiring, what does that mean for you? Technologist Priyanka Jain gives a look at this new hiring landscape.

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What does it take to build Professional Skills?

Professional skills cannot be developed only through workshops that build concepts. It needs a combination of theory and hands-on experience to learn the same. Internships are considered the best way to gain these skills as they provide a real-world experience that bridges the gap between gaining knowledge and applying the same.  Such experiences also provide an opportunity to understand how the real world works along with building professional skills.

Many schools & colleges are now making internships mandatory for their students.  But how many opportunities are even available to students in middle schools, high schools and degree 1st or 2nd year?How many of them are actually doing something that they can talk about proudly in their placement  interviews?  How many are getting managers who are able to invest their time in mentoring and grooming the interns? The last of these is particularly important because managers who are primarily responsible for the intern’s experience, almost never get incentivized or recognized for this effort.

This particular problem became the motivation for me & my co-founder to come together and create the RaiseToPi Ownternship™. here, students can collaborate with their friends from anywhere in the world. They get to work on projects that are meaningful to them and alsoto the real world, while being guided by experienced coaches and mentored by industry experts. In this process of problem-solving.  Our program gives them various professional skills like effective communication and collaboration, and specialized aspects like stakeholder management, marketing, systems design, etc. depending on the scope of their projects. By the end of their Ownternship they not only have the much-needed professional skills but they also have a compelling profile that stands out and a story worth sharing in interviews for colleges & jobs.

Sudeepta Banerjee

Co-Founder RaisetoPi.org

Curious to know more about our Ownterns & their projects? Check out our website-  www.raisetopi.org

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I have been a research scientist, a journalist and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I intend to share what I read, learn and experience while I engage with students, parents and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions and ed-tech organisations.

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