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Donate NowName: Paola
Country: Colombia
Profession: Resident – Family Medicine
A native Colombian, Paola was working at one of the Chile’s largest public hospitals. In 2007, she moved to the Windy City to start a new life. "For a long time I didn't do anything, because I didn't have the contacts or anything…” she says. Then Paola connected with Upwardly Global. “They really changed my life.”
"Through Upwardly Global, I was able to start building my professional network in America and the importance and value of this expands far beyond the immediate needs of a job search."
Name: Nikolai Kastioukevitch
Country: Belarus
Profession: Business Analyst
Company: NYC Department of Small Business Services
Master's Degree in Technical Management
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Tamas, experienced in auto parts sales and dealership management in Hungary, came to Upwardly Global just four days before a big interview as a Quality Assurance Technologist position at Nestlé. Nervous about a phone interview in English for a position in a different industry, Tamas needed some back up. The Upwardly Global team immediately mobilized to help him identify the transferable skills he should highlight and coached him through what a typical U.S. interview would be like. The team sent him off with materials to review and complete before a practice phone interview scheduled to take place after regular business hours later that evening. The following day, a Saturday, Tamas participated in one of Upwardly Global’s Mock Interview sessions, further boosting his confidence and helping him think strategically about how to market himself to his potential new employer.
Nestlé was impressed, and invited him for an in-person interview. Once again, Tamas called on the Upwardly Global team to help him sharpen his interview technique. The interview went extremely well and he was offered the position. Nestle paid for Tamas and his family to move to Kentucky where he started working with the company in March of 2010.
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