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Asides meeting new people, experiencing different cultures, ideologies and thoughts, networking has helped me collaborate, share information and opportunities with contacts.
My activities in the university helped me network effectively. I joined a non-profit organisation in 2012 where I served as the organizing secretary over about six hundred members. This position afforded me the opportunity of meeting the organizing and technical personnel of other organizations within the university community. Collaborating and working with those, I have learnt from their knowledge base, skill-set and experience in the field and that has ensured my excellent service delivery in my organization. I leveraged on the built network while planning and executing our annual musical concert which was well attended by over four thousand people. I also referred some of my junior colleagues to those technical personnel for training and today some of them are experts in the field. I am still in contact with some of them till today; we share ideas and the latest trends in logistics, power and sound.
My internship opportunity at the world's largest oilfield services company came by networking with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). I was a student member of my university chapter and an active volunteer in the society. I brought in my expertise in planning which I have acquired from the non- profit organization and network of friends to the SPE. This helped improve the planning and logistics activities of the club. Consequently, based on my excellent academic performance and active relations with the club, I was recommended for an aptitude test that got me the role with the oil giant.
I believe strongly that one of the most effective ways of building and maintaining healthy networks is by mentoring. I have and am still enjoying advices, knowledge and experiences from my academic and professional network. I have also been giving back by mentoring a few.
In my third year, I noticed a lady on my team that was usually with a low countenance. I moved close to her and discovered that she was not performing well in her studies. Her CGPA was 2.21 as against her goals of 3.5 and above. Citing people that have succeeded similar situations was a lot of encouragement. I advised and guided her through rescheduling her daily activities to prioritize her academics; emphasized the importance of group study and introduced my concept of advanced CGPA estimation. She attained a CGPA of 3.02 in a semester, graduated with her target class and improved significantly on her role. Two other mentees finished with First class honours. I still maintain a good contact with them till date.
I look forward to providing qualitative mentoring to my junior colleagues in the Chevening community. I would be excited be part of a global community: contributing and sharing my industrial knowledge and experience with other great minds. I also hope to use my networks and influence to promote Chevening seminars and career development programmes.
Thank you for your kind response.
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Chevening is worth promoting
Asides meeting new people, experiencing different cultures, ideologies and thoughts, networking has helped me collaborate, share information and opportunities with contacts.
My activities in the university helped me network effectively. I joined a non-profit organisation in 2012 where I served as the organizing secretary over about six hundred members. This position afforded me the opportunity of meeting the organizing and technical personnel of other organizations within the university community. Collaborating and working with those, I have learnt from their knowledge base, skill-set and experience in the field and that has ensured my excellent service delivery in my organization. I leveraged on the built network while planning and executing our annual musical concert which was well attended by over four thousand people. I also referred some of my junior colleagues to those technical personnel for training and today some of them are experts in the field. I am still in contact with some of them till today; we share ideas and the latest trends in logistics, power and sound.
My internship opportunity at the world's largest oilfield services company came by networking with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). I was a student member of my university chapter and an active volunteer in the society. I brought in my expertise in planning which I have acquired from the non- profit organization and network of friends to the SPE. This helped improve the planning and logistics activities of the club. Consequently, based on my excellent academic performance and active relations with the club, I was recommended for an aptitude test that got me the role with the oil giant.
I believe strongly that one of the most effective ways of building and maintaining healthy networks is by mentoring. I have and am still enjoying advices, knowledge and experiences from my academic and professional network. I have also been giving back by mentoring a few.
In my third year, I noticed a lady on my team that was usually with a low countenance. I moved close to her and discovered that she was not performing well in her studies. Her CGPA was 2.21 as against her goals of 3.5 and above. Citing people that have succeeded similar situations was a lot of encouragement. I advised and guided her through rescheduling her daily activities to prioritize her academics; emphasized the importance of group study and introduced my concept of advanced CGPA estimation. She attained a CGPA of 3.02 in a semester, graduated with her target class and improved significantly on her role. Two other mentees finished with First class honours. I still maintain a good contact with them till date.
I look forward to providing qualitative mentoring to my junior colleagues in the Chevening community. I would be excited be part of a global community: contributing and sharing my industrial knowledge and experience with other great minds. I also hope to use my networks and influence to promote Chevening seminars and career development programmes.
