Students ask Students

From student life to professional career. Are you ready?

In this series, our student writers ask other UT students about their opinion on a variety of controversial topics. Be it on a worldwide scale or a bit smaller, these students share their food for thought. This time: The gap between study programs and professional career.
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Russian Konstantin Korotkikh got down to work at Twentebelt thanks to Connect

A friend pointed out the Connect-project to Russian Konstantin Korotkikh (25). A project that helps foreign UT and Saxion graduates to find a job. ´By then, I had sent two hundred job applications and had done about five job interviews. There was no progress.´ Through the network of Connect, Korotkikh started working at Twentebelt in Hengelo in May. The company is specialised in making metal conveyor belts.
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Project Connect matches international UT graduates with companies in Twente

By providing workshops on the Dutch language and culture, trainings on how to do job interviews and a CV-check, co-workers of the Connect project assist foreign UT and Saxion students in their quest in finding a first job in The Netherlands. UT-employee and project coordinator Henk Brouwer explains.

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