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Candidates’ Voices

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Intercultural training Is it up to date?

We’re all over the world And this makes our success

Women in science & technology How can we ignore half of the talent?

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High Flyers, Top Careers INTRODUCTION I am very pleased to introduce the High Flyers, Top Careers E-Guide.

We live in a world that is more and more global and integrated: Europe relies on the USA which rely on Asia which relies on others; companies sell their products and services on all continents and depend less and less on their national markets to succeed.

Future leaders will reflect these deep changes. Global thinking, mobility, language knowledge, ability to work in multicultural teams will be a must.

Successful managers will be flexible, open-minded and creative, constantly questioning the way they do things.

In that context, be curious and open-minded. Consider sectors that you are not familiar with. The best jobs are not always where you expect to find them. Keep in mind that the perspective is global and that companies which might not be very popular in your home country maybe world leader in their field.

StÊphane Wajskop Managing Director – Careers International

IN THIS ISSUE

Intercultural training Is it up to date? - Page 4

We are all over the world

And this makes our success - Page 18

Women in science & technology

How can we ignore half of the talent? - Page 22

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Energy & Materials 09

Umicore Finance & Banking

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CrĂŠdit Agricole Group

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De Lage Landen

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MasterCard FMCG

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Beiersdorf AG

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NestlĂŠ

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Procter & Gamble

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Redcats

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Manufacturers 43

Bridgestone

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Cargill

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Sappi Fine Paper

Other 52

DuPont

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SONY

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Starwood

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Intercultural training Is it up to date?

Intercultural training is still considered by most companies to be an important part of the expatriation process. Indeed, a recent survey by ECA showed that two thirds of companies provide inter-cultural training, but how many employees and their families actually take it up?

Often heard excuses for non-attendance range from “I don’t have time” to “I’ve been to that country loads of times before for work so living there won’t be a problem.” Yet the challenges of being a global employee are greater than ever.

Most expats not only have to deal with the culture they are moving to, but also work within a multinational team. As the world continues to work at an insatiable speed, turnaround times for moving abroad can involve just a number of days notice. And overriding all this is the feeling of being part of a shrinking planet, where so many cultural references are accessible on a virtual basis through mediums such as the worldwide web.

We’re all cosmopolitan now apparently. Given these seismic shifts in our understanding of the world and its culture, is intercultural training evolving fast enough to meet the globalised needs of todays’ employees?

The traditional intercultural training model comprises of two to three days training in a classroom. This is now pretty outdated and rarely offered as most employees do not have that level of time available for training, particularly predeparture. As a result, there has been a shift towards shorter half-day to one-day programs that have been tailored to the participants needs through pre-training needs analysis. Ideally, the session needs to be tailored to the expat, partner and where applicable, children. A half day session with a couple or family will not only facilitate an understanding of a culture but also be an effective intervention for opening up dialogue to ensure challenges are shared and discussed at a time when often communication around fears and concerns are pushed aside by the details of organizing a move. Consider the German couple moving from the UK to India. As they were learning about and discussing elements of Indian culture their trainer asked them to rate their excitement about moving to India between 0 and

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10, with 0 being very unexcited and 10 being very excited. At exactly the same time the wife said 0 and the husband said 10 and then they looked at each other in amazement proclaiming “but I had no idea”, “why didn’t you tell me?” “but you were so excited” etc. Their consultant was able to work through this breakdown of communication and ease their transition abroad. A confidential, trusting environment was key to being able to help them really think through the challenges that lay ahead. In addition, despite the concern parents’ have around settling children in a new culture, it is easy to forget to talk. Brookfields Global Relocation Trends 2010 report found the top reason for assignment refusal is family concerns (83%) and one of the main reason for assignment failure is inability to adapt (47%).

Intercultural training programs that include children with activities such as quizzes and drawing for younger children and information on schools and local trends for teenagers enable families to feel united, strengthening the chances of the expatriation being a success.

The length of the program is important but so is the timing. Again, an essential development within the field of intercultural training has been to offer programs soon after arrival in the host country. It’s hard to consider living and working in Shanghai from a classroom in cold and rainy London. Imagine the difference in impact when expats can deal with the questions and concerns they may have with a local Chinese consultant soon after stepping off the plane. This also reduces the costs of the program as companies don’t have to factor in flying consultants around the world.

Nonetheless, a half day intercultural training program is just the tip of the iceberg. As the effectiveness and importance of executive coaching is increasingly recognized (CIPD quote),

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this needs to be translated into the cross-cultural arena. In order to effectively embed learning, expats who are coached through the early days in their new roles become far more effective and productive employees. Managers who are able to attune their cultural leadership style to fit in with their local culture are more likely to create highly effective teams. Reflect on the American senior manager who could not understand why her predominantly British team seemed to recoil from her exuberant, enthusiastic management style.

Why did they stare at her in cynical amazement when she delivered her motivational speech on arrival? And the “one on ones” afterwards didn’t seem to go much better either as she could get little response from her colleagues and felt very demotivated by her teams’ apparent lack of drive.

The first two hour coaching session was all that was needed to get to the crux of this particular cross-cultural problem and enabled this leader to attain greater self-awareness and cross-cultural sensitivity. Through coaching and questioning she realized that the issue was not with the team’s motivation but her communication style, a style that led to her rapid promotion Stateside, but would have caused serious challenges within the British working environment. Now her messages are delivered in a more understated way and her team have accepted her as their leader.

This example is just one of many different issues faced by expats and highlights the need for bespoke coaching. The personal issue above is not one you would share in a group training session and perhaps not even something you’d consider pre-departure. What’s more, moves between the US and UK and Europe and the UK are often considered “easy”. Yet anecdotal evidence from years of delivering intercultural training programs suggests the opposite. The transition to living and working in the US or UK can be far more challenging than moving to countries such as China and Japan. Frequently this is linked to expectations and accessibility. Cultures we are more used to appear less complicated, but often are just as challenging for expats, if not more.

Overriding all discussions around intercultural training, particularly in tough economic times, is the issue of cost justification and return on investment. A failed assignment can cost thousands and thousands and the proportional risk mitigation through providing intercultural training is minimal expenditure for a corporation.

Remembering the evidence from research by Brookfield that the main reason for assignment failure is the inability to adapt, there appears little reason to not provide that upfront investment as a form of insurance.

What’s clear is that organizations need to select tailored training and coaching that fits their employees’ needs. A blanket approach to intercultural training is ineffective and a waste of money. It’s essential to research options and providers and identify a program that will ensure cross-cultural learnings are embedded in employees’ minds, in order to achieve effectively functioning teams across all cultures.

We’re all cosmopolitan now apparently. Yet the challenges of being a global employee are greater than ever. Most expats not only have to deal with the culture they are moving to, but also work within a multinational team.

Alain Verstandig

Managing Director, NET EXPAT For more information on NET EXPAT’s cross-cultural training and coaching programs please visit www.netexpat.com or contact Miranda Arya at marya@netexpat.com

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Why an international career?

“I love having the chance to work with people from all over the word. It is so stimulating. Everyone has a different history, and a different story to tell.

Europe is getting smaller every day and I am lucky to be part of this generation. ” Elisa, Italy works in HR

“I have always wanted to have a global career and now I have just started it by coming to Belgium to study this year. I am so happy here and have no plans of going back home to Portugal. ” Milton, 23, Portugal Mechanical engineering student

“My dream is to work in Scandinavia. I love the idea of working through other languages with lots of various types of people from different environments.”

Amandine, 25, France works in sales & marketing

“I already did one year Erasmus programme in France and a one-year master programme in Norway so I already feel a little international. This is so much more exciting and educative than staying in your own country.”

Tadej, 24, Slovenia Finance graduate

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Company Profile: Umicore Materials for a better life. Materials for an international career

For more information please visit www.jobs.umicore.be

Materials for ideas: you create & innovate At Umicore, we develop the materials and the environment for you to discover and develop your ideas. Our high tech environment can only continue to evolve by stimulating individual initiatives and great new ideas.

We provide you with the training and the space to continuously look at what we do from a new perspective. You are invited to shape your own career path.

Ideas for materials: be active in clean technology As a materials technology group, we focus on application areas where our expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy can make a real difference.

We generate approximately 50% of our revenue and spend approximately 80% of our R&D budget in the area of clean technology such as: • emission control catalysts • materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics • fuel cells • precious metals recycling

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You You have far-reaching ambitions and you • can identify with openness, respect, innovation, teamwork and commitment • want to work in an international high tech environment • are looking for professional challenges in a culture of dynamics and innovation • have recently graduated or have a maximum of 10 years of experience

Our overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on our ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils our mission: materials for a better life.

Find your international challenge The Umicore Group offers you industrial operations on all continents as the basis for your career. We serve a global customer base; we generated a turnover of € 6.9 billion (€ 1.7 billion excluding metal) in 2009 and currently employ some 14,300 people.

In Belgium, we employ about 2,800 people in sites in Brussels, Hoboken, Olen, Angleur, Bruges, Zolder, Overpelt and Vilvoorde.

Start your international career at Umicore.

Visit www.jobs.umicore.be

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The Career Fair is an event where we have the chance to welcome companies and consultancies to give them a vision of our international talent.

Contact CAREER SERVICE DEPARTMENT: c/Arag贸 204 08011 Barcelona (Spain) Phone: +34 934 520 844

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EADA: How business education affects your p professional brand

EADA: How business education affects your professional brand You did that decision.. I will get business education !!! Welcome on board !

You did a good decision, and strategic one: you invest in your employability.

Business education will ensure strategic action at every level, and gives you the tools and awareness to hone that strategy.

And then, once in business school, you do realize that the most important and strategic decisions will be those related to our personal and professional life. From a professional point of view, those related to our career.

Career planning is like solving business problems. There are no more vertical career paths. It changes, your career is like a bunch of experiences that give you new expertise, new capabilities, new projects to work on ‌ Every successful business venture begins with a comprehensive business plan, updated, with clear goals and objectives. So are careers.

Effective career planning are business plans, designed to be flexible in order to accommodate to unexpected market changes and new opportunities.

At EADA business school we help you to define your professional brand, and understand that you will eventually reinvent you as a brand to adapt to different strategic decisions.

We help you first to define your professional brand: the WHAT ‌ which has to do with your skills, competencies, educational background, experience .. WHO I am?

How do I define myself as a professional brand? Does it ring a bell? Every Marketing Plans begins by defining the product.

Then the WHERE, which has to do with job environments, industries, projects that really fits your brand.

And then comes the real action plan to achieve your goals, the HOW: you need to decide how to get where you want to go.

So, yes, we want to influence your career by helping you identify your professional brand, we provide excellent business education that will help you take those strategic actions in business life, those related to YOU as a brand and those related to your business activities.

On behalf of EADA business school in Barcelona (Spain), welcome on board !

Candidates’ Voices: Mina The young generation in Bulgaria is on the move; it is ambitious and open-minded, just like Mina. With both beauty and brains, the 23 year old currently resides in the capital of Sofia and works as a marketing trainee at the international leader for cosmetics and beauty, L’Oréal. By Méabh McMahon

Mina was born in the capital of Bulgaria just two years before the fall of Communism. Back in 1987, Bulgaria was living a socialist-era under the reign of the longest-serving Soviet bloc Communist leader, Todor Zhivkov. Although most people had access to pensions, health-care and maternity leave and were guaranteed employment, all companies were state controlled. No foreign companies were welcome in Bulgaria and most Bulgarians stayed and worked locally. The labor market was extremely homogeneous. Working abroad was a privilege for the elite and working abroad meant working within the Eastern blockWestern Europe out of the question. But twentythree years later, the new Bulgaria is a fast growing economy and a host country for many foreign multinational companies. The young generation is on the move; it is ambitious and open-minded, just like Mina. With both beauty and brains, the 23 year old currently resides in the capital of Sofia and works as a marketing trainee at the international leader for cosmetics and beauty, L’Oréal.

But the business graduate plans to work abroad again at her earliest possible convenience. The thing is, her international journey has already taken her to cities like Budapest, Milan, Singapore and London for work and studies, leaving her eager to explore the business world abroad. Some of her qualifications include a dual degree in international business and a specialist degree in PR from the London School of Public Relations. The double degree in Hungary and Italy meant Mina got to spend some time in South-East Asia in the Nanyang Business School in Singapore and she absolutely loved it.

Mina got her travel bug when she was just 14. Back then, she started taking part in international seminars and debating competitions in foreign locations like Slovenia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland and even North Carolina. She spent some of her summers learning foreign languages in Spain and enrolled on extra-curricular courses in Washington. That’s why when you take a glance at her CV today; you can only come to one conclusion-

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international. “I just love travelling”, she says, “I really enjoy meeting new and interesting people and learning foreign languages” Mina hopes to go on a trip around the world some day to explore some of her favourite places in Latin America and Asia in depth. Mina’s dream job is to work in an international consultancy. “But the job must be dynamic and challenging”, she stresses. Although she is just 23, the young graduate seems to have a strong head on her shoulders. “I always try to be as calm as possible”, she says, “I need to have the feeling that what I am doing is worthwhile and I need to feel empowered to grow”. Mina values team work and the importance of having a strong team around her. “I love working with enthusiastic and dedicated people”, she says. The young go-getter has no specific idols in the international business world but she does use her big brown eyes to observe and learn from those around her. “When it comes to successful professional people”, she says,”I always try to understand how and why they have managed to outperform others and I try to learn from them”.

Mina speaks Bulgarian, English, Spanish and Italian. Communication is her thing. She loves giving presentations and talking in public. She has clocked up numerous awards for public speaking and debating and participated in competitions all over the world. So, does the communications expert have any tips for the rest of us on how to communicate with potential employers? Well, Mina is addicted to the internet and is a true believer in social media as a means to get connected, so much so, that she wrote a thesis about open innovation and networking. Although Mina has a striking CV that shows a wide background of international experience and a severe hunger for more, she stands out for having her feet securely on the ground, for being aware of her roots and for vouching to be an ambassador for Bulgarian abroad. “The world is changing so fast”, she says, “I really hope that I will be a good representative of my country and my region where ever I am in the world”.

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Company Profile: Crédit Agricole Group Join the leading banking group in Europe*!

Crédit Agricole Group employs more than 160,000 staff in over 70 countries. It is with these human resources that the Group has become a major player in the financial and insurance banking sector in Europe*.

For more information please visit www.mycreditagricole.jobs

Who are we?

Crédit Agricole Group is a leading player in finance and insurance sector. The Group is structured around a central structure, Crédit Agricole S.A’s majority-controlled by the 39 Crédit Agricole’s Regional Banks, which includes three business lines: French and International retail banking: In France: Crédit Agricole and LCL The two banking networks – Crédit Agricole and LCL are complementary between them they strengthen the Group’s presence on all customer segments throughout France and strengthen our position as French leader in retail banking.

Abroad: In retail banking, Crédit Agricole Group has a large presence in Europe and in the Mediterranean region, and to a lesser extent in the Middle East and Latin America.

Outside France, we have 29,000 retail banking staff serving 6.5 million customers, and we have more than 2,400 branches in 15 countries.

Corporate and investment banking: Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, CA Cheuvreux, Newedge …

Crédit Agricole Group offers its clients a full range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance and commercial banking.

Specialised financial businesses: Asset management Amundi, BFT, CPR Asset Management, CACEIS… This division covers asset management activities in the broad sense. It has leading

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If you would like to join us and participate in the development of the Group, have a look at our recruitment website: www.mycreditagricole.jobs *In terms of retail banking income – on 31 December 2009.

positions in France, and its growth ambitions are supported by a solid presence abroad.

Insurance Crédit Agricole Assurances Crédit Agricole Group is a leading French insurer that is also generating rapid growth abroad.

Consumer Crédit Sofinco, Finaref Crédit Agricole Group is one of Europe’s leading players in consumer finance.

Private Banking Crédit Agricole Private Banking, CFM Monaco, Banque de Gestion Privée Indosuez, BforBank…

Alongside the activities of the Crédit Agricole Regional Banks, the Group operates in France and internationally.

Leasing et Factoring Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring In France and abroad, Crédit Agricole Group supports small businesses, companies, farmers, large corporations and local government at every major stage of their development.

Specialised subsidiaries and activities Crédit Agricole Private Equity, Idia, Sodica, CEDICAM, Crédit Agricole Immobilier, Uniéditions…

These entities carry out specialised activities or provide support to Group business lines.

Why should candidates work for us?

With Crédit Agricole Group, you will go further by working for an ambitious Group that wants its employees to grow continuously. With its emphasis on training, internal mobility and personal development, our Group will help you fulfil your ambitions.

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• Management traineeships • Junior positions • Graduation projects & Internships

International Talents WWW.DE LAGE LANDEN.COM

Company Profile: De Lage Landen

For more information, please visit www.delagelanden.com

We are a fully-owned subsidiary of the Rabobank Group. With a triple-A rating from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, the Rabobank provides a secure, stable foundation for our activities.

Careers We offer unique opportunities to build an international career within a dynamic global company that values partnership, customer focus and respect. By joining us, you join a business that’s risen to the forefront of the leasing and financial solutions industry through expertise in asset and vendor finance developed over nearly 40 years.

Our values of cooperation, accountability, knowledge and entrepreneurship ensure a working environment that’s professionally challenging, yet informal. And because we aim to be the best – not the biggest – we remain agile and close to our customers. We believe close relationships with our partners are crucial to helping them achieve their growth ambitions, and for us to achieve ours.

That’s why we’re constantly looking for people who are passionate about what they do, committed to world-class customer service and eager to work in international, multidisciplinary teams. In return, we support you in achieving your full potential through training and professional development courses. You can progress as fast as your talent and ambition takes you.

De Lage Landen is a global provider of leasing, business and consumer finance solutions, including vendor finance and factoring. Our asset-based financing programs help our customers grow market share, enhance profitability and achieve strategic goals. We believe partnership is key to helping our customers achieve both their short-term and their strategic goals. Thus, we invest significant resources to ensure that our solutions meet their long term objectives, as well as their immediate needs.

International Management Traineeship Are you one of the best and brightest? Are you looking for an opportunity to get started in a challenging international career? Then we want to hear from you for our International Management Trainee Program!

An international management traineeship with De Lage Landen is your ticket to a flying start to your career in a dynamic industry. As one of our young talents, you will discover all aspects of international leasing and vendor finance within our global company. The program will teach you about our business, partners, people and products through hands-on jobs and a range of projects. You will go through an extensive development program designed to increase your financial, commercial and managerial skills, and to stimulate your personal development.

Within 5 to 7 years, you can expect to be in an international management role. During your traineeship you will be mentored by one of the Executive Board members, which gives you great insight into the corporate strategy as well as high visibility within the organization.

In short, our International Management Trainee program enables ‘best-in-class’ graduates to make a flying start in a high profile career.

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We are all over the world and this makes our success “Why would you like to work for De Lage Landen?” Babacar Cassé corners me in the friendliest fashion as I walk into a hotel room where he has been conducting face-to-face interviews with young graduates from all around the world. By Méabh McMahon

The 25 year old is grinning from ear to ear and holds out a warm hand for me to shake.

Although I am not there to be interviewed for a job, I shake his hand with joy and spare a thought for the lucky job-hunters who get to be greeted by him as they nervously manoeuvre their way into the recruitment room.

Few years ago, the young Parisian was wearing the shoes of the job-seekers at the 2007 job fair organized by Careers International, but now, Babacar Cassé is in a managerial position at the global of asset-based financing solutions and consumer finance products, De Lage Landen.

His youth is reflected in his enthusiasm and he is more than willing to share his path to success with me and offer some advice for other ‘twenty something year-olds’ hoping to follow his footsteps.

When he was just 22, Babacar Cassé graduated with a Masters degree from the University Paris-Sud XI. The city slicker went on semesters abroad that took him to both Sweden and Spain. Upon graduation, he sauntered onto the International Management Traineeship that De Lage Landen provides and found himself dealing with large business transactions in a short space of time.

Today, his working week is divided between his base office in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and at least one to two days a week in a range of international destinations in Europe. “I sometimes think that I have a suitcase job”, he laughs, “and I love it”.

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However, he warns young graduates that his travelling is done with rationale and his company will not be looking at young graduates who are just in search of a jetsetting, champagne drinking lifestyle smooching clients all over the globe. “That’s not reality”, he warns. “This is hard work”, he assures. “I only happen to travel when I have a key business reason and when it is beneficial and for the interest of De Lage Landen.”

With fluent French, English, Spanish , basic knowledge of Dutch and oodles of personality, Babacar is the perfect ambassador for a company abroad. “But this is not a travel agency”, he assures. “Nobody is sent abroad just for the sake of it”. In other words, if you think you want an international career just to jet set around the continent on a first class ticket, think again.

“Music is my vice”, says Babacar on a more personal note. “Soul, R&B and Jazz are melodies that are great part of me”. Picturing the youngster on stage performing, I ask him whether it was always his dream to be a successful businessman. “Not at all”, he laughs, “Younger, I wanted to be a professional football player”. In fact, he started playing when he was just 11 but unfortunately he was not able to fulfill his dream.

“Maybe that is where you get the drive and the lack of arrogance?” I inquire. “Well, I don’t know”, he says almost sheepishly “but I know one thing for sure in this business world, be ambitious but not cocky”. “

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You must always be driven, show your hunger for bigger things and your willingness but never dare to step on anyone’s toes as it can often backfire against you”.

“I love team work”, he admits implying that the most successful employee will be one who can work in harmony with their colleagues. “Make sure you stand out though or can offer something special”, he finishes.

However, despite his hectic work schedule and his international lifestyle, Babacar Cassé has his feet on the ground and indicates that although his professional life means a lot for him, happiness in life reside in being a great dad and successfully raising children!

Babacar was born and raised in the near outskirts of Paris. But even though he is still 25, he has already spent 6 years abroad and now he resides in the city of Eindhoven. “I am a city boy”, he smiles, so sometimes the Dutch city seems small to him but he never gets bored due to his diverse, international colleagues and constant professional challenges.

“De Lage Landen is a medium size company with the attitude of a large international company”, he says. “I love this element”. “We are all over the world and this makes our success”, he beams.

Picturing what they manage to achieve through groundbreaking business ideas and drive, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are businessmen Babacar often looks at as a great examples of success and as such he doesn’t rule out the option of setting up his own business when I propose it. At just 25, the world is his oyster.

“You must always be driven, show your hunger for bigger things and your willingness but never dare to step on anyone’s toes as it can often backfire against you. I love team work.”

Babacar Cassé

European Program Manager De Lage Landen

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Company Profile: MasterCard WorldWide

For more information please visit www.mastercardworldwide.com

MasterCard advances commerce worldwide by developing more secure, convenient and rewarding payment solutions, processing billions of payments seamlessly across the globe, and building economic connections that accelerate business. Behind MasterCard’s well-known payment card brands is a unique, three-tiered business model: Franchisor: Through the thousands of financial institutions that are MasterCard’s customers, the company markets a strong portfolio of brands and products worldwide, including MasterCard, Maestro®, Cirrus® and MasterCard® PayPass™. With these, MasterCard opens the door to commerce at an unsurpassed network of more than 24 million acceptance locations around the world and, in many cases, guarantees payment through its system. (It does not, however, issue cards, set annual fees, determine annual percentage rates on cards, or solicit merchants to accept cards. MasterCard’s customers, a myriad of financial institutions worldwide, manage the relationships with their cardholders and with merchants.)

Processor: MasterCard’s streamlined and intelligent approach to processing enables efficient commerce on a global scale. It is based on an agile network, one of the largest VPNs in the world, which offers unparalleled speed, integration, and reliability. MasterCard helps banks and merchants grow by enabling rapid adoption of new ways to pay and offering customized solutions that deliver value through technology.

MasterCard WorldWide is a driving force at the heart of commerce, enabling global transactions and bringing insight into the payments process to make commerce faster, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. As a critical link among financial institutions and millions of businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide, MasterCard provides services in more than 210 countries and territories.

Advisor: MasterCard provides industryleading insight and solutions that advance commerce by making the payment process faster, more seamless, more secure and more valuable to everyone involved. Using sophisticated processing and data-mining capabilities, for example, MasterCard tracks consumer behaviour and buying trends around the globe and provides that insight to its customers. Through MasterCard Advisors, the largest and only global consultancy focused on the payments industry, the company provides strategic and operational solutions covering the payments process from end to end.

At the core of the company’s business strategy is a unique and laser-sharp focus on its customers. The company’s customer teams provide a single point of contact for activities across the globe and a truly unified partnership for mutual success that sets MasterCard apart from the competition.

MasterCard is an advocate for its customers’ businesses, committed to driving value for their enterprises. As it looks to the future, MasterCard is committed not only to continuing to deliver value to its customers and other stakeholders, but also to promoting the advantages of electronic payments, accelerating the displacement of cash and checks, and advancing commerce across the globe.

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A few facts about women in science & technology The science and technology sector is vital in our knowledge economy, producing a revenue of more than 963.5 billion euros in Europe. That’s why it is essential that the sector continues to attract new talent to grow and develop.

Women, who represent 60% of university graduates, are a reservoir of talent for science, technology and innovation. However, very few choose to study science and technology.

The activity rate of women continues to grow while that of men starts to stagnate, so if women were to choose these subjects making careers in these fields, the results in terms of economic growth would be enough to sustain our standard of living.

Gender stereotypes in the disciplines as well as in jobs prevent the mindsets of students, parents and even teachers from changing.

Teenage girls are influenced by their mothers and teachers, who perhaps do not understand ICT or its related jobs. Girls tend to choose subjects such as Latin, Greek or modern languages but not sciences because in their eyes, these subjects are for “geeks” or the more introvert students. Young girls don’t want to work in a male-dominated environment where they think they will not be able to find their place. They are also influenced by certain female role models that perhaps push them towards choosing careers in “health care” instead of opting for a scientific career. The representation that women have jobs in Science&Technology is far from ideal.

Why are we suddenly so interested in an issue that has existed for years?

• For some years young people have shunned the sciences. In 1995 in Europe, 40% of secondary school students went on to study sciences at university, compared to only 26% in 2004.

• To be more competitive, Europe set an objective to increase its scientific and technological potential by 700,000 people by 2015.

• The West is not making the most of the pool of talented women despite the fact that women represent more than 60% of university graduates! Many women tend to veer towards human sciences or towards scientific subjects that are directly linked to humans or nature such as medicine or biology.

Figures from the industrial or technical higher education are similarly alarming. Whether it’s in the long or short cycle, more than 90% of students in technology are male.

More than 35% of women in computer science do not want to make a career in this field, which radically reduces the number of women in technology available to work in companies.

In 2004, in the European Union there were only 28% of women in research. This figure included 50% of researchers in medical sciences, 30% in natural sciences and 22% in engineering and technology.

• Because of fresh concerns about replacement rates in the sciences following the mass exodus to retirement.

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When it comes to careers, the number of women at “the top” is increasing but it still remains extremely low. As elsewhere in an organisation, the higher we go up the hierarchy the more scarce women become.

The situation of women in research, public or private, is positively evolving and it is important that education continues to reinforce this message. In just a few years the number of female researchers in private and public research has doubled. The presence of women in science and technology careers is increasing proportionately more rapidly than that of men, but still it’s too slow to ensure adequate diversity within teams or to respond to the needs of those companies looking to recruit women trained in science and technology.

In Europe the situation of women in managerial positions in science and technology remains low with only 5.8% of women compared to 11.3% of women in natural sciences, 15.6% in medical sciences, 16.6% in social sciences and 23.9% in human sciences.

Europe desperately needs more scientists to achieve its objective of becoming a more competitive knowledge economy in the world (Objective of the Lisbon Treaty 2010). So, how can we continue to ignore half of the talent?

“Teenage girls are influenced by their mothers and teachers, who perhaps do not understand ICT or its related jobs.

Young girls don’t want to work in a male-dominated environment where they think they will not be able to find their place.”

Isabella Lenarduzzi

Founder and Director of JUMP “Empowering Women, Advancing the Economy”

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Develop and expand your management expertise ESCP Europe Business School Berlin is a scientific business school and a state-recognised academic institution at the university level fully accredited by German law. It is part of ESCP Europe: a transnational business school of higher education with further campuses in Paris, London, Madrid and Turin. And by the way: Only 1% of the world’s business schools are triple accredited and have earned the ‘Triple Crown’: ESCP Europe is one of them.

In Berlin ESCP Europe offers two Master programmes: Join the Global No. 1 Master in Management Programme The ESCP Europe Master in Management is a unique three-country programme tailor-made for ambitious graduates. Within this unique international programme you will develop the key skills to become a successful manager−at home in diverse cultures and business environments. The quality of our programmes is widely recognised: our Master in Management has been ranked No. 1 worldwide by the Financial Times in 2010.

Management master for graduates of all disciplines The ESCP Europe Master in European Business is a full time one-year programme in management. Its structure has a truly international dimension, because it includes two semesters of studies in two different countries. The participants have the choice of studying on the five ESCP Europe campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid or Turin or at the three partner institutions:

MDI in Gurgaon (India), Tec in Monterrey (Mexico) and AIT in Bangkok (Thailand). The curriculum focuses on providing a practical hands-on approach. Participants undertake company consultancy projects in diverse groups and an individual internship to gain transferable skills for the workplace.

Come to Berlin Berlin is the largest city in the country, and with 3.4 million citizens, it is the second most populous city in the entire European Union. It serves as one of the most influential centres in European politics, culture and science, and therefore makes a great study abroad destination for anyone interested in virtually any field of study. Berlin is also a key European city for higher education and research. All this adds up to an internationally diverse city with a fascinating history and an exciting present.

With more universities than any city in Europe, Berlin is truly one of the world’s greatest locations in which to study abroad.

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Why an international career?

“Having been living abroad in a multi-cultural world for the last two years, I am addicted to the idea of having an international career. There are so many good opportunities available out there if you are willing to take that risk and leave your home country. I am and I did and I have no regrets. ” Andrea,25, Italy Research assistant

“Working in an international team is extremely enriching. I like the idea of escaping from France for a while and working in a different environment. I would love to work in Eastern Europe.”

“I love working with a mixture of people from all over the world. It’s really enjoyable to watch how they react to problems and provide solutions all based on their personal backgrounds and cultures. ” Anna, 25, Poland Maths student

Jérémy, 24, France Finance graduate

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“One of the most enriching parts of life is meeting new people and having access to new opinions, ideas, cultures and languages. I want this kind of life through my professional endeavors. In a few years, I hope to be working in a cosmopolitan city anywhere in the world.”

“It is so important to leave your home country and work abroad, in order to develop both personally and professionally. Although I love France, I will definitely work abroad for a few years.”

Tanya, 24, Bulgaria Finance graduate

Romain, 26, France works in logistics

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Company Profile: Beiersdorf AG

DO YOU KNOW NIVEA, EUCERIN OR LA PRAIRIE?

For more information please visit www.beiersdorf.com/career

BEYOND BORDERS – Beiersdorf’s international graduate trainee program BEYOND BORDERS is our 18-month graduate trainee program, which offers you a perfect stepping stone into an international career.

Start your career by engaging in one of the following BEYOND BORDERS programs: • Finance & Controlling • Supply Chain Management • Marketing & Sales • Human Resources Each program consists of dedicated assignments within your chosen specialization plus an additional placement in an area of your own choice. Cross functional know-how is important to us, that’s why we like our graduate trainees to get to know the perspective of neighboring departments: as a Finance trainee you might want to spend time in the brand management of one of our international brands or as a Marketing trainee you might want to learn more about Supply Chain management for a couple of weeks.

These are a few examples from Beiersdorf’s portfolio of leading skin care brands. To maintain our exceptional growth we are looking for people who are passionate about what they do and eager to challenge our status quo. Join our graduate trainee program BEYOND BORDERS and start your career in the international world of a market leader.

To prepare you for an international career you will also spend five to six-month overseas in one of our more than 150 group companies.

Both your experiences in our headquarters in Hamburg, Germany and a country’s perspective on the market will deepen your understanding of the business and add to your internationality.

From the very beginning, you will take on responsibility for your own projects and will be involved in challenging daily work. But BEYOND BORDERS advances not only your professional skills: A number of workshops and seminars are dedicated to improve your personal and management skills. Additionally, you will receive regular feedback throughout the program and will be able to call upon the support of your own personal mentor – an experienced senior manager.

Your career starts here Your career starts here: at one of the world’s most attractive skin care companies.

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Careers Engineering International Excellence Brussels, 13–14 May 2011 aPPLY BeFOre 20 marcH The Engineering Excellence Event connects engineering graduates or professionals (in chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, mechanical or software engineering) with leading global companies looking to tackle tomorrow’s world challenges. We’ll help you seize the right opportunity and meet employers face to face at this invitationonly event. Apply now. It’s your chance to fix your own horizons and take your first step to a top-flight exciting career.

LIfE Is A journEy. sTArT yours on www.careersinTernaTiOnaL.cOm Participating companies in 2010 and/or 2011:

Company Profile: Nestlé

Ready to Join the World’s Nutrition, Health & Wellness Company ?

For more information please visit www.careers.nestle.com

As a multinational company – present in more than 80 countries with over 278,000 employees – Nestlé is able to gain from obvious global benefits. Although we are a Swiss company, less than 2% of our sales are generated in Switzerland. Today, 1,800 employees from more than 70 nationalities work at our international headquarters in Switzerland.

These people define and coordinate the Group’s strategy and provide advice and support to all Nestlé companies worldwide.

But the majority of our employees work in our markets around the world – where a large part of the real action is.

A Global Company with Local Roots Food is a local business, based on local cultures, tastes and habits. It is vital today to stay close to consumers around the world, and to develop relevant, added-value products to meet their specific needs. Therefore, you’ll get a different taste of Nestlé in each of the countries where we sell products. Nestlé’s decentralized organization can offer you the advantages of working in smaller, local businesses within the solid, secure framework of a multinational company with over 140 years of experience and success. Our commitment to quality products, strong brands and solid human values is a guarantee of our sustained success.

A Company on the Move We are also a company on the move – determined to maintain our leadership, to keep growing and to participate in the evolution of society all over the world. We are constantly

With sales of CHF 107.6 billion in 2009, Nestlé is the world’s foremost Nutrition, Health & Wellness Company, committed to serving consumers all over the world. Our focus on responsible nutrition and promoting health and wellness is a core value, emphasizing responsibility and sustainability. innovating and renovating our products with cutting-edge research to meet the everchanging needs of our consumers. Nestlé seeks to earn consumer’s confidence and preference and to not only follow, but also anticipate consumer trends, creating and responding to demand for its products.

So we need ambitious, talented and determined individuals who are eager to roll-up their sleeves and tackle new challenges hands-on. The diversity of our brands and products translates into hundreds of interesting and attractive assignments, worldwide projects, and initiatives within our global network of companies, factories, R&D centres and joint ventures. We guarantee you a varied job with international exposure right from the start. As part of Nestlé’s commitment to continuous career development, our employees receive frequent on-the-job training and the possibility to attend courses at the Nestlé International Training Centre in Rive-Reine, Switzerland. Ad hoc assignments to respond to complex problems on a multimarket, multi-discipline basis provide our employees with opportunities to develop their skills in challenging projects.

Do you have what it takes?

We are proud of rich diversity. At Nestlé, a person’s passport, ethnic or national origin plays no role. What counts are professional skills, personality and strength of character.

We expect you to be dynamic, pragmatic, a team player, a person of integrity, and an achiever.

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13 années d'expérience au service des candidats font la différence

Company Profile: Procter & Gamble

For more information please visit www.pgcareers.com

P&G employs approximately 135,000 people globally. About a quarter of our employees work in 17 countries in Western Europe.

We are looking for talented people who are passionate about innovating and resolute about winning and improving the lives of consumers worldwide. We truly believe in the diversity of our people, representing more than 140 nationalities working in Western Europe.

We want you to be an accomplished innovator with insatiable curiosity. We’ll give you total freedom to pull together existing know-how and redefine it to create breakthrough solutions to improve the lives of consumers worldwide. We want you to become adept at decision-making and to convert your ideas into action. Perfecting your leadership skills ranks among our top priorities: leadership means developing your capabilities and helping others to develop theirs. We’ll help you expand your capacity for new learning and sharpen your talent for getting the best out of a diverse team. By working on any of our well-known brands (including our newly acquired GilletteBraun products), you will enjoy the diversity and excitement that only a multinational company can offer. At P&G, you will never stop learning and developing.

Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world.

The company has one of the largest and strongest portfolios of trusted, quality brands, including Pampers®, Ariel®, Always®, Pantene®, Herbal Essences,® Fairy®, Ace®, Lenor®, M. Proper®, Tampax®, Dash®, Pringles®, Actonel®, Iams®, Eukanuba®, Gillette/Braun and Wella and more.

Finally, on a fast-moving market, we expect each one of us to embrace change and act proactively towards it. This requires from us great attention to both internal and external trends, always connecting authentically to our stakeholders and with each other. With the end result in mind, our people behave as owner of their part of the business.

Opportunities Your Career in P&G can start in any of our different Business Functions: from Marketing and Customer Business Development (our innovative sales organization) to the technical roles around our supply chain (Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics or Purchasing); from our world-class Research Centres, to Finance (F&A), Information Technology (IDS), Market Research (CMK) or Human Resources.

Websites: www.pgcareers.com www.facebook.com/pgcareers

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Company Profile: Redcats An international e-tailer for fashion and home decoration An e-commerce leader With 65 e-commerce websites, Redcats made 1.6 billion Euros of its 2009 sales through the internet.

Each month, 45 million unique visitors browse our websites, making Redcats n°3 in Home Shopping in fashion and home furnishing worldwide.

For more information please visit www.redcats.com/talents

Renewal is at the heart of our company to offer services that meet our customers’ expectations. We develop social interactivity with mobile shopping.

Today, 80% of our products are available via iPhone applications. We participate in the fashion future inventing innovative services: Pix&Find allows finding any La Redoute product seen in the catalogue or elsewhere (magazines, posters, etc.) by taking its picture; Playviz, an augmented reality application, gives you the opportunity to virtually furnish your home with La Redoute decorating products.

our group’s strategy. We develop a highly personalized approach for the development of our future leaders with individual development plans and panels of solutions in training and mobility in order to meet the individual ambitions of each of our employees.

An international and multibrand organization Redcats’ 15 brands specializes in Fashion and Home decoration sold in 31 countries with 15,000 employees based in 21 countries.

Redcats manages a portfolio of brands on three continents. In addition to its strong commercial presence in Europe and the United States, Redcats has seven buying offices on the Asian continent and in Brazil.

In Europe, Redcats makes 66.4% of sales with La Redoute, Cyrillus, Vertbaudet, Somewhere, Daxon, and Ellos. Redcats USA represents 33.6% of Redcats’ total sales with Avenue, Jessica London, Woman Within, Roaman’s, KingSize, BrylaneHome, OneStopPlus.com, The Sportsman’s Guide and The Golf Warehouse.

An innovative employer The Redcats dynamic gives opportunities to take a new look at a world in perpetual change.

The Digital Revolution is constantly challenging the boundaries of customer satisfaction, as are our fashion and home decoration products combined with passionate teams driving e-commerce. We know that our human capital holds the keys to success in the challenges of

A responsible company Corporate social responsibility is implemented in a spirit of continuous improvement by Redcats, which has stepped up its efforts in recent years. Some achievements: • 1 in 5 products is made of organic or environmentally innovative materials for our brand Somewhere; • 55 responsible products listed at Vertbaudet; • 50% increase in ready-to-wear and home linen items made from organic fabrics at La Redoute and Cyrillus; • coming together of employees in SolidarCité Redcats to support social and professional integration.

Opportunities We are looking for bold entrepreneurial and enthusiastic employees for positions at the core of our competitiveness: e-shop manager, web designer, fashion designer, brand manager, buyer, store manager, product manager, merchandiser in a sourcing office, communication manager, financial controller, marketing manager, copywriter, logistics project manager …

Job applications: You can find further information about our jobs on: www.redcats. com/talents

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Adopt a different perspective Did you know that talent was more important than capital, strategy, or even Research & Development? Were you aware that this demand would grow over the next twenty years making talent the most important corporate resource in the world? By Méabh McMahon

The revelation was concluded by the international management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company and although it is great news for graduates, it is quite the concern for recruiters. Meet Sharon MacBeath – the Scotswoman, who has been working in HR for years is a regular opponent in this ‘war for talent’ but the likeable business woman is more than happy to share some secrets with young graduates about how they should make the most of this fact.

Over an informal chat at the Careers International fair in Brussels, she advises all young graduates to embrace their brilliance when it comes to job hunting and fight those butterflies away.

“Be yourself”, Sharon begins,“ there is absolutely no reason to be nervous before a job interview or in any process of job hunting”.

The Glaswegian, who currently works as the Senior Vice-President for Corporate Human Resources for the international Fashion, Lifestyle and Home Furnishing leader, Redcats says how despite the fact that the company had 14 105 employees at the end of last year, they are constantly crying out for bright, young graduates.

Redcats is based in over 31 different countries around the world. It currently manages over 70 merchant websites and calculates about 26 million active customers a year. That is why Sharon is a strong advocate of international careers. She even has one herself.

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“I always dreamt of living in Paris”, she confesses, “I wanted an exciting, international job”. And sure enough, the entrepreneur moved to the capital of France back in 1991 and is yet to go back to the Scottish lowlands.

Although she thoroughly enjoyed growing up in the city famous for fried mars bars, the HR expert was seduced by Paris and its people.

When she arrived twenty years ago, she did so as a graduate in Psychology Management.

While she juggled a job in HR at Mc Donalds, she picked up a master in Human Resources from La Sorbonne University and then an MBA at the international graduate business school and research institution. She proceeded to found the EMDS Consulting company in 1995 before being headhunted by Rexam Beauty & Pharma to take on an exciting position as HR director.

“But why should we strive for international careers?” I ask. “Should we not just stay locally and work locally?”, I provoke. “No way”, beams Sharon. “An international career can be one of the most enriching experiences in the world”, she says with an endearing Scottish accent. “And the most fascinating thing is that the challenges for companies are the same.

Whether you are in Edinburgh or Ecuador, the problems are the same. The difference is how companies go about dealing with these problems”. Sharon comes across as a strong believer in diversity and multiculturalism in the workplace. “Adopt a different perspective”, she says. “Be open-minded”.

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Since 2005, Sharon has been working as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources reporting to the CEO. As head of HR, not only does she have to assist and advice company managers about HR issues and ensure the personal ongoing development of employees but also she has to constantly recruit what she calls in her words, ‘fresh blood’.

thousands managers from 77 companies put their heads together to come up with the conclusion that companies needed ‘smart, sophisticated young business graduates, who are technologically literate, globally astute and operationally agile’, just like the bright young graduates attending the International careers fair in Brussels that afternoon.

“But how can we get ‘sucked up’ by a desirable international company like Redcats”, I ask on behalf of all the young, bright graduates in the room. “Be confident and be clear”, Sharon says. Express your goals clearly. “It is less about what you know”, she warns. “Just be curious and interested”.

Every so often, Sharon bursts into fluent French to greet some acquaintances and ex-colleagues. Although she loves her job, she stresses the importance of juggling both ‘work and play’ and says that nothing makes her happier than spending some time with her little daughter. Sometimes on the weekend, she goes ski-ing or golfing and when she has time, to a contemporary dance show in Paris.

As I bid farewell to the Celtic lady with the Parisian mannerisms, I think about the amazing futures that the 300 odd graduates in the room could have, ‘the fresh blood’ that Sharon offered some tips to - the crème de la crème of international talent. McKinsey & Company indirectly referred to this group of graduates when compiling their report last year about the ‘war for talent’. Over six

“Be yourself. There is absolutely no reason to be nervous before a job interview or in any process of job hunting.”

Sharon MacBeath

Senior Vice-President for Corporate Human Resources, Redcats

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Any MBA equips you to

think it.

A Lancaster MBA qualifies you to

do it.

UK-based one year Full-time or two year Executive MBA. The Lancaster MBA. Find out more at www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/mba

International triple accreditation

Now is the time to invest in business knowledge, to develop management techniques and to widen your global understanding. Change, challenge and uncertainty in the business environment call for people who are confident in the spotlight, assured of their knowledge and considered in action.

Why an MBA? Get the knowledge: An MBA is the programme of choice for managers who aim to enhance their skills and develop understanding of a broad range of business disciplines.

It covers the core elements of business, such as operations, finance, marketing and strategy. You will become conversant and effective in the main areas and an expert in your chosen fields. You will be a valued member of an organisation because you have a wide spectrum of knowledge.

Be confident: The MBA has the potential to be life-changing in a career perspective and on a personal level. It tests you to the limit. Find new confidence in your own abilities and the excitement of being able to work across disciplines and with diverse teams. Even in the most provocative of situations, you will have the tools to complete the job.

Get the skills: The MBA is another year of work. You may have the designation of student, but the work you will do is as time-consuming and throws up similar challenges to any managerial role. You’ll be a self-starter, team worker, negotiator, change manager, project manager and counsellor – all skills that will be essential for your post-MBA career.

Organisations seeking MBAs know that they are hiring people who join with highly developed, business critical skills.

Be in demand: You will have the advantage of being perceived as one who has demonstrated the self-confidence to make the investment in yourself, or, if you are sponsored by your organisation, as someone who has already been recommended for top tier investment.

A strong combination of background, MBA and career target will set you on a winning track.

Students with their New Venture Challenge client

Why the Lancaster MBA? Think it: Mindful management, the ethos of the Lancaster MBA, spans collaboration, reflection and mindfulness.

Through critical thinking on the impact of self on business, social and political events, students challenge their own assumptions and behaviours and those of others. It is a rare opportunity, one that in today’s busy world is frequently put aside for things that seem more important.

But in an age when the impact of each individual on the stability of society and environment is widely acknowledged, developing reflective skills for personal effectiveness has never been more apposite.

The Lancaster MBA. Think it, do it. http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/mba

Do it: All Lancaster MBA programmes incorporate the opportunity to integrate learning with doing.

Graduates engage the work environment having experienced up to three opportunities to work with organisations to use the knowledge they have gained.

This means they have not only ideas and theories about what to do, but also know what actually happens when they are applied. They have the business models and the skills to adapt to real situations. Subsequently they’ll be employed not as junior recruits, but as established MBA managers.

Candidates’ Voices: Shiraz The immaculately dressed investment banker only graduated from ICHEC Business School (Brussels) a few months ago, but his business case is already packed and he is ready to work in some of the most prestigious financial centres in the world, namely in NyLonKong. By Méabh McMahon

Ever heard of NyLonKong? The concept came about a few years ago when the American news magazine TIME started to use it. In the words of TIME, the expression refers to the creators of the world we live in - New York, London and Hong Kong.

Over in Belgium, there is a 25-year-old man called Shiraz who is on the exact same wavelength as TIME magazine. He talks about NyLonKong with remarkable enthusiasm. The immaculately dressed investment banker only graduated from ICHEC Business School (Brussels) a few months ago, but his business case is already packed and he is ready to work in some of the most prestigious financial centres in the world, namely in NyLonKong.

“My dream is to work in a big office at the top of a high rise building as one of the top executives of a huge, international company like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs”, he begins. Obviously unalarmed by the amount work such a high profile job would bring, Shiraz says, “Sure I love stress, pressure and deadlines”.

The financial expert oozes confidence and talks about the euro sovereign debt crisis with the knowledge you would expect from the business editor of a financial news desk.

“The future of the euro looks gloomy”, he says before chattering vivaciously about the Eurobond market and about the uncertainty of Belgium’s investment climate.

Shiraz believes that in order to succeed you must carry confidence. “You just have to show that you know what you are talking about”, he says, “then everything will be alright”, he finishes with an almost Bob Marley wink! But the young graduate does seem to know what he is talking about. Where did he pick up all that knowledge?

“I love Maths”, he says chuckling, “I must have a head for numbers”. He certainly does. The young Belgian with Asian roots was brought up in the coastal Flemish city of Ostend. When he was in

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secondary school, he spent 15 hours a week studying applied science and maths, something that made him realise that he was destined to study business engineering. He did just that and even incorporated one year of Erasmus into the equation and took off to neighbouring country Netherlands.

“I love travelling too”, he says before talking in depth about his frequent trips around Europe, Eastern Europe, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Today, the aspiring Richard Branson works in the international quarter of Brussels for the global financial services company, the Bank of New York Mellon. His day starts at about 8.30am and is spent dealing with clients from all over the world. The most important aspect for him is contact with clients and understanding their needs. At the end of the day, Shiraz enjoys kicking some ball with his friends or rubbing shoulders with other international high flyers over a drink on the famous Place Luxembourg in Brussels.

Unlike most financial hotshots, Shiraz is not driven by money. “I am driven by knowledge”, he insists, “by learning new things”. “I am really excited about my international future”, he says, “bring it on!”

“My dream is to work in a big office at the top of a high rise building as one of the top executives of a huge, international company.”

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Give your career a new shape.

Our passion for the very best in technology, quality and service is at the heart of our commitment to you wherever you are in the world.

Bridgestone wants to inspire and move you.

Bridgestone Europe is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of tyres and rubber products.

Bridgestone Corporation is a truly global company, selling products in more than 150 countries and employing over 130,000 employees across the globe. We have become the market leader in our industry, steadily growing and enhancing our corporate reputation as a true world number one.

In Europe +13.000 employees strengthen and increase Bridgestone’s position and market share. The European headquarters is located near Brussels (Belgium) and employs over 300 people covering more than 30 different nationalities.

Joining Bridgestone Europe means joining a passionate, multicultural team at the centre of our European operations that is shaping the future of our business. Our people are dedicated to serve society through superior quality and take pride in contributing to road safety as well as environment conservation.

www.bridgestone.eu www.bridgestone.com/jobs

The diversity of Bridgestone’s operations, our long-term focus, passion for excellence and investments in technology and innovation combine to create unparalleled career opportunities in an environment where people can grow, develop and learn.

Whether you are passionate about developing an international career or looking to specialize into a chosen field, we believe that Bridgestone Europe may well be your answer!

Want to know more?

We realize that a career choice is one of the most important decisions one can make. So take the time to learn about our company and its challenging opportunities at www.bridgestone.eu or www.bridgestone.com/jobs. Should you at any time require further information, do not hesitate to contact our HR department. They will be happy to help and inform you! To apply, send your CV and motivation to recruitment@bridgestone.eu.

Company Profile: Bridgestone Who are we ?

For more information please visit http://careers.bridgestone.eu/

In Europe, 13 000 plus employees strengthen and increase Bridgestone’s position and market share. The European headquarters is located near Brussels (Belgium) and employs over 300 people covering more than 30 different nationalities.

Joining Bridgestone Europe means … … joining a passionate, multicultural team at the centre of our European operations ! Our people are dedicated to serve society through superior quality and take pride in contributing to road safety as well as environment conservation.

Our long-term focus, our investments in technology & innovation, and our passion for excellence combine to create unparalleled career opportunities in an environment where people can grow, develop and learn.

We are proud of our people !

Because they are a vital part of our success, growth, and leadership position !

Recruitment & On boarding Needless to say we attach great importance to recruitment ! Our HR team is committed to guide you through a smooth, efficient recruitment process and will transparently provide you with all necessary information.

Our on boarding program comprises numerous activities, such as induction trainings, technical trainings, regular meetings and a buddy program.

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Bridgestone Europe is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of tyres and rubber products.

Bridgestone Corporation is a truly global company, selling products in more than 150 countries and employing over 130 000 employees across the globe. We have become the market leader in our industry, steadily growing and enhancing our corporate reputation as a true world number one.

Fast Facts Activity: Automotive, tyre manufacturing Turnover Europe: € 3,2 bn Number of employees in Belgium: 600 Number of employees worldwide: + 130 000 National office locations: Zaventem (2), Mechelen (1), Zeebrugge (1), Liège (1) Worldwide office locations: + 150 Qualifications: Master degree in Sales & Marketing, Finance, IT, Logistics, Engineering, Business & Economics, Production Planning, Legal, HR. Proposed functions: all functions Languages: English Apply Now To apply, simply send your CV and brief motivation via e-mail to: recruitment@bridgestone.eu We follow a strict confidentiality policy.

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Company Profile: Cargill

For more information please visit www.cargill.com

We serve customers in many different industries including crop, livestock, food, health, industrial and financial sectors.

We add value to each step of the food chain and the customers we supply are some of the most respected in their industry.

Although our global presence is broad and our business very diverse, we share the same foundation. Cargill employees are committed to deliver distinctive value for our customers through: innovation, high performance and customer focus.

Achieving distinctive value requires not only knowledge for execution but specific behaviours.

In Cargill our business is conducted in an ethical and moral manner in every country and region where we are privileged to do business in.

Our purpose is to be the global leader in nourishing people.

Our mission is to create distinctive value.

Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With more than 131,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed.

Work opportunities At Cargill, thousands of employees around the globe are building successful careers while contributing to our vision of being the global leader in nourishing people.

At Cargill, you will get a challenging role from day one and you will be accountable for your area of responsibility. You will get opportunities to network with your international colleagues and your career and personal development will be our goal.

Cargill is searching for talented employees, recent graduates from University or employees with less than 2 years of work experience. Fluent English is required as well as the willingness to develop an international career in one of the many different functions (finance, operations, commercial‌) In the world, each day, many Cargill employees are proud of influencing every-day experiences of millions of people.

For more information, please visit www.cargill.com

Our approach is to be trustworthy, creative and enterprising.

Last year, Cargill raised 107 billion US dollars in revenue.

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You have to be globally aware Frank Rutten currently coordinates Cargill’s two-year European Graduate Program. He goes face-to-face with young graduates all over Europe for training sessions and events. Sessions take place in locations like Mechelen, Barcelona or Geneva and provide young graduates with soft skills in communication, global mind-set & cultural awareness and problem solving & decision making.

By Méabh McMahon

On the west coast of Africa surrounded by Ghana, Mali and Liberia is the Ivory Coast.

Although it is just one country, since recent Presidential elections, it now claims to have two Presidents and two governments.

Frank Rutten and his colleagues are astutely aware of this political deadlock. The tall, charismatic businessman is the European Graduate Recruitment Coordinator for the international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, ‘Cargill’.

Although he is based in an office over seven thousand kilometers away from the turmoil, Rutten talks about the political unrest and the violence in West Africa as if it was happening in his own backyard. “This is what it means to have an international career”, he says, “this is why you have to be globally aware”. Although something might happen thousands of miles away, he and his colleagues are directly affected. The thing is, the Republic of Côte D’Ivoire produces approximately 40% of the world’s raw cocoa and Frank Rutten’s employer Cargill has been operating there since 1997.

“When we munch on a delicious piece of chocolate, nobody ever wonders about the supply chain that actually converts the cocoa beans into the tasty treats”, says Rutten before talking enthusiastically about a career with Cargill. “Most young graduates have never heard of Cargill”, he regrets, “but once I ask them if they have ever put Labello on their lips, they just smile”. The thing is, Cargill is a main

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provider of cocoa butter found in products like Labello. He admits that Cargill is not a product that you could visualize on the supermarket shelves but “it is there”, he says before proceeding to launch into a fascinating lecture about the whole food supply chain. “Cargill is also present in McDonald´s restaurants all over the world”, he says.

Frank Rutten wasn’t always so knowledgeable about world trade and sustainable development. He is a business and economics graduate who backpacked around the world for a while and worked at a few different companies before landing the post in HR with Cargill. He tells me this so that young graduates in the same situation can feel at ease. The thing is, when Frank Rutten reached the tender age of 30, he was working for a recruitment agency in his native Amsterdam but feeling that the focus was too much on quantity instead of quality for his liking, he filled his waterproof rucksack and took off to South Africa for a few months. The eyeopening adventure made him realise that his heart was with talent and he wanted to work in Human Resources.

When he came back home, the financial crisis was showing its ugliest side yet, but Rutten was very lucky and walked into the Cargill graduate recruitment programme. “Everyone needs to eat”, he laughs, “we all need our sugar, salt and bread”. As Cargill is involved in the processing of all these products, the Dutchman was not affected by the financial crisis and secured a full-time job with the American multi-national.

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Now he dedicates his time to hunting bright young sparks like himself. “I am constantly on the look out for youngsters with leadership potential”, he begins. “Analytical skills are also very useful”. Although Cargill is a pragmatic company, Rutten insists that it can be useful to be qualified to Masters level in order to be ensured of a future with Cargill. “Depending on the PHD, it can also be of value for Cargill”.

Frank Rutten currently coordinates Cargill’s two-year European Graduate Program. He goes face-to-face with young graduates all over Europe for training sessions and events.

The more he describes it, the more attractive it sounds. Sessions take place in locations like Mechelen, Barcelona or Geneva and provide young graduates with soft skills in communication, global mind-set & cultural awareness and problem solving & decision making.

Every so often he alludes to the general working environment at Cargill, the vast number of nationalities involved and the daily interaction between comrades from all over the world. The thing is, in terms of revenue, Cargill is the largest privately held company in the US. Last year, Cargill raised a whopping 107 billion US dollars in revenue. The family business that was founded in 1865 is a catch for many young graduates looking for a diverse, international career. It is involved in numerous areas like trading, processing and distributing grains, trading in energy, steel and transport, the manufacture and sale of livestock and feed and the production of many food ingredients. It even has a large financial arm that manages financial risks in the markets.

In his free time, Frank Rutten loves playing sports like hockey and soccer and escapes to the ski-slopes when he can. But his eye never seems to leave the ball. He is socially aware and in touch with his role of European Graduate Recruitment Coordinator and the role that Cargill plays on the world stage.

“You need to have guts”, he says before getting up to leave. “Be assertive, be pro-active, be yourself and ask questions”. That’s what Cargill looks for in graduates. And if I say so myself, savour that chocolate bar the next time you indulge and think about the process it went through to be made as since the political turmoil began in the Ivory Coast, there has been a ban on cocoa exports from the country and many are concerned about a chocolate shortage. So make sure you are aware of that if you decide to have coffee with Frank Rutten.

Then you can look forward to an exciting job in Cargill and having a daily impact on the world.

“I am constantly on the look out for youngsters with leadership potential”

Frank Rutten

European Graduate Recruitment Coordinator, Cargill

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Company Profile: Sappi Fine Paper

An international e-tailer for fashion and home Then it’s time to put them on paper again.

For more information please visit www.sappi.com/JobsAtSappiInEurope

At Sappi Fine Paper Europe, we still possess that quality. We want to continue to live our dreams and, in doing so, enhance our position as the world’s leading producer of coated fine paper.

To make all this come true, we need people who still have the ability to dream and share our key employment values: integrity and trust, freedom with responsibility, courage to explore new avenues and personal development.

If these are qualities you recognize in yourself, it is quite possible that you are the person we are looking for!

Sappi Fine Paper Europe is a division of Sappi Limited, a global leader in pulp and paper, with manufacturing sites on four continents and sales offices around the globe.

Remember what your dreams were made of? A child dreams of the future without limits or restraints. A quality many of us lose when we grow up, get educated, go to work.

Our team in Europe consists of approximately 7,000 people. The head office is located in Brussels, our mills are situated in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and we have seventeen sales offices all around Europe.

Our products and services are used for commercial printing and publishing, corporate communications and speciality packaging.

At Sappi Fine Paper Europe, we offer challenging careers orientated towards a rewarding and sustainable future.

Interested in joining us? Have a look at www.sappi.com/JobsAtSappiInEurope where you find an overview of all our locations including contact details, vacancies and the possibility to apply.

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Candidates’ Voices: Vanessa Renowned for its history and culture, its name in English translates to ‘southern capital’.

The second biggest commercial centre in East China after Shanghai, it is currently one of the most important cities in China. It is the home to over 5 million people. One of them is a bright young business professional that goes by the name of Vanessa. Over 25 years ago, she was born there, in Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu province.By Méabh McMahon

Today Vanessa lives and works in the capital of France. Unfazed by the fact that she is over 8000 kilometers from home, she refers constantly to her lifelong dream of having an international career. “I always knew I would come to Europe”, she insists, “so when I was 22, I packed my suitcase and left my hometown”. Vanessa’s ultimate aim is to set up her own business, but for the moment, she is concentrating on building up her contacts and experience and in her words ‘diversifying her background’.

Although Vanessa has a business head on her shoulders, she is fascinated by European culture and history. When she has some free time, she thoroughly enjoys traveling and has already been all over the continent thanks to low cost airlines and the Schengen agreement. Thanks to the border-less zone, politically known as the Schengen Area, she can travel to 25 different EU countries without even having to show her visa. ‘I adore Europe’, she assures before mentioning the variety of diverse things that can be seen and done here.

Along with her love for Europe is a love for modern European languages. One would think mastering fluent English would be hard enough for a Chinese native but Vanessa loves languages so much that she even speaks fluent French. She spent two years in the 6th biggest city in France in Nantes studying a Masters in Purchasing and Logistics. During that period, she even found herself perfecting her English skills in Washington when she was enrolled at the American university on the International Trade and Business programme for one semester.

Immediately after graduating from the Audencia Nantes School of Management, Vanessa was offered an internship in Brussels with the multinational cooperation Proctor & Gamble. As a strategic purchasing intern, she cooperated with a global team on a new initiative that would bring over 4 million US dollars in savings to the Asian market. Even though her Brussels experience lasted only three months, Vanessa fell in love with

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the city and its people. “People in Brussels are so diverse and they speak so many languages”, she says. “I felt so comfortable there”. One of the highlights for Vanessa while she was interning at P&G was taking part in a 100-kilometre walk for charity. With only 24 hours to finish it, Vanessa did it and felt greatly inspired afterwards.

With no plans to return back home, a driven Vanessa now lives and works in Paris as an employee of the global leader of healthy food and beverages Danone. As a source and supplier developer, the economics graduate spends her working day sourcing, selecting and organising information and data about the fruit market. Along with her team, her role is to develop market risk management strategies for fruits. Although she loves her job, Vanessa also makes the most of her weekends to explore the city.“ That’s the best thing about living abroad”, she says and thanks to the French governments subsidies on cultural visits, she spends her Sunday mornings investigating cultural landmarks like the Louvre and the Georges Pompidou Centre.

Just like anyone who lives away from home, Vanessa misses her mum’s cooking especially Beijing roasted duck and dumplings. She also misses cloths shopping in China finding European prices unjustifiably high. But the young professional is so ambitious and curious to discover new things and new people that she is happy enough to leave her life back home in China to climb up the professional ladder here in Europe. She hopes her international career will take her all over the world and see her constantly employed by big corporations like Danone, P&G, Cargill or Nestlé.

So, while her friends back home in Nanjing are green with envy, a brave Vanessa braces herself for a long, exciting career in a role where she hopes to have ‘a very positive influence on the daily lives of the people’. She has no crystal ball that will tell her where she will be in 20 years, but she is confident that she will be professionally and personally fulfilled and accompanied by a large family.

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Company Profile: DuPont

For more information please visit www.dupont.com/careers/emea

DuPont owes its history of worldwide success to its employees. Therefore, we are looking for experienced professionals at the leading edge of science and technology to create the future.

Our Core Values

• Respect for People • Safety and Health • Environmental Stewardship • Ethical Behavior Career opportunities in DuPont

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.

Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

Our company selects and develops those employees that are eager to help us maintain our scientific and market leadership and expand it to new areas. DuPont cares about its employees and offers them the freedom and the means to keep learning and be creative.

DuPont in Europe, Middle East & Africa has approximately 40 sites with 105 locations and employs around 14,000 people.

For more information, please visit http://www.dupont.com/careers/emea

DuPont is a diverse company that has opportunities in its many business units. We are looking for bright, young individuals from diverse cultural, national and educational backgrounds who are willing to invest their talent and energy in the company and live with values that made DuPont a widely recognized, world-class company during more than 200 years.

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Company Profile: SONY Believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real.

For more information please visit www.sony.eu/egp

As a global company, Sony recognises and embraces its responsibilities towards the environment, community and our employees and continually seeks to engage in activities which enable us to fulfil and expand our commitment to these areas.

The European Graduate Programme With electronics, mobile, music, pictures, gaming and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to create exciting new digital entertainment experiences for consumers by bringing together cutting-edge products with digital content and services. Our European Graduate Programme (EGP) is recruiting young business professionals who want to join our continuous drive for innovation and want to be inspired by what they do. The European Graduate Programme is Sony’s two year programme which combines on- the-job and off-the-job development for graduates of various backgrounds. From day one you will be collaborating on projects and contributing within a team to current business strategy. We will give you the opportunity to progress and succeed, and in return we want you to make the most of it. That means taking personal responsibility for making a real and visible contribution to the business as well as to your own career.

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Business Experience: Over the 2 years, our graduates rotate on 2 assignments.

Roles in Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Communications, Business Development, Finance,…

Training Modules: 8 pan European training

Sony is an exciting, international company with many development opportunities in a unique and broad range of sectors, including consumer and professional products, media and entertainment. We compete in an exciting and challenging environment and attract a wide range of employees from various backgrounds who share a passion for our products and our brand.

At Sony we encourage creativity and welcome individual contributions. Through your involvement you have the chance to make a difference to our business.

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modules delivered by top management.

Moreover, these trainings give a unique networking opportunity.

Mentoring: each graduate receives a mentor from the middle management Leadership Development Programme.

Social Enterprise Project: graduates collaborate in groups and apply their business skills to make a real contribution to a social project.

Is it the right programme for you?

Our graduates generally have an excellent academic track record in a business related degree or relevant business experience (such as internships, summer positions, placements). They also speak three European languages having lived or studied in various countries. Important is your approach to the opportunities the EGP provides. You should be dedicated and flexible enough to follow the demands of your future within Sony. Operating in a global marketplace, we are looking for our next generation of internationally-minded players that are prepared to be mobile across Europe. The aim of the European Graduate Programme is to equip you with the competences necessary to thrive within our innovative environment. Over the course of your two assignments and EGP training modules, you will build a broad base of experience that we value in Sony. The rotations and modules create a natural platform for networking at all levels across the business.

All this giving you the opportunity to find a permanent position within Sony at the end of the programme and grow your career.

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Company Profile: Starwood Starwood is not simply a large hotel company.

In fact, Starwood has evolved into one of the most successful global branded hospitality companies in the business. Creativity, Innovation and Development are truly at the heart of Starwood’s teams across the globe, committed to re-imagining and re-inventing the hotel industry.

For more information please visit www.starwoodcareers.com

For many years the reputation of the hospitality industry has been perceived as an industry of low salaries, long working hours and limited advancement potential. Did you know that the hospitality industry offers international career opportunities, exposure to global cultures and participation in one of today’s most dynamic and fastest growing industries? Starwood’s future focuses on growth, expanding the company’s footprint across all regions and all of its nine unique brands. Talented individuals from various backgrounds and a range of industries have the opportunity to join Starwood on this very exciting path.

Recruiting and selecting the best Talent is very critical as Starwood prepares to open a large amount of hotels over the next years. In order to facilitate attracting the right Talent to the company, Starwood offers StarFinder, a global applicant tracking and recruitment system.

Commitment to people development and industry-leading training has opened doors to fast-track career planning and advancement. A variety of tools have been established to assist current and future associates on their development, whereby progression and enhancement are keys to Starwood’s success.

Starwood is built around people, who share the passion for creating a unique customer experience and is thus always interested in talented front-line staff to deliver bespoke services to its guests ranking from waiters and

Starwood’s Six Sigma methodology provide the company with a competitive edge in developing and implementing new, global initiatives, allowing the delivery of products and services in ways that are different, better and special, providing customers with a truly unique experience, every time with every stay.

reception associates to Executive Committee members and General Managers. But it does not end here, Specialised teams on a Regional, Divisional and Corporate level are fundamental in optimising the business and driving the company forward. Departments at these levels range from Acquisitions and Development, Legal, Sales and Marketing to Human Resources, Accounting and Finance and many more. They are responsible for creating and assisting in the execution of the exciting strategic direction Starwood is pursuing.

It would be great if Starwood could embark on this exciting new journey together with you.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 1,000 properties in more than 100 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotel is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the internationally renowned brands St. Regis, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft and Element.

Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.

For more information, please visit: www.starwoodhotels.com

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Careers Energy International & Materials Brussels, 24-25 June 2011 APPLY BEFORE 01 MAY Energy & Materials brings top recruiters from the energy and material sectors face-to-face with engineering graduates and professionals – a powerful mix of expertise and talent – ready to develop innovative solutions for tomorrow.

The two-day event will involve interviews, workshops and an opportunity to explore exciting international careers.

By invitation only. Free accommodation for 200 candidates.

LIFE IS A JOURNEY. START YOURS ON WWW.CAREERSINTERNATIONAL.COM Participating companies in 2010 and/or 2011: