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Although life in Kouvola is quiet and calm, our team has prepared a lot of interesting things for you to do or, at least think about.

Moreover, now it‘s the right time to start First of all, every half a year approxima- thinking about summer internship and tely 50 new exchange students come write a CV, which is necessary for apto study in Kyamk, while our degree plication. We know that sometimes it‘s students go to different countries to do really complicated to express yourself their exchange. We know how difficult and describe everything you can do is it to choose the right university, so just in one or two pages. So we wrote starting with this issue, we launch a a How-to article concerning this quesnew column „Exchange view“, in which tion and hope that this will help you our exchange students will tell us about to get your dream job for this summer. their home universities and compare them with Kyamk. For those who are Last but not least, did you know that only thinking about going on exchan- 5th of February is official World Nuge and don‘t know what university to tella Day? So don‘t forget to cook sochoose, these articles will be beneficial. mething tasty with Nutella and upload a photo to a social network with a right hashtag #WorldNutellaDay :)

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EXCHANGE VIEW

Home University - The Netherlands “The

universities. The whole way of teaching is different. For example at home you address

Hague University”

your lecturer with Mr. or Mrs. and you will probably never find out their first name. Someone picking up their phone in class and walking out during class is unheard of (you ask to

Let me tell you a little bit about my school.

be excused) and maybe most important difference of all is the flexibility of teachers, so-

I’m from the Netherlands and study at the

mething I have rarely encountered at home. We have a very strict curriculum that we fol-

Hague University of Applied Sciences.

low with a set list of learning materials, whereas here you learn mostly in the workshops.

When I was initially asked to write this I

The thing that has impressed me about Kyamk from the start is the availability of the

started wondering about what I actually

staff to answer your questions and the strong organization of the exchange mobility

knew about my university. The answer was

(a complete file on how to prepare for and get to Kouvola). It was very reassuring for a

virtually nothing. I remember that it always

control freak like myself to know EXACTLY what was going to happen!

looked kind of big and that I am often annoyed if I have to be in a certain classroom,

As far as first impressions go I felt like I had been dropped in the middle of nowhere

because it means a very long walk (lots of

when I got off the bus, the emptiness on the way there stretches for miles in the dar-

stairs). I recently found out it is pretty BIG.

kness. When light came everything was white and I still felt completely disoriented.

The numbers don’t lie: the school consists of

During the days that followed it was easy to find your way about, everything can be

4 campuses, has a total of more than 25 000

found by following long straight paths. The only difficulty is that every turn and tunnel

students and teaches more than 50 different

looked exactly the same to me! Even though the landscape is so different, much of what

bachelor programs.

I find here is pretty familiar to my home country. The biggest difference is the people.

The Dutch are talkative and sometime slightly aggressive when it comes to dealing with

The campus I go to houses over 15000

strangers. The Finns however are COMPLETELY silent; they don’t even ask you to get

students and my study (International

out of their way! They just wait, patiently, quietly and ever so nicely. The whole attitude

Business and Management Studies) is

is very trusting and calm. Something that I am not familiar with at all! However I must

the biggest, with over 1100 students. So

say it is a very pleasant feeling that my coat can hang in the hall and I don’t have to

my “kind of big impression” was right.

worry that it won’t be there when I get back.

Now I don’t know what the exact numbers are for Kymenlaakso University of

All in all Finland might just grow on me, one thing is certain…the cold will definitely

Applied Sciences, but it’s safe to say

NOT!festive set. Everybody is invited!

that everything is a little bit smaller here.

Size isn’t the only big contrast between our

Text: Emma Toussaint Steenstra, Photos: The Hague University, official photos

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The spring semester has already started and only a few and you have only less than 1 minute to catch the attention months left till summer. At this time of the academic year, of human resource executives. So how to make a professional senior students are looking around for an internship position CV to impress the recruiters? Here are some secrets Insider or a summer job; and fresh graduates may now start to worry Student Magazine would like to share to help students and about career planning. Let’s pause for a thought! Your CV is grads survive through the CV scanning round and maximize the first weapon helping you to beat hundreds of opponents; your chance of getting a call for an interview.

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Keep it simple and concise!

A CV must be brief. Especially for students and fresh graduates, a CV should not exceed 2 pages and more preferably keep it to 1 page. Keep it as concise as possible and avoid wordiness by using short sentences.

Make sure that you write with simple and direct language. Recruiters do not expect to read a CV intensively peppered with big words, but the facts about yourself. They may have already gotten fed up with all generic CVs.

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So, leave out all the clinches and stick to the facts.

Focus on the essentials!

Write clearly key personal details like a business card, including name, address, phone number, email address and any professional social media presence. As a student or a fresh graduate, you’ve probably been in fulltime education for a long time so your qualifications and degrees should be your main achievement. It would be highly recommended that your qualifications be highlighted in the first place. In case, you don‘t have any work experience, try to address your course work relevant to the skills relevant to the job. For instance, you should elaborate on various skills acquired from college life such as presentation, time management, research, ICT, etc. It would be good to say you are a fast learner and always updated

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with the latest techniques and news in the specific industry.

Tailor your CV to the position!

Sell yourself by presenting your key achievements in study and other experience, not just responsibilities. Exclude work experience or training which is not relevant to the specific position. Don’t just simply tell, give more result-oriented examples to persuade the recruiters, give them the evidences. Before sending out your CV, make sure to adapt your CV to

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HOW TO WRITE A GOOD CV suit the position, correspond with the job requirements. Show your assertiveness but don’t artificially inflate it, otherwise you may get caught in the interview. Heighten your strengths according to the specific niches and show them you have the traits of an ideal candidate by presenting your competences clearly and logically. The employers want to know what you can do for them.

Show your personality!

Choose a decent font and a professional-looking layout. If you are a designer, you should be more creative and personalized your CV the way you like it, for instance using InDe-

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sign or video CV, depending on the position you are applying for. The point is that facts should be presented in a clear and appealing way, which reflects part of your personality!

That’s the way to stand out!

Double check and check again!

Do spell check and make sure there is no evitable spelling or grammar mistakes. Have someone else proofread your CV to make sure that the content is clear and easy to

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understand. For CV clinic, once you have made a draft of your CV, bring a paper copy along to your student councilors, language teachers and kindly ask for their insightful recommendation. They will be the best mentors giving you valuable advices on your own CV as well as further career planning!

Get started now!

Just set aside a proper time for it, grasp a cup of tea or coffee, stay focused and draft your own professional CV!

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For your further research, here are more useful sources You should definitely take your time http://www.engvid.com/how-to-doof information recommended by Slaveya Hämäläinen going to https://collegegrad.com/ a-job-interview-on-skype.

(MSc, MBA), our school’s Senior Lecturer in English. for great advices and samples of co- Last but not least, Slaveya Hämäläinen First of all, Europass CV website is recommended ver letter. Then if you already take recommends that CVs “have to be profor students hoping to work and study in Europe. It all these essential steps, it’s time to fessionally executed but personalized. is a resourceful site with great tips and CV samples prepare for a test and an interview They have to somehow outshine the tailored for jobseekers, especially at an entry level. depending on the specific job. If you others but still look objective and to You may find the link to this site at: http://europass. have to undertake an online inter- the point!” cedefop.europa.eu/en/home. In addition to make a view, here is a good site with a lot of We wish us all good lucks in landing our good CV, you should also care about your cover letter. tips for your successful interviews: very first step in the future career!

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PROFILE:FRACCARO EDOARDO

Your name and where you come from?

Why you decided to stay here for one semester more?

I​ ‘m Edoardo and I come from north east of Italy near Venice. I chose to extend my period due to my training/internship! To get new experiences and to meet new internatiAnd from which University? What are you studying?

onal people.

My home country university is ISIA where I actually study What are the differences between your Home University

product design.

and Kyamk?

Why did you choose to come to Finland?

Our studies in Italy are based on theoretical approaches,

An Italian exchange student who was in Finland last year too many researches during the concept process. We have influenced my choice. I asked him the same and he started a really poor workshop so students have to replace it in talking about girls and mixed sauna, hahaha. Although their own way. the main factor that influenced my decision was the Game Design department, the Meduusa studio and of course the Tell something about good experiences here in Finland, or about some moments you can‘t forget?

little tiny workshops.

Lapland for sure! We were an enthusiastic mixed group What are the biggest differences between Finland and Italy? of different nationalities ready for extreme experience; we I should say people here are language skilled and pea- missed the northern lights so I‘ll definitely plan another trip. ceful. I would say two Italians are much noisier than one In the other hand we had some nice snowboarding up there. hundred Finns all together (no alcohol involved).

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CROISSANTS WITH NUTELLA

TOOLS Oven, Spoon, Knife

INGREDIENTS 250 gr puff pastry Nutella 3 spoons of sugar 1 egg

1. Cut defrosted dough into long triangles. Make an giving a crescent shape. incision in the middle of the base of the triangle of 4. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with sugar. approximately 1.5 - 2 cm.

5. Bake croissants in preheated oven (190C) for

2. Put Nutella into the base.

about 25 minutes.

3. Roll a thin tube of the pastyr into triangle shape, Text&Photo: Diana Tykhonenko, Alexandra Ivchenkova

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MOVIE REVIEW

CINEMA 30.01.2015.-05.02.2015.

STUDIO 123 Kymenlaaksonkatu 1 45700 Kuusankoski 05 3792082 www.studio123.fi English National Opera: BENVENUTO CELLINI|(S)|23€ Thu 19:00, Sat 12:00 |3h10min BIG HERO6|(7)|9/10€ 2D in Finnish Fri.Tue 17:00 3D in Finnish Sat,Sun 15:00, Wed,Thu 17:00 3D original Sun, Tue 19:201h48min

PADDINGTON / Director: Paul King / Genre: Comedy|Family / Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters / Rating:

PADDINGTON|(7)|9€ In Finnish Sat,Sun 15:20, Mon.Thu 17:15|1h35min VARES-SHERIFFI|(16)|10€

One word describes this movie perfectly-adorable.

Fri-Wed 19:00|1h30min

As any other family movie, it is filled with secret little messages about family, love, home.

VIIKOSSA AIKUISEKSI|(7)|10€ Fri-Sun,Wed-Thu 17:30|1h32min

We follow the adventures of a bear out of place, Paddington, trying to find his home in London, having come there from deep Peru after his home got destroyed.

MURTUMATON|(16)|10€ Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 19:20|2h17min MORTDECAI|(7)|10€

A little bit of tears, a little bit of laughter, it is a perfect revival of the dear old Paddington. Lovely

Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 17:15|1h46min

and filled with some nice messages and guidelines for the kids, full of inspirational things and

EILA,RAMPE JA LIKKA|(7)|10€

creativity. Most of all, this movie teaches that it is okay to be different and strange.

Sun-Tue 17:30|1h34min MOMMY|(12)|10€

I really enjoyed watching it and the hour and a half passed by in a second. The animation is

Fri, Wed 19:10, Sat,Sun 14:45|2h19min

great and the transition between „real life“ and „cartoon“ is spectacular. The goofs are giddy,

BIRDMAN|(12)|10€

the characters rememberable and it makes you want to live in that wonderful, crazy and cre-

Sat,Sun 19:20|2h

ative home along with the bear and his new family.

BOYHOOD|(12)|10€ Mon,Tue 19:10|2h45min

If you‘re into family films and you can be a kid with no effort, do see the movie. Cause how can a fluffy bear who speaks and wears a raincoat not be darn adroable?

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INSIDE INFO KOUVOLA 30.1 Kotiteollisuus Starting 23.00 HELSINKI House of Rock / Kouvolankatu 28 1.2 Ice hockey: KHL: Jokerit – Atlant Mytishtshi 31.1 K-SYSTEM Presents: Glow Party Starting 16.30 Starting 22.00 Hartwall Arena / Areenankuja 1 Amarillo / Kauppalankatu 13 Tickets from 12, 50 € 31.1 Ice Hockey: KooKoo vs. Peliitat 30.1 – 1.2 MP 15 Motor Cycle Exhibition Starting 17.00 Starting 10.00 Kouvolan jäähalli / Topinkuja 1, Kouvola Messukeskus, Expo & Convention Centre Tickets from 12€ Helsinki 2.-5.2 Äijä&Muija – Downhill skiing course for Adults LAHTI Starting 17.30 31.1 Puppa J & Ituhipit Mielakka Starting 21.00 Price for students 70€ /85€ Ravintola Tirra / Loviisankatu 8 4.2 UV VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY by Kupla TAMPERE Starting 21.00 6.-7.2 VALOA – Festival supported by BassoBar Q / Salpausselänkatu 27 radio Tickets: 2€/3€ Tickets; www.valoafestival.fi KOTKA 30.01 Davitt Barry @ Players Stage Starting 21.45 Players Sports Bar Kotka / Keskuskatu 1

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