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TU Delft Career Centre turns 5

In celebration of its five-year anniversary, the TU Delft Career Centre is organizing a series of events on May 19 to 21, 2015.

Since its establishment in 2010, the Centre has provided extensive study and career advice to TU Delft students, while helping companies connect with the university’s top talent. The three-day lustrum event is a reflection of the Centre’s activities organized throughout the year, which aims to inspire, prepare and connect students with their future careers.

“One reason [behind the foundation of the TU Delft Career Centre] was the implementation of ‘binding study advice’ and the call for more advice for students doubting their study choices,” explained Caroline Scheepmaker, founder and manager of the TU Delft Career Centre. “But the main rationale […] was the need for career advice for international students clearly expressed in the International Student Barometer, a satisfaction measurement tool.” As a result, the Centre has made career training and counselling services available to TU Delft students over the last five years.

To kickoff the lustrum celebrations, Karin Sluis, CEO of engineering firm Witteveen+Bos, and Arjan Erkel, Director of Doctors Without Borders have been invited to share their insights and experiences on how they found their true calling (May 19). The talks are followed by eight preparatory workshops on topics such as CV building and dealing with company assessments (May 20). Lastly, the lustrum ends with a networking event where students get a chance to meet various engineers and company representatives (May 21). All activities are free of change and, food and drinks will be provided.

Besides this year’s festivities, the Career Centre is collaborating with university offices on a number of initiatives. Together with the Alumni Office, the Centre plans to upscale its online mentoring programme wherein TU Delft alumni mentor students and PhDs. Furthermore, the university’s central counsellors and psychologists are working closely with the Centre to offer students more opportunities to expand their soft skills, even after graduation.

“We are extremely proud that we have not only been able to provide the basic Career Services originally asked for, but already, after three years, we are top one on the International Student Barometer [in the Netherlands] and number five in Europe,” Scheepmaker said. “It means that we are really providing what our students are looking for, and not just international students, also Dutch students.”

For more information on the TU Delft Career Centre activities visit http://careercentre.tudelft.nl.

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