When Shreya moved to Rotterdam, she was eager to start her career in the Netherlands. In her home country of India, 25-year-old Shreya obtained a masters degree in Doctoral Pharmacy, but in the Netherlands, this diploma was not valued as a master.
Are you going to study here again or are you going to look for a job right away? A choice that Shreya could use some help with! We paired her with mentor Ella and that turned out to be a good move: Ella and Shreya clicked right from the start. Together, they spent six months together. Shreya obtained an internship at La Roche and enrolled for a masters degree at Erasmus University. Shreya learned more about the Dutch culture and labor market from her mentor, and she also developed enormously in other areas:
‍“My mentor taught me a lot. I now know how to express myself and I feel more confident when I speak Dutch. If I had a problem or situation, I could go to her.”
And Ella also looks back on a valuable time:
“This process has made me realize how broad a network is. And that it doesn't just consist of business contacts. I also learned that leaving something to someone else is not the same as giving up.”
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