Networking, seminars, and the quest for\nsustainability. These are some of the things that I\u2019ve enjoyed and exploited\nhere in Hanken. Of course, Hanken offers\nfar more experiences than these but for this post I\u2019ll stick with these three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NETWORKING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Annual Hanken Networking Day always brings\nin different things for different people. I\u2019ve heard varied reactions to this\nevent from finding some activities useless to finding a job or an internship.\nFor me, it\u2019s about relevance and timing. \nI\u2019ve found some activities very useful last year that turned out to be\nirrelevant for me this year. And some\nactivities that I didn\u2019t appreciate last year got me a lot of job-hunting tips\nas well as an interview with one of the participating companies. Like any\ntypical job fair, we can only find it useful if we have something that the\ncompanies need in conjunction with the kind of available opportunities the\ncompanies have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also other events like the \u201cCompany of the Week Brunch\u201d and some organized company visits that students can take advantage of. These are some of the events in Hanken where we can practice and learn to network (which is not always an easy thing for everyone including me). As a non-native Finnish speaker at the basic level, some of these events have provided me with the information I needed to strategize my job-seeking activities to target companies that could potentially hire me. Of course, it hasn\u2019t always been easy. I learned that I have the work experience that was relevant but there were some skillsets that I needed to work on to get there. I\u2019m grateful for these events and the learning opportunities it has provided me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n SEMINARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When my schedule permits, I would attend some\nof the Fulbright seminars hosted by Hanken. I\u2019ve been to a few and found them quite\nenlightening. For students who are still a bit lost with their thesis topic,\nsome of these sessions might inspire ideas as well as give a brief overview\nabout what\u2019s currently going on in the specific topic discussed in the seminar. Some of the seminars I\u2019ve been to have\ntouched the fields of Accounting, Finance, and Law depending on the speaker\u2019s\nbackground and expertise. And in case that doesn\u2019t inspire you enough, the seminar that I last attended offered free breakfast too! Yum! <\/p>\n\n\n\n SUSTAINABILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability, together with climate change, has been a hot topic recently. And for a good reason. There\u2019s just one planet that produces chocolate and beer\u2026 two of my favorite indulgences \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long before I\u2019ve heard of Hanken, I\u2019ve already been into reusing and recycling. However, these are more of small impacts that we can see and feel in our immediate surroundings. Since last year, I\u2019ve actually expanded my view on sustainability through the courses I\u2019ve taken. Sustainability doesn\u2019t stop with me, or with the things that I repurpose. It\u2019s extends to the community I live in, and the world we live in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve learned more about sustainable development, corporate\/individual responsibility, and responsible investing, among other things, from the various course I\u2019ve taken. And since these are topics that are seeping into the working world, it is imperative that I learn more about it to prepare me for the changes that are possibly happening in the workplace. This is also a good consideration when finding the right employer. A company that is not prepared for future changes towards sustainable practices might find itself in a compromising position when future legislations render their operations irrelevant. And for me, that could mean job insecurity. So I\u2019m evaluating my prospects wisely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jennifer Huttunen (Accounting track) for Hanken Nordic Brilliance Blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Networking, seminars, and the quest for sustainability. These are some of the things that I\u2019ve enjoyed and exploited here in Hanken. Of course, Hanken offers far more experiences than these but for this post I\u2019ll stick with these three. NETWORKING The Annual Hanken Networking Day always brings in different things for different people. I\u2019ve heard … <\/p>\n