Summer With Ad Astra - June, July Newsletter

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Summer with

Ad Astra

June and July Newsletter

www.adastragroup.org| www.career-for.me

2013
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A Message From the DreamersWhat is your Dream?

Dreaming is a great way to

look into the future, planahead and reflect on your

actions. The Ad Astrateam visited several

universities in the cityinterviewing over 100

students about theirhopes for the upcoming

year! Heres someinspiration from local

dreamers.

May all your dreamscome true!
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June 2Ad Astra Cultural Series

Findingyourpassionandeventually

yourdreamjobdoesnotmean

lockingyourselfupinaclassroom,

fran9callywri9ngCVsandcover

le=ers,nervouslyspeakingwith

poten9alemployersandscheduling

atonofinterviews.Some9mesits

goodtostopandreflectinorderto

getafreshlookatthingsfroma

differentperspec9ve.

WeatAdAstrabelievethatcareer

planningandpersonaldevelopment

happenallaroundus.Infact,its

actuallyagreatideatogetoutofyour

regularrou9neandtoexplore

differenteventsandtoexperimentin

differentseHngs!

Thissummerwearefocusingonthis

typeofexplora9on.Weareleavingthe

conferenceroomsandheadingoutintothecity!Wewillspendthe

summermonthsfocusingoncultural

ac9vi9es,puHngourlanguagestouse,

buildingrela9onships,making

connec9ons,andmee9ngnewfriends.

Forourfirstevent,AdAstraisgoingto

theBrancusiArtGalleryforanexhibit

featuringar9stsfromacrosstheglobe

fromUzbekistan,toLithuania,Turkey,

Greece,Belarusandover18other

na9ons!Timetogetinspired!

June 8, Veni, Vedi ,Spune

WhereelsecanyouhearpoetryinTaki

Taki,alanguagespokenbyonly

300,000peopleworldwide?AtVeni,

Vedi,Spune,ofcourse!

OnJune8attheIonCreangalibraryin

Chisinau,Moldova,membersofthe

interna9onalcommunity

gatheredtosharepoetryin

14differentlanguages.

Thiseventwasthefirstina

seriesofpoetryevenings

organizedbyvolunteers

fromtheUSPeaceCorps,

theAmericanCouncilsand

AdAstraGroup.The

eveningbroughttogether

EUandUSvolunteers,membersoflocalandinterna9onal

organiza9ons,scholars,diplomatsand

students.

Par9cipantswerele^withagreater

apprecia9onforforeignlanguages,

andafreshlookathowpeopleofthe

worldperceivebeauty,passion,love,

joyandmanyotherconcepts

conveyedbyfamousliteraryworksaswellasoriginalworks.A^ertheevent

par9cipantshadachancetomakenew

connec9onsanddiscussnewideas.

June 28, An American Aroundthe World, Poetry with SamOakland

Forsomeofustravelingisadream,for

othersachoice,andyetforothers,its

aprofession.SamOakland,aFulbright

ProfessorofLaw&Literatureat

MoldovanIRIMUniversitymetwith

students,aspiringpoetsandtravelsto

tellstoriesofhisjourneyaroundthe

worldfromSwedentoChina,Belarus,

Moldovaandmanyotherstopsalong

theway.

Toillustratesomeofhisstories,Sam

sharedworkswri=eninlanguages

rangingfromArmeniantoZulufroma

bookhedesignedandhelpededitat

PortlandStateUniversityinOregonin

180aswellassomeofhisoriginal

worksfromhisbook:Manha=an

WomanandSmilesAcrossaTeacup.

Join us for next events!

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July 3, 2013 Ad Astra Meetswith Companies at Moldova

StateUniversityCareer Center

Nojob,no

experience,no

experience,nojob

acyclefamiliar

tostudentsand

companiesalike.

Oncebroken,it

couldbecomeasolu9ontoyouth

unemployment.

Wesay:Noexperience,No

problem..GetSome!

TheAdAstrateam,incollabora9onwith

theStateUniversityofMoldovaCareer

Centerpresentedthisvisiontolocalandinterna9onalcompanies.

AdAstraintroduceditsini9a9ve,Career

ForMe,anonlineplaormwere

studentsandcompaniescanconnectas

earlyasthefirstyearofuniversity.

AdAstraadvocatedforearly

engagement,proposingthatcompanies

connectwithstudentsbyofferingthem

smalltasks,researchassignments,and

othertypesofshort-termprojects.

Companiessharedtheirconcernedof

workingwithyoungpeopleandbrought

upissueswhichtheyarecurrentlyfacing

onthejobmarket.

Duringthediscussionthepar9cipants

discussedsolu9onsproposedbyCareer

ForMe,andsomeagreedtopar9cipateintheprojectofferingtask-based

hiring.

July 2, 2013 Ad AstraGroup meets members of

Junior ChamberInternational

TodayAdAstrametwithJunior

ChamberInterna9onal,agroup

ofyoungentrepreneurswho

understandyouthissuesbothas

employersandasrecent

universitygraduates.AdAstra

gaveashortpresenta9onabout

Career-for.me,anonlineplaormdesignedtohelpcompaniesand

studentsconnect.Thepresenta9onwas

followedbyalivelydiscussion.

JCImemberstalkedaboutthedifficul9es

theyfacedasyoungprofessionals

enteringthejobmarketaswellasthe

challengestheyarenowfacingwhen

hiringyoungprofessionalsintheir

posi9onsasRmanagers,Directorsand

businessowners.

JCImembersofferedfeedbackaswellas

theirsupportfortheCareer-for.me

youthemploymentproject.Membersof

JCIwereinvitedandagreedtobethe

earlyadaptors!

July 16, Pilot at the HospitalNew Program Launched

Theperfectjoboutisoutthere,youjust

havetofindit!Buthow?Explore

experimentandconnectthatsone

waytofindtheidealfit.

Inournewpilotprogramwewillhelp

studentsandyoungprofessionalsdojust

that.

Byorganizingsitevisitstolocal

businessesandins9tu9ons,wewillhelp

youngprofessionalstakealookinside,

talktotheprofessionalsandbe=er

understandtheday-to-dayac9vity

whichgoesoninoffices,hospitals,

factoriesandotherplacesofwork.

Itsnotalwayslikethemovies,andits

importanttounderstandthatbeforedivingintoacareeryourenotreallyall

thatinterestedin!

OurfirstvisitwastotheOptometryunit

oftheChisinauospitalNumber3.We

hadachancetotalktodoctorsand

surgeons,seepa9ents,visitthe

opera9onroomsandlearnaboutstate-

of-thearttechnologywhichcanshow

theeyeatthecellularlevel!Wewill

con9nuetoconductsimilarvisits!



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July 19,Some Ice-CreamPlease! DrancorFactory Visit ts not like in the

movies!

Con9nuingwithour

ilotprogram,theAd

Astrateamvisitedthe

DrancorIce-Cream

actory.Wemetwith

hetechnicaland

aboratorydirectorwhogaveusaprivate

ourofthefactory.

verydetailoftheice-

ream-makingprocess,the

unc9onofeachmachine,aswell

sthejobdescrip9onofeach

mployeewasexplained.

Duringthetour,studentscould

earnaboutdifferenttypeofskills

nvolvedinice-creammaking.

tudentssawtheworkof

managers,laboratoryworkers,

hemists,foodtechnicians,

perators,drivers,andpenguins

whoworkinthefreezer!

Staytunedforfuturevisits!

Meeting New Students,University AdmissionsBegin

Wasitdifficulttopickyourmajor?

4%ofstudentssayYes!Would

youhavelikedtousecareer

cervicesiftheywereavailableto

you?74%ofstudentssayYes!

Manystudentswhocameto

submittheiradmissionsforthe

upcomingyearhadstruggledwith

makingtheirdecisions.Studentscrowdedaroundbulle9nboards

tolearnmoreaboutvarious

majors.

A^erall,whodoIwannabe?isa

difficultques9ontoanswer.Even

studentswhosaythatitwasnot

difficulttopicktheirmajordeferthis

momentbysubmiHngdocumentsto

differentfacul9esanduniversi9es.SomeapplyforLaw,Marke9ng,

MedicineandArchitectureallatonce,

thenleaveituptofate.

Fewofthestudentswemetmadetheir

studychoicesconsciouslythrough

carefulresearch,self-reflec9on,

planningoranalysis.

Studentswerentevensurewhich

criteriatouseinordertomaketheir

decisions!Sta9s9cssurelywasnta

criteria-knowingthatoutof18,000

studentsenrolledintheStateUniversity

ofMoldova,,000appliedforthefaculty

ofLawdidntscarestudentsapplyingfor

thismajor!

Whenaskedabouthopesanddreams,

oneanswerwhichappearedmosto^en

wasIwanttogototheUSA.

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