I’m a student heading for an engineering/ B.Sc. degree in forest economy. Why was the IntCultNet course beneficial to me? By: Irmeli Aro, June 10, 2004

The course aims at helping us TO LEARN TO improve our ability to get a job imrove our social and cultural knowledge and skills increase our satisfaction of our every day life copied from: www.keminmaa.fi

What have I achieved? I’m able to reason my qualilities as a team member, communicator, result oriented actor and my ability to understand the values and the culture I’m surrounded by I got interested in practising and learning to use different tools, which have been created for measuring the human performance I’ve created my first personal portfolio

The practical benefits being able to prepare a good job application and to reason my skills in a job interview understanding more of the development targets of my polytechnic and my possible future employers having learned the ability to learn in the next slides I refer to some practical examples

Applying for a job: Stora Enso preparing an open job application for any Finnish saw-mill or other business unit – the recruitment pages in the internet begin with: ”We are constantly searching for talented and motivated people who are able to deliver results, are interested in learning about international business, have a drive to communicate, and are culturally flexible.”

Applying for a job: Stora Enso for the internet application you are requested to fill in: your personal information, education, language skills, professional experience and to express your skills by choosing alternatives from a list: e.g. wood procurement, marketing, environmental issues, logistics… and to pick up qualities from the following list – the four that describe you the best

Applying for a job: Stora Enso Achievement/result orientation, Analytical thinking, Assertiveness, Attention to detail, Building relationships, Coping with pressure, Customer orientation, Decision making, Flexibility, Initiative, Innovation, Interpersonal sensitivity, Leadership, Negotiation skills, Openness to new ideas, Planning and organizing skills, Presentation skills, Problem solving, Strategic thinking, Supportiveness, Teamwork

Applying for a job: UPM The recruitment pages in the internet begin with: “Our objectives are to be one of the world's leading forest industry companies, to grow faster than the industry average, to increase shareholder value and to offer the people working for us challenging jobs conducive to initiative and self-development.”

Applying for a job: UPM and an open job application form for all Finnish business units includes the following kind of field to be filled in: “Briefly explain what personal skills and qualities you would bring to our company.”

The culture I’m surrounded by ”Our polytechnic emphasizes the development of it’s culture to encourage the mutual respect and the customer orientation – in order to ease to achieve a result oriented organization, whose members are capable of learning together.””Yleisopas” – The General Guide of Häme Polytechnic, 2003-2004 ”The cultural production will beat the physical production in terms of the turnover and the meaning for our society.” From an article: ”The engineers – the creative class of our future society”, The monthly magazine of the Finnish engineers’ trade union: Insinöörilehti 5-6/2004.

The goals I’m surrounded by “The completion of the courses and the related assignments will automatically create a personal digital portfolio for each student.” …LEARNING TO BE – responsibility, one’s personal development …LEARNIG TO CHOOSE – understanding of the visions, knowlegde of the values, wisdom ”Hamkin tiestostrategia” - The Information Strategy of Häme Polytechnic, 2002-2004

The trends of a wanted employer the measuring of the results of the vocational training the developing of a digital learning environment for global use PPR –discussions (“one-on-one personal performance reviews”) an evaluation tool called “Human Potential Index” (HUPO) Some ongoing development projects from The Corporate Responsibility Report of UPM, 2003

duckboards for the studies and work the IntCultNet –course encourages in taking into account all the groups the students are involved with copied from: www.invalidiliitto.fi