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EDITORIAL
Although life in Kouvola is quiet and
calm, our team has prepared a lot of
interesting things for you to do or, at
least think about.
First of all, every half a year approxima-
tely 50 new exchange students come
to study in Kyamk, while our degree
students go to different countries to do
their exchange. We know how difficult
is it to choose the right university, so
starting with this issue, we launch a
new column Exchange view, in which
our exchange students will tell us about
their home universities and compare
them with Kyamk. For those who are
only thinking about going on exchan-
ge and dont know what university to
choose, these articles will be beneficial.
Moreover, now its the right time to start
thinking about summer internship and
write a CV, which is necessary for ap-
plication. We know that sometimes its
really complicated to express yourself
and describe everything you can do
just in one or two pages. So we wrote
a How-to article concerning this ques-
tion and hope that this will help you
to get your dream job for this summer.
Last but not least, did you know that
5th of February is official World Nu-
tella Day? So dont forget to cook so-
mething tasty with Nutella and upload
a photo to a social network with a right
hashtag #WorldNutellaDay :)
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EXCHANGE VIEW
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Home University - The Netherlands The
Hague University
Let me tell you a little bit about my school.
Im from the Netherlands and study at the
Hague University of Applied Sciences.
When I was initially asked to write this I
started wondering about what I actually
knew about my university. The answer was
virtually nothing. I remember that it always
looked kind of big and that I am often an-
noyed if I have to be in a certain classroom,
because it means a very long walk (lots of
stairs). I recently found out it is pretty BIG.
The numbers dont lie: the school consists of
4 campuses, has a total of more than 25 000
students and teaches more than 50 different
bachelor programs.
The campus I go to houses over 15000
students and my study (International
Business and Management Studies) is
the biggest, with over 1100 students. So
my kind of big impression was right.
Now I dont know what the exact num-
bers are for Kymenlaakso University of
Applied Sciences, but its safe to say
that everything is a little bit smaller here.
Size isnt the only big contrast between our
universities. The whole way of teaching is different. For example at home you address
your lecturer with Mr. or Mrs. and you will probably never find out their first name. Someo-
ne picking up their phone in class and walking out during class is unheard of (you ask to
be excused) and maybe most important difference of all is the flexibility of teachers, so-
mething I have rarely encountered at home. We have a very strict curriculum that we fol-
low with a set list of learning materials, whereas here you learn mostly in the workshops.
The thing that has impressed me about Kyamk from the start is the availability of the
staff to answer your questions and the strong organization of the exchange mobility
(a complete file on how to prepare for and get to Kouvola). It was very reassuring for a
control freak like myself to know EXACTLY what was going to happen!
As far as first impressions go I felt like I had been dropped in the middle of nowhere
when I got off the bus, the emptiness on the way there stretches for miles in the dar-
kness. When light came everything was white and I still felt completely disoriented.
During the days that followed it was easy to find your way about, everything can be
found by following long straight paths. The only difficulty is that every turn and tunnel
looked exactly the same to me! Even though the landscape is so different, much of what
I find here is pretty familiar to my home country. The biggest difference is the people.
The Dutch are talkative and sometime slightly aggressive when it comes to dealing with
strangers. The Finns however are COMPLETELY silent; they dont even ask you to get
out of their way! They just wait, patiently, quietly and ever so nicely. The whole attitude
is very trusting and calm. Something that I am not familiar with at all! However I must
say it is a very pleasant feeling that my coat can hang in the hall and I dont have to
worry that it wont be there when I get back.
All in all Finland might just grow on me, one thing is certainthe cold will definitely
NOT!festive set. Everybody is invited!
Text: Emma Toussaint Steenstra, Photos: The Hague University, official photos
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The spring semester has already started and only a few
months left till summer. At this time of the academic year,
senior students are looking around for an internship position
or a summer job; and fresh graduates may now start to worry
about career planning. Lets pause for a thought! Your CV is
the first weapon helping you to beat hundreds of opponents;
and you have only less than 1 minute to catch the attention
of human resource executives. So how to make a professional
CV to impress the recruiters? Here are some secrets Insider
Student Magazine would like to share to help students and
grads survive through the CV scanning round and maximize
your chance of getting a call for an interview.
Keep it simple and concise!
A CV must be brief. Especially for students and fresh graduates, a CV
should not exceed 2 pages and more preferably keep it to 1 page. Keep
it as concise as possible and avoid wordiness by using short sentences.
Make sure that you write with simple and direct language. Recruiters do
not expect to read a CV intensively peppered with big words, but the facts
about yourself. They may have already gotten fed up with all generic CVs.
So, leave out all the clinches and stick to the facts.
Focus on the essentials!
Write clearly key personal details like a business card, including name,
address, phone number, email address and any professional social media
presence. As a student or a fresh graduate, youve probably been in full-
time education for a long time so your qualifications and degrees should
be your main achievement. It would be highly recommended that your
qualifications be highlighted in the first place. In case, you dont have any
work experience, try to address your course work relevant to the skills
relevant to the job. For instance, you should elaborate on various skills ac-
quired from college life such as presentation, time management, research,
ICT, etc. It would be good to say you are a fast learner and always updated
with the latest techniques and news in the specific industry.
Tailor your CV to the position!
Sell yourselfby presenting your key achievements in study and other
experience, not just responsibilities. Exclude work experience or training
which is not relevant to the specific position. Dont just simply tell, give
more result-oriented examples to persuade the recruiters, give them the
evidences. Before sending out your CV, make sure to adapt your CV to
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HOW TO WRITE A GOOD CVsuit the position, correspond with the job requirements. Show your assertiveness but
dont artificially inflate it, otherwise you may get caught in the interview. Heighten your
strengths according to the specific niches and show them you have the traits of an ideal
candidate by presenting your competences clearly and logically. The employers want to
know what you can do for them.
Show your personality!
Choose a decent font and a professional-looking layout. If you are a designer, you should
be more creative and personalized your CV the way you like it, for instance using InDe-
sign or video CV, depending on the position you are applying for. The point is that facts
should be presented in a clear and appealing way, which reflects part of your personality!
Thats the way to stand out!
Double check and check again!
Do spell check and make sure there is no evitable spelling or grammar mistakes. Have
someone else proofread your CV to make sure that the content is clear and easy to
understand. For CV clinic, once you have made a draft of your CV, bring a paper copy
along to your student councilors, language teachers and kindly ask for their insightful
recommendation. They will be the best mentors giving you valuable advices on your
own CV as well as further career planning!
Get started now!
Just set aside a proper time for it, grasp a cup of tea or coffee, stay focused and draft
your own professional CV!
For your further research, here are more useful sources
of information recommended by Slaveya Hmlinen
(MSc, MBA), our schools Senior Lecturer in English.
First of all, Europass CV website is recommended
for students hoping to work and study in Europe. It
is a resourceful site with great tips and CV samples
tailored for jobseekers, especially at an entry level.
You may find the link to this site at: http://europass.
cedefop.europa.eu/en/home. In addition to make a
good CV, you should also care about your cover letter.
You should definitely take your time
going to https://collegegrad.com/
for great advices and samples of co-
ver letter. Then if you already take
all these essential steps, its time to
prepare for a test and an interview
depending on the specific job. If you
have to undertake an online inter-
view, here is a good site with a lot of
tips for your successful interviews:
http://www.engvid.com/how-to-do-
a-job-interview-on-skype.
Last but not least, Slaveya Hmlinen
recommends that CVs have to be pro-
fessionally executed but personalized.
They have to somehow outshine the
others but still look objective and to
the point!
We wish us all good lucks in landing our
very first step in the future career!
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PROFILE:FRACCARO EDOARDO
Your name and where you come from?
Im Edoardo and I come from north east of Italy near Venice.
And from which University? What are you studying?
My home country university is ISIA where I actually study
product design.
Why did you choose to come to Finland?
An Italian exchange student who was in Finland last year
influenced my choice. I asked him the same and he started
talking about girls and mixed sauna, hahaha. Although
the main factor that influenced my decision was the Game
Design department, the Meduusa studio and of course the
little tiny workshops.
What are the biggest differences between Finland and Italy?
I should say people here are language skilled and pea-
ceful. I would say two Italians are much noisier than one
hundred Finns all together (no alcohol involved).
Why you decided to stay here for one semester more?
I chose to extend my period due to my training/interns-
hip! To get new experiences and to meet new internati-
onal people.
What are the differences between your Home University
and Kyamk?
Our studies in Italy are based on theoretical approaches,
too many researches during the concept process. We have
a really poor workshop so students have to replace it in
their own way.
Tell something about good experiences here in Finland,
or about some moments you cant forget?
Lapland for sure! We were an enthusiastic mixed group
of different nationalities ready for extreme experience; we
missed the northern lights so Ill definitely plan another trip.
In the other hand we had some nice snowboarding up there.
Text&Photo: Riia Jrvinen
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TOOLS
Oven, Spoon, Knife
1. Cut defrosted dough into long triangles. Make an incision in the middle of the base of the triangle of approximately 1.5 - 2 cm.2. Put Nutella into the base.3. Roll a thin tube of the pastyr into triangle shape,
INGREDIENTS
250 gr puff pastry
Nutella
3 spoons of sugar
1 egg
CROISSANTS WITH NUTELLA
giving a crescent shape.4. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with sugar.5. Bake croissants in preheated oven (190C) for about 25 minutes.Text&Photo: Diana Tykhonenko, Alexandra Ivchenkova
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MOVIE REVIEW CINEMA
30.01.2015.-05.02.2015.
STUDIO 123
Kymenlaaksonkatu 1
45700 Kuusankoski
05 3792082
www.studio123.fi
English National Opera:
BENVENUTO CELLINI|(S)|23
Thu 19:00, Sat 12:00 |3h10min
BIG HERO6|(7)|9/10
2D in Finnish Fri.Tue 17:00
3D in Finnish Sat,Sun 15:00,
Wed,Thu 17:00
3D original Sun, Tue 19:201h48min
PADDINGTON|(7)|9
In Finnish Sat,Sun 15:20,
Mon.Thu 17:15|1h35min
VARES-SHERIFFI|(16)|10
Fri-Wed 19:00|1h30min
VIIKOSSA AIKUISEKSI|(7)|10
Fri-Sun,Wed-Thu 17:30|1h32min
MURTUMATON|(16)|10
Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 19:20|2h17min
MORTDECAI|(7)|10
Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 17:15|1h46min
EILA,RAMPE JA LIKKA|(7)|10
Sun-Tue 17:30|1h34min
MOMMY|(12)|10
Fri, Wed 19:10, Sat,Sun 14:45|2h19min
BIRDMAN|(12)|10
Sat,Sun 19:20|2h
BOYHOOD|(12)|10
Mon,Tue 19:10|2h45min
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One word describes this movie perfectly-adorable.
As any other family movie, it is filled with secret little messages about family, love, home.
We follow the adventures of a bear out of place, Paddington, trying to find his home in London,
having come there from deep Peru after his home got destroyed.
A little bit of tears, a little bit of laughter, it is a perfect revival of the dear old Paddington. Lovely
and filled with some nice messages and guidelines for the kids, full of inspirational things and
creativity. Most of all, this movie teaches that it is okay to be different and strange.
I really enjoyed watching it and the hour and a half passed by in a second. The animation is
great and the transition between real life and cartoon is spectacular. The goofs are giddy,
the characters rememberable and it makes you want to live in that wonderful, crazy and cre-
ative home along with the bear and his new family.
If youre into family films and you can be a kid with no effort, do see the movie. Cause how
can a fluffy bear who speaks and wears a raincoat not be darn adroable?
PADDINGTON / Director: Paul King / Genre: Comedy|Family / Starring: Hugh Bonneville,
Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters / Rating:
Mattea
INSIDE INFO
KOUVOLA
30.1 Kotiteollisuus
Starting 23.00
House of Rock / Kouvolankatu 28
31.1 K-SYSTEM Presents: Glow Party
Starting 22.00
Amarillo / Kauppalankatu 13
31.1 Ice Hockey: KooKoo vs. Peliitat
Starting 17.00
Kouvolan jhalli / Topinkuja 1, Kouvola
Tickets from 12
2.-5.2 ij&Muija Downhill skiing course for Adults
Starting 17.30
Mielakka
Price for students 70 /85
4.2 UV VALENTINES DAY PARTY by Kupla
Starting 21.00
Bar Q / Salpausselnkatu 27
Tickets: 2/3
KOTKA
30.01 Davitt Barry @ Players Stage
Starting 21.45
Players Sports Bar Kotka / Keskuskatu 1
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1.2 Ice hockey: KHL: Jokerit Atlant Mytis-
htshi
Starting 16.30
Hartwall Arena / Areenankuja 1
Tickets from 12, 50
30.1 1.2 MP 15 Motor Cycle Exhibition
Starting 10.00
Messukeskus, Expo & Convention Centre
Helsinki
LAHTI
31.1 Puppa J & Ituhipit
Starting 21.00
Ravintola Tirra / Loviisankatu 8
TAMPERE
6.-7.2 VALOA Festival supported by Basso-
radio
Tickets; www.valoafestival.fi
5.2 World Nute
lla
Day 2015