
Career planning: an old skill in a new context
An experienced project coordinator and project manager is surely an asset to a company. That is exactly what Eszter brought with her career

The art of reinventing yourself
Before Onpartu, Italian born Anna could not find permanent full-time work and as such, was left juggling multiple jobs. The work she did ran

Getting your dream job: Corporates
In this instalment of our series ‘Getting your dream job’, we share Hernan Gonzalez and Gosia Sztandera’s advice on how to make an impact in the corporate world. Argentinian-born Hernán Gonzalez Merlani works for HSBC, heading up their talent management team in London. He is an accredited coach and enjoys investing his time supporting other people. Polish-born Gosia Sztandera for almost 10 years partnered with companies from various sectors such as, oil & gas, information tec

I have found my rewarding role and so can you
Joanna Sienkiewicz Onpartu Cohort: 2017 Mentor: Paulina Polak Education: Masters in Environmental Sciences Before Onpartu... Back in 2016 you may just have been served by Joanna at a London retail shop and not realised that the person assisting you had a master’s degree in science and 11 years of experience in administration, including with EU funding, data capture and geographic information systems. Joanna looks back with positivity at this period in her life when she first

It's never too late to change your career
Edita Grikpedyte Onpartu Cohort: 2017 Mentor: Valeria Ilies Education: Masters in Law and Management Before Onpartu... There is no question as to whether Edita really gave her original profession a chance; she both graduated from Law and Management and worked at Vilnius County Court as a full-time legal secretary. Once she sensed a stronger passion for wine, however, she did not sit around. Edita took herself to the south of France and Sicily in Italy, where her intuition was

Sweet serendipity.. that unexpected opportunity that changes your life
Hanna Trzeciak Onpartu Cohort: 2016 Mentor: Caitlin Ross Education: Masters in Psychology Before Onpartu... In her native Poland, Hanna was applying her Psychology degrees right across the country. She counselled dysfunctional families and youth, as well as delivered workshops on social skills development and against violence and addiction for a living. However, after a few months of moving to the UK in 2014, she realised that it would be difficult to transfer her experience