Another exciting and helpful event for VN2020 members was organized by Science & Engineering family on Saturday Mar 29 2008. This time, the family has the honor to meet Mr. Michael Warren, Asia Chief Executive of Logica, a USD 5-billion company.

By sharing the videos of successful people from many countries, Michael presented an impressive and useful talk to our Members on “How to succeed in life for young graduates”. This would definitely be valuable for all members attending his talk as it has offered many practical advices to them.

Following the talk, we were treated with some of the most delicious Vietnamese foods in Singapore ! It was indeed a great chance to get together listening to an experienced speaker, enjoying the good foods, widening our circle of contacts and strengthening the bonding between our members ...

During the BBQ, our members also had a chance to learn some more useful advices shared by Michael and his wife, a lawyer.

Once again. we would like to express our appreciation to the Host Parent of our Science & Engineering family, Anh Tuan and Chi Thanh Chau, for their wonderful support on organizing this and other previous events. Thanks also for having introduced Michael and his wife to VIETNAM 2020.

For more information about the event and presentations by Michael, please have a look at the following link: http://www.vietnam-2020.com/forum/index.php?topic=215.0

On March 22, 2008, VIETNAM 2020 Mentors joined forces with VNCNUS (Vietnamese Community in NUS) to organize the VNCNUS Career Day for all Vietnamese students in NUS. The event was held at Prince George's Park Residences (PGPR).

The program consisted of 3 sessions:

1pm - 2:30pm:Career Workshop 1 (Resume, Cover Letters & Job Search)
2:30pm - 4:00pm:Career Workshop 2 (Interview & Business Etiquette)
4:00pm - 6:00pm:Career Sharing Session

There were 10 breaks between sessions for networking and light
refreshment was provided.

Herebelow are some photos of the Career Sharing Session in which a diversified panel of speakers from different
industries were invited to share their experiences with the students

On March 15, 2008, VIETNAM 2020 Mentors joined forces with VNNTU to organize a one-day career-coaching event for all Vietnamese students in NTU, especially senior students who are looking for internships and full time jobs.

The event consists of 4 sessions as follows:

1030 – 1130: Session 1 - Resumé writing and Interview
1130 – 1150: Break & networking (refreshments provided)
1150 – 1250: Session 2 - Job search and Career Management
1250 – 1400: Lunch break
1400 – 1500: Session 3 - Mock interview
1500 – 1520: Break & networking (refreshments provided)
1520 – 1620: Session 4 - Sharing of fresh graduates

Here are some photos of the first session on Resumé writing and Interview conducted by VN2020 Mentors, the two sisters Ngoc Han & Ngoc Minh

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The first 2 sessions were in the form of workshops in which the speakers talked for 30 to 40 minutes, and the rest was for Q&A.

The third session, Mock Interview, included 2 parts. The first 40 to 45 minutes were mock interviews between speakers-interviewers and selected students. The remaining 15 to 20 minutes were for the interviewers to review and comment on the interviewees' performances.

For the last session, the speakers shared their internship and job search experience with the students. The speakers were all fresh graduates from NTU who understand better the internship programs and career actitvities in NTU.


Speakers in all 4 sessions were VIETNAM 2020 Mentors from 4 families: Science & Engineering, IT, Business Administration, and Banking & Investment.

The Feb 25, 2008 issue of Cam Nang HOC BONG, a publication of Vietnam Centrepoint, has one article about VIETNAM 2020.

Targeted at third and final year students, the workshop was an informal 3-hour session where speakers and panel members came and talked about various aspects of the first 3 months of work. Sis Christie, who has worked with Intel for 12 years and been in various positions, enlightened the students with her presentation on “Change and Transition”. How to recognize changes and put oneself in the transition mode so as to adapt to the change was the theme of the first presentation. Interestingly, the presentation pointed out that although changes happen at every minute and in every day, one can be bypassed by changes and let the opportunities slip through the fingers. Be alert, be pro-active and stay positive are the key to successfully bring oneself ahead of all the changes.

Sis Thuy, a junior member of the family, shared with the participants her real experiences when she joined Ernst & Young. Having been with the company for one and a half year, Thuy has gone through her disappointments with the unmet expectations, the sweet and bitterness of being the fresh grad joining a big company. The short presentation was not meant to “scare” the graduates-to-be, but rather to help them adjust their expectations better.

Participants raised questions about their own situations such as how to decide whether to pursue higher education, whether or not to stay in the job which is neither good nor bad, etc… The discussion was heated up when the participants shared their own stories . The workshop, at the time, became like a round table discussion and everyone really got involved.