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NU CAC NEWSLETTER

In this issue:

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Dear NU Community and Partners,

Let us congratulate you on the upcoming holidays: Day of Defender

of the Fatherland Day and Victory Day!

We wish you and your loved ones health, happiness and well-being.

NU Career and Advising Center is happy to

present you the May issue of the monthly

Newsletter. In this issue you will find the

highlights on the events organized by CAC in

April, Field Trips to 2 companies: Beeline and

«Samruk-Kazyna» Corporate University, our new

Newsletter Section “My First Job”, book review,

informative article for students searching for

different scholarships, the latest news from NU

Student Organizations, rewarding article on “How

to Pass the Job Interview Successfully?”, news

from our Alumni and our sincere congratulations

on the latest NU achievements.

Enjoy your reading!

Graduate Application Advising Sessions

The series of Graduate Application

Advising workshops 2019 continued with

the workshop “Writing a Personal

statement” conducted by Madi

Zhakupbayev, NU alumnus, SHSS '16,

Sociology. He shared his knowledge and

experience on writing a personal

statement. Beyond the main topic's

discussion, the speaker answered

students’ questions about his personal

experience after graduation and provided valuable tips and advice.

Scholarships Fair: Bolashak, Konrad-Adenauer, DAAD

Any hesitation about studying abroad

is typically related to the source of

funding. Most students do not know

that there are many opportunities to

get financial support and they may

actually apply for scholarships as

foreign students. In order to provide a

platform for communication and

acquaint students with possible

scholarships on April 4, the Student

Ministry of Education and CAC held

the Scholarship fair with participation

of more than 150 students. The

representatives of the Center for

international programs (Bolashak,

intergovernmental grants, DAAD,

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and other

scholarships) told about admission

procedures, selection criteria, tips, and

advice on how to succeed in creating

the most successful submissions and

winning the scholarship.

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French Scholarships for NU Students

Every year France attracts more and more

foreign students as a country of

innovation for young researchers; it

ranked fourth in the world for a number

of admitted students. The largest startup

incubator in the world - Station F serves

the country to accelerate economic

growth and maintain the position as the

first country in Europe, represented in the

top 100 most innovative enterprises (by

Thomson Reuters).

To spread the actual information on funding

opportunities to study in France on April 24

Ms.Lora Kasten, Adviser to the Ambassador of

France in Kazakhstan and Irada Aripova, the

Coordinator of the Campus France, gave the

presentation for NU students. They told about the

scholarships for Master's and PhD programs in

France as “Make our planet great again”, “Abay-

Vern”, “Eiffel” and answered the student’s personal questions.

Within the framework of the Abai-Vern joint program of France and Kazakhstan, 100

Kazakhstani students (90 undergraduates and 10 doctoral students) will be funded to study

in France without restrictions the majors.

Read more about French scholarships >>

Study Opportunities at University of Science and Technology/UST, South Korea

On April 29 DIC and CAC hosted the representatives of the University of Science and

Technology of the Republic of Korea (UST). The guests introduced the information on

study opportunities at UST as obtaining the full scholarship automatically upon admission

and participation in research projects as a student researcher. The stipend provided for PhD

student is more than 1,400 USD per month and 1,050 USD per month for a master's student,

and the entire costs of tuition fee are additionally covered.

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KPMG Audit Week

On 2-8 April in Nazarbayev University KPMG in KZ and Central Asia held KPMG Audit

week where 27 graduating students

had a real chance to look deeply at a

career in Audit. The participants

discovered first-hand information

from KPMG audit partners and

managers and had an opportunity to

solve close to real audit business

cases. Most talented students got

offers to Dive into Audit with

KPMG.

KPMG Audit Week is an event which

offers students a unique opportunity

to solve real-world business cases and

get hands-on examples about the

tasks auditors face every day.

We hope this Week was very useful

for you and helped you to learn more

about Audit in KPMG.

TCO Job Fair 2019

From April 8 to 12 Tengizchevroil held its annual Job Fair. Tengizchevroil conducted

testing and interviews for graduates of 2018-2019 years of study. Students who have passed

the test were allowed to participate in the Job Fair.

BCG Testing

On April 12, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

organized a GMAT- modelled test for NU

students. It was the first stage in the recruitment

process. The test lasted for 50 minutes and

included 53 questions. After that successful

candidates were invited for further interviews to

the BCG office.

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ERG Day

On April 19, 2019, the Eurasian Group (ERG) held an ERG Day aimed to attract talented

young people to popular manufacturing professions.

During the presentation,

representatives of the ERG

Umit Kanatkaliyeva – Career

Management Expert and

Saltanat Urbissinova -

Personnel Appraisal Expert,

told about the competitive

advantages of the Group's

enterprises, the company's

development prospects for the

coming years. ERG

representatives mentioned

about the opportunities for

staff development and the

active work of the company's

youth council. Also students

received information about

the “Future with ERG”

program, in which the Group interacts with students and graduates. The advantages of the

“Future with ERG” program are: paid internship/internship; securing mentor/ supervisor;

employment; development of a career plan and enrollment in the perso nnel reserve.

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Students knew about career opportunities within the framework of internal/external rotation

at the Group's enterprises.

The meeting also provided information on the social package for employees, which is a

significant advantage in hiring. The list of benefits of the social package includes: medical

insurance, meals, transfer, bonuses for the year, additional days to basic leave for

employees of the production unit, internal and external trainings, the opportunity to

participate in the Group's housing programs.

At the end of the meeting, ERG announced about Open Day at the Group's enterprises and

the start of the competition for solving business cases. The winners of the intellectual

competition will be invited to a scientific and technical conference in Nur-Sultan in May.

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Mock Interview Week

From April 1 to 5, Career and Advising Center held Mock Interviews Week.

During the whole week students had a chance to meet with HR representatives from 15

leading organizations and experience job interviews firsthand. Moreover, after each

interview professionals provided participants with individual feedback on their resume and

interview skills.

Thanks to our partners:

UNDP, PSI Group, PwC, Verny Investments Holding LLP, National Center for Expertise of

Medicines, Medical Devices and Medical Equipment, Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering,

KPMG, E&Y, Beeline, Deloitte, Bi Group, ANCOR, KazDream Technologies,

Schlumberger, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and students for participation!

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Schlumberger Presentation

On April 19th the opening lecture of

Schlumberger chapter at Nazarbayev University

was held. It was organized by Recruiting Team in

collaboration with Schlumberger Chapter and

Career and Advising Center. The Schlumberger

Chapter was created by Schlumberger NU

Alumni in order to familiarize students with

oilfield services in Schlumberger.

The lecture was started with the

overview of Schlumberger business

in KZU by Yassaui Maksut (Market

Analyst). Next, Talgat Otelgen

(Maintenance Engineer) talked about

Well Services and its operations.

Lastly, Sholpan Zhylkaidarova

(Senior Field Engineer) presented

Testing Services and talked about her

career path at Schlumberger. Schlumberger

Recruiter Manager Gafur Assylkanov

explained students recruitment process and

answered all related questions. Answers for

oilfield challenges, educational process,

career progress and other questions were

provided at the end of presentation.

Memorable presents were given to all

students. Technical talks by experienced

specialists and top managers are planned

for next meetings on a regular basis.

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ILF Consulting Engineers Presentation

On April 17th ILF Consulting

Engineers held a recruitment

lecture at Nazarbayev University

for students of School of

Engineering and School of Mining

and Geosciences.

ILF Group is an international

engineering and consulting firm

with more than 2,500 highly

qualified employees at more than

40 office locations across five

continents.

Talgat Temirzhanov, Managing

Director for ILF Kazakhstan,

Zulfira Sadyrbayeva, HR Manager,

and young engineers, Dinara

Ibrayeva (Civil Engineer, NU Alumna ’15) and Mansur Alimbayev (Process Engineer),

talked about the services ILF Kazakhstan provides as well as the company values in training

high potential engineers sharing their own experience in the company. They also shared

information about the opportunities for self-development at ILF, including a two-year long

International Training Program for

young engineers with four

assignments in different ILF offices

worldwide.

During a long and effective Q&A

session, students were able to get

detailed answers from ILF

professionals on numerous

questions regarding the selection

process for Intern and Graduate

intake as well as receive invaluable

advice on the career prospects for

young professionals.

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Beeline

In the late March about 20 students of

Nazarbayev University visited digital office

of “Beeline (official name is “VEON”)

Headquarter”, which is located in business

center Talan Towers Offices.

Under the Beeline brand, VEON offers

integrated mobile and fixed telephony,

long distance, data transmission,

telematics services, Internet-based wired

and wireless solutions, including fiber

access technology, WiFi and third

generation network.

The program started with a tour around

the offices, afterwards HR Business

Partner of VEON Natalya Tolmacheva

gave a presentation on the topic “How

to choose your career path?”.

Then there was another informative

presentation about provided internship

and employment opportunities.

We kindly inform you that all

internship vacancies and information

are available on the website of Beeline -

www.beeline.kz – Section “Career”

(Карьера).

Students showed great interest in the

work of the company, asked questions

and received answers from the

company representatives. We are sure

that the information obtained during the fieldtrip will help to improve the professional

knowledge and practical skills of students.

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«Samruk-Kazyna» Corporate University

On April 10th the students of NU School of Humanities and Social Sciences and School of

Science and Technology had an opportunity to visit «Samruk-Kazyna» Corporate

University.

«Samruk-Kazyna» Corporate University

specializes in development of corporate

competencies of employees, internal

corporate standards of training; services

Market Analysis for training, retraining and

advanced training of personnel; organization

and conduct of training courses, retraining

and advanced training, including in the form

of seminars,workshops, and other team

building corporate events on a wide range

of management and production and

technical disciplines; staff recruitment;

providing consulting services in the field of

personnel management.

At the beginning students went on the tour

around the offices of the Corporate

University, where got acquainted with the

members of Departments. Representatives of

each department were happy to tell about

their field of work and to share some tips on

Career building with future specialists.

After tour was followed by useful

presentation on succesful programs implemented by the SKCU, such as “Zhas Orken” and

“Digital Summer”. The information about these internship programs are available via

digital-summer.sk.kz and https://www.zhasorken.skcu.kz.

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My First Job

We are happy to continue our very

new section “My first job”

Follow our hashtag

#nu_cac_myfirstjob to see the

stories on the Internet.

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“Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.”

- Kelly McGonigal

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, an

award-winning science journalist, and a leading expert on the mind-body relationship. Her

teaching and writing focus on the applications of psychological science to personal health

and happiness, as well as public policy and social change.

Kelly McGonigal is an expert at “science help”, the industry in which scientists try to break

down their research so that so-called “average Joe” can understand and use it. CAC

recommends the book “The Willpower Instinct”. Here are some insights of it:

Most people think of willpower as the ability to resist temptations. However, that’s only one

third of the deal.

McGonigal puts willpower into 3 distinct categories:

1. “I won’t” power

2. “I will” power

3. “I want” power

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“I won’t” power is the willpower you already know: It’s what you use when you resist that

cookie on the conference table, the urge to watch the next episode of Breaking Bad, or to

swing by McDonald’s on your way home.

The pause-and-plan response

Have you ever felt followed by someone and wanted to just run home as quickly as

possible?

That’s your fight-or-flight response, and it’s triggered by stress, for example in dangerous

situations, or in our modern world, being afraid to miss a deadline.

Kelly McGonigal says there’s an alternate version of this though: the pause-and-plan

response.

It gives you that short time buffer you need to make the better decision.

This is your biological willpower instinct, and like your gut, it can be trained. However,

since willpower is like a muscle, it does get exhausted over time.

This is why your decisions get worse later in the day. Some ways to stock up your

willpower to the maximum are:

1. Eating healthy food, especially low-glycemic foods.

2. Meditating for as little as 11 hours over several sessions.

3. Exercising regularly.

4. Getting a good night of quality sleep — every night.

5. Spending time with someone who has strong willpower.

Past good behavior can’t be an excuse for present bad behavior.

Let’s say you’re trying to quit alcohol and you do incredibly well all week.

You resist the temptation to go to a bar with coworkers on Wednesday, you get through

your gym workout the day after, and are highly motivated to lose those extra pounds.

So on Sunday, what do you do? You reward yourself with a beer, because you’ve done so

well. This is the worst thing you could do.

Giving yourself a reward that drives you away from your long-term goal is counter-

productive and not a good strategy to win. As your reward for taking 7 steps forward, you’re taking 1 step back.

The message is to be aware of your attitude, because when you do well, you get lazy.

That doesn’t mean you can’t be proud of your accomplishments, but don’t use your past

successes as an excuse to fail today.

Reference Link

Enjoy your reading!

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3 Useful Resources for Finding a Graduate Program of

Your Dream

Planning to apply for a Master’s of PhD program? Make sure

you have checked these resources full of information about

graduate programs and scholarships.

1.Neupusti.net

Kazakhstani platform for students and young

specialists who are looking for study and

professional development opportunities. On the

website you can find information about programs

from the universities all around the world, internships and contests.

2.Grantist.com

A platform created by two students from Belarus eager to share

scholarships available for students from post-Soviet countries.

A big advantage of the platform is a nice organization of

materials and easy navigation.

3.Bolashak.gov.kz

On the website of famous Bolashak program you

can find information about study opportunities

for Kazakhstani citizens. It is worthy to check

their Instagram page as it is regularly updated

and easy to follow.

And, of course, do not forget to ask your

professors and Career and Advising Center’s

managers because these people have a lot of

experience in this sphere and can share some insights and personalized advice. We wish

you good luck!

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We are happy to announce that NU opened new Sport Center – “Athletic

Center”.

Swimming Pool started operating from Monday April 8, 2019.

Please make sure that you have your own:

✔washing accessories (towel, slippers, shower gel etc.)

✔swimming kit

✔swim cap

Now Athletic Center Gym and Climbing classes are Coming soon!

Stay healthy and enjoy sports with us!

P.S. Faculty, staff and alumni will join students as soon as possible. Please stay tuned!

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How to Pass the Job Interview Successfully?

Dear students,

some of you are graduating very soon, some of you

are planning to find a job for summer break. So we

decided to share with you main tips on passing job

interview successfully, which were often mentioned

during the latest semiannual Mock Interview Week

(01.04-05.04.2019) by HR and Line Managers of local

companies.

Prepare “Self-story”

It is a prepared 2-3 min speech to the most common

questions like “Tell me about yourself” or “Describe

yourself”, which is a chance to catch attention/interest of

the recruiter.

“Do Homework”

You should do preliminary research on the company and position you are applying to. Read

carefully Job Description. Be ready to answer some general questions as: What was its last

year revenue? What are its major projects? Why exactly are you aiming at a given

department or a business unit? How your previous experience correlates with the vacant

position?

Provide examples

It is highly recommended to support your work or life experience with concrete cases,

results, achievements, quantitative measures, outcomes, what you have learned eventually

to be more argumentative.

Take care of your “Body Language”

It is important that your actions throughout the interview are in line with the message you

want to send. Focus on controlling excess movement, and avoid fidgeting, talking with your

hands, pointing finger or tapping your feet. Sit up straight in your chair with your feet

resting flat on the floor. Rest your arms at your side or fold your hands on the table if that is

more comfortable for you. Be careful to avoid slouching or sitting back in your chair, as

that can give the interviewer the impression that you don’t care. Finally, make eye contact

whenever anyone says something to you and when you are talking to someone. Making eye

contact shows that you are listening and that you feel comfortable talking to the interviewer.

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Time comes to announce the great news!

BOOST Scholarship Winners are announced!

We are happy to congratulate NU students Zhanat

Tolenbekova, Ulan Kyzyrov, Marzhan Junusbekova,

Aldiyar Semedyarov and Olzhas Shaikenov on

becoming the BOOST scholarship winners!

This year two alumni of School of Engineering have

established BOOST scholarship to support talented

undergraduate students in their final year of studies. The

criteria for selection of winners was based not only the

academic performance but on leadership, entrepreneurship, communication and critical

thinking skills, personal qualities and financial needs. For each award, the student will

receive 30,000 KZT per month for one academic year.

We greatly appreciate the effort of our graduates on supporting students to maximize their

ability and complete their study successfully.

CONNECT VOL.2

On April 11th the Student

Ministry of External

Affairs in cooperation with

Career and Advising held

the annual Connect Vol.2

“People of Forbes”. The

interactive event included a

Talk-show with guests as

Amirkhan Omarov, Alina

Askarova, Nurken

Rzaliyev and Adil

Igemberdiyev, awarding

the winners of two

contests, and networking

part with NU alumni

working in successful

companies. The total number of guests reached 160 people.

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Alumni News

We thank our alumni - Assel Bissenova, Miras Toltayev, Aigerim Omarbekova, Arman

Konkobay, Aibek Botabekov, Zhamilya Zhakup who participated in networking and

discussion to share their stories, motivate and inspire students. We hope that it was

interesting and useful for all participants.

See you next year!

Please click see the photos and video from the event.

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Congratulations to NU Press Office with their hard work and contribution to NU.

NU Press Office returned from Moscow with the 1st prize in the international contest

"Press Service of the Year" for its best newsletter NU Magazine.

CAC and NU team are proud of a dream team: Dinara Kussain, Kymbat Iskakova, Madina

Kakimzhanova, and Nurlan Ismailov.

They are doing their best to help the public to learn more about NU. Bravo!

Our contacts:

Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay batyr ave.,

Office 2043, Block C-2

Tel.: 70 65 38, 70 90 16, 69 45 25, 70 58 86

Working hours: 8.30-17.30, 12.30-13.30 is lunch

time

If you have any questions or ideas, please contact

us via mail cac@nu.edu.kz , alumni@nu.edu.kz ,

social networks or visit our office.

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