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Dear NU community,

NU Career and Advising Center

congratulates you on the beginning

of the new academic year and

presents the September issue of the

monthly Newsletter. In this issue you

will find the remarks of welcome to

fresh students by CAC team

members, information on Career

Advising Center activity, highlights on

the events organized by CAC in

August and Plans for fall 2018.

Enjoy your reading!

Content of the issue:

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p. 5

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p. 7-8

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Summer has passed quickly and we are full of excitement of

the new academic year 2018-2019. Let it bring transformational

experience to all of us. To our returning and fresh students I wish

to grasp this sense of possibility in the air and enjoy diverse

learning community. Let the new academic year bring new

level of energy to campus and best wishes for a wonderful

year!

Yevgeniya Kim,

Director of Career and Advising Center

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Congratulations on your acceptance to our University!

Your acceptance has verified all your skills and ability to work hard

and achieve your goal, which was established in your academic

and personal past.

From the first days of your student pathway, you are entering a

different level of demand and obligation as an NU student. Every

step of the process is a building block toward the next and has

important elements of your development. We encourage you to

continue and enhance the level of your abilities and achievements

to make you stronger and confident in future.

We will be here to support you along the way you stay at NU by

hosting various events and programs to connect you with alumni so

you are welcome to join and advance.

Please feel free to reach out to us anytime! Welcome to CAC and

congratulations again!

Gaini Yessembekova,

Senior Manager

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We congratulate our new comers – freshmen undergraduate

students and first year graduate students. We are happy to offer

you our services - CAC CareerNet options, career counseling

opportunities on resume/CV review, interview techniques, job

search, graduate application, internships, the events

conducted within Student Professional Development Program

and Graduate Application Advising Program. We hope to see

you at our events and appointments and wish you all good luck

with building your career path! ”

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Dear students!

On behalf of Career and Advising Center, we welcome you to

our University and congratulate you on the beginning of the new

Academic Year! Let your journey for knowledge take you farther

than you can imagine.

Please remember that our Center is always here to help and advise you. Our job is to

provide you career advising, assist you with internships, interview skills, and resume

reviews and others. We hope to become friends with each of you! We work with and

for you!

We wish you good teachers, new friends and lots of fun!

Zhanar Abzhakova,

Manager Zhanar Makhayeva,

Manager Arailym Serikova,

Specialist

Liliya Tleukenova

Senior manager

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Nazarbayev University Career and Advising Center (further -CAC) advances the mission

of Nazarbayev University to promote the development of education and research

activities in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The mission of NU CAC is providing

comprehensive career services to encourage students’ excellence in career

development, preparing for professional environment, creating and promoting strong

partnerships with NU students and parents, alumni, employers, Schools, and overall

university community.

The Career and Advising Center serves as a full service organization with the following

main functions:

• Provide career advising through scheduled appointments and drop-ins with CAC

staff members to assist NU students and alumni with internships, job search,

interview skills, resume review, alumni issues, and graduate application.

• Educate students about experimential learning programs (internships,

volunteering, part-time employment) while at NU

• Connect NU students and Alumni with internship providers and employers through

job postings, on-campus recruitment, networking events, and social media

• Provide services for companies looking to hire NU students and Alumni

• Facilitate Internship Programs in cooperation with NU Schools

• Acquaint students through career workshops and related activities with job-search

strategies and tools to present themselves effectively as candidates for

employment after graduation

• Assist NU students reflecting their abilities, skills, values, and motivations

• Assist NU students and Alumni to identify graduate Program and School; connect

students with graduate schools through campus info sessions and presentations

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Research Seminar in Mathematics “Uniqueness of solutions to McKean-Vlasov SDEs”

by was held on 20th August.

The aim of the research seminar series is to promote collaboration and to provide

support for researchers, students, and professionals who are interested in pursuing

Ph.D.

Bekzhan Kerimkulov completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics at the Moscow

State University before going on to study a Masters in Mathematical Methods of

Optimization and Stochastics at National Research University Higher School of

Economics (Moscow).

During his master project, he focused on the sensitivity of diffusion processes with

respect to a perturbation of the coefficients. Throughout his university time, he was

keen on the field of probability and stochastic analysis.

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On August 7, 2018, CAC organized a meeting with one of the co-owners of

the Miele company - Dr. Marcus Miele. Miele is a German manufacturer of

premium household appliances founded in 1899.

While his presentation Dr. Miele shared the history of the company which started

with the collaboration of two friends - the engineer Carl Miele and the

businessman Reinhard Zinkann. The major distinctive feature of the company was

its persistence to provide quality across the generations of employees.

Dr. Miele shared his experience in making business decisions while choosing which

product to launch and which new market to enter.

Overall, students had chance to build the idea of what it is to run a family business,

what are the major factors that affected key business decisions and were invited

to visit newly opened Miele experience center in Astana.

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Dear Students,

Career and Advising Center has prepared a series of events for your

professional development this Fall. As you know, annually we conduct 2 types of

events:

➢ Student Professional Development Program, -events aimed at helping

you to build your future career path- company and profession days, field

trips, mock interviews, on-campus recruitment, soft skills related/resume

writing workshops, etc.

➢ Graduate Application Advising Program, -events aimed at helping you

to make right decisions when applying to a graduate study- CV and

motivation letter writing, recommendation letter tips, choosing a

graduate school, finding a scholarship, etc.

To provide you with a comprehensive scope of the area, we try to invite

employers, alumni and professors as speakers to our events.

In order to attend an event, please register via CAC

CareerNet/Events/Workshops and press RSVP.

Please see our preliminary schedule of events below. Note that it is subject to

changes; please verify it with the CAC CareerNet registration.

We wish you good luck and hope to see you at our events!

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Event title Preliminary dates

Self-representation in social media – 5 workshops by CAC September-October

Info-session for the graduating undergraduate and

graduate students about CAC Services available upon

graduation

3rd week of

September

DAAD info-session to introduce the information on German

graduate schools admissions

3rd week of

September

Sharing experience session on internships 3rd week of September

Graduate Application advising: study in US 3rd week of September

How to choose a profession, master class by an employer September 18

Profession Day: Employee at Small and Medium-Sized

Enterprises. Advantages

4th week of September

Chevening scholarships. Guidelines and tips. 4th week of September

Company Day: Career on the manufacturing plant 4th week of September

Company Day: Career at Schools with participation of

public and private secondary schools representative of

How to pass an interview. Tips for Success by Beeline September 26

Info-session on mock interviews: how to get the most of it September 28

Profession Day: Master of Public Health. Career paths 4th week of September

Personal statement writing tips

How to Choose a School. Top universities. Insights from the

NU professors and alumni

4th week of September

Fulbright scholarship information October

Yessenov Foundation research internships for students-

sharing experience from the scholarship winners -2018

October

Motivation Letter – best practices October

International internships- where to find and how to apply.

Tips from the former interns

October 16

PhD application processes October

Recommendations letters: components and tips October

Interview for Graduate application October

Mock Interview week with the participation of real

employers

October 22-26

Graduate Application advising: study in France October

Internships and employment: how to overcome stress during

internship and at work

November 5

Bolashak. Tips, rules and regulations. November

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CAC Career Net

Career and Advising Center is glad to remind you about the CAC Career Net , a

special ``headhunting`` system - the primary CAC tool for announcing internships

and vacancies to NU students and graduates.

Career Net will offer you the opportunity:

• to track the available internships and vacancies

• to apply with one click to desired position after uploading the resume

• to make an appointment with CAC advisors to get advice on Graduate

application, career issues, resume/CV writing

• to get information about events, workshops and sessions organized by CAC

The Registration Manual is available via the LINK

Our contacts: Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay batyr ave.,

Office 2043D, Block C-2

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Tel.: 70 65 38, 70 58 95,

69 45 25, 70 58 86

Working hours: 8.30-17.30,

12.30-13.30 is lunch time

cac.nu.edu.kz,

cac@nu.edu.kz,

alumni.nu.edu.kz

alumni@nu.edu.kz