“Even though you are good at your skills, you definitely need to have the support of someone to trust you and give you a chance to prove yourself in a foreign land”
By Yogesh Haresh Bojja (Illume Fellow), Master of Data Science, RMIT.
I was stuck back in my hometown, India, due to a pandemic, which restricted me from meeting new people, expanding my network and somehow affected my confidence, as I know how networking plays an important role in getting a job in Australia. I returned to Australia with a lot of questions in my mind. I met Laxmi Pun (Founder of Illume Foundation) through one of my friends and started my fellowship at Illume Foundation.
This fellowship gave me a chance to meet new people from different industries and get to know their thought processes. Meet-ups and parties organised by Illume Foundation opened the gates to meeting new people in person, which eventually made my network strong. While pursuing fellowship, I got an opportunity to work as a Business Analyst with a startup, CharityBay through Laxmi. This role gave me an idea of how the IT industry works in Australia and gave me the confidence to deliver. I was excited to land by Graduate Role as Data Science Engineer through Illume Foundation.
Written by Yogesh.
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Illume Foundation was selected as part of the University of Melbourne InnovatEd Program and we’ll be PITCHING!!!
Come join us and support us and meet other students, founders and startup enthusiasts.
InnovatEd is an incubation program for educational technology (EdTech) innovations focused on higher education.
Event details:
Date: Wednesday 31 May
Time: 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Location: The Forum, Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston Street VIC 3000
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