I’d like to express my gratitude to Avantgrade Initiatives, Viveka and Marcel for this wonderful learning opportunity and a big thank you to my mentor Tan Zhong Xiao. Thanks to your help, I have been able to get a better understanding of job profile refinement, Linkedin, Elevator pitches and CV optimisation. Apart from these I have also learnt a lot on time management and how to maximise my work efficiency. Amongst all the learning exposures probably the favourite moment has been the mock interview. It not just only bolstered my confidence for future interviews but also provided an insight of the interviewer’s mind. Jim has been extremely approachable and has always promptly responded to my queries, he has not only mentored but also connected me to other people working in my field of interest at NUS. I remember during our first interaction Jim had mentioned me that one of the essential traits of a person is to be able to indulge in an engaging “Coffee Table” conversation with anyone and that’s something has been a pivotal aspect in all of my subsequent conversations with professors and interviewers. One area where I truly appreciate Jim is the way he mentored without dictating rigid norms to the ‘perfect’ answer. He encourages his mentees to truly be themselves and refine it to hit the bullseye. Although the Uplift program is at it’s senescence but the relations built here along with the knowledge is what I am taking with me and I shall do my best to share the knowledge further with as many people as possible to continue to ‘Uplift’ !! Thank you so much !

                                                                                                                                                                              Coninika