ANALYSIS
My successful path interning & working
for ArcelorMittal Skopje
Sanja Ivanovska, Customer Service Unit Support
The only way to achieve your goals in life is through
hard work and persistence. This belief – combined with
a positive attitude and self-confidence – led me to my
internship at ArcelorMittal Skopje. As a young enthusiast, I was very happy for the opportunity to become
part of the global ArcelorMittal Corporation.
I started my internship in September 2013 in the Customer Service Unit where I helped implement projects
related to corporate health & safety standards. During
those 5 months, I was surrounded by positive people
and a very dynamic environment. The work helped me
develop my communication and organizational skills.
My open-minded colleagues helped me to fit in and
taught me how to do my job. The environment motivated me to progress and learn because I had real
responsibilities and really felt like a valued member
of the team.
After completing my internship, the company offered me a job. I continued working on the same
issues, but my work is now more analytical. Over
this year and a half, I’ve developed myself as a professional. I now have a foundation of essential skills
that can be developed over time.
ArcelorMittal Skopje internships offer great work
experience in a lot of areas. From my point of view,
applied work, including fieldwork, is a vital part of
scientific education. It helps students develop their
understanding of science and its dependence on
evidence. It also gives them essential, hands-on skills
required for a career in science. All students need
the opportunity to do exciting and varied experiments and research.
I encourage all enthusiasts (graduates, post-graduate students, first-time job seekers) to apply for an
internship, because it is a priceless opportunity. It
will help you develop first and foremost as a person,
then as a productive member of the workforce. We
all need to continue our personal and professional
development; the best way to do this is within an
organization that recognizes your potential and is
willing to invest in it.
So my message to other young people is to give it
your best, make your own story and be persistent!
14 Summer 2015
Issue 46