{"id":11254,"date":"2022-12-20T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/?p=11254"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T06:39:42","slug":"chance-of-personal-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/es\/chance-of-personal-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAs an opportunity to challenge yourself, to go beyond your comfort zone, and as a chance of personal growth.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=\u00bbin_container\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb column_margin=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_direction=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_direction_tablet=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_direction_phone=\u00bbdefault\u00bb scene_position=\u00bbcenter\u00bb text_color=\u00bbdark\u00bb text_align=\u00bbleft\u00bb row_border_radius=\u00bbnone\u00bb row_border_radius_applies=\u00bbbg\u00bb overflow=\u00bbvisible\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00bb0.3″ gradient_direction=\u00bbleft_to_right\u00bb shape_divider_position=\u00bbbottom\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00bbnone\u00bb][vc_column column_padding=\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00bb column_padding_tablet=\u00bbinherit\u00bb column_padding_phone=\u00bbinherit\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00bball\u00bb column_element_direction_desktop=\u00bbdefault\u00bb column_element_spacing=\u00bbdefault\u00bb desktop_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb tablet_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00bbdefault\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ background_hover_color_opacity=\u00bb1″ column_backdrop_filter=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_shadow=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_border_radius=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_link_target=\u00bb_self\u00bb column_position=\u00bbdefault\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00bbleft_to_right\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00bb0.3″ width=\u00bb1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=\u00bbdefault\u00bb animation_type=\u00bbdefault\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00bbnone\u00bb border_type=\u00bbsimple\u00bb column_border_width=\u00bbnone\u00bb column_border_style=\u00bbsolid\u00bb][vc_column_text]\r\n

The success story of Simona Rao (UNICT, Italy) hired on a fixed-term contract by the Spanish company where she did an international traineeship.<\/em><\/h4>\r\n\r\n

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Shortly after graduating, I had the opportunity to carry out a six-month internship at a Spanish company<\/strong>, which subsequently turned into effectively moving abroad for work. As of today, in fact, I have been living in Spain for one year and a half already, working for the same company as a research technician.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

If they asked me to summarize my Erasmus+ mobility experience using a few words, they would undoubtedly be the following: terrifying, but WONDERFUL at the same time!<\/strong> This is because I will never forget the combo of enthusiasm and fear that I felt when the mere hypothetical possibility of undertaking this internship turned into a real destination, with a company available to welcome me and a date, circled in red on my calendar, that was fastly approaching!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

My biggest insecurity was linked to the fact that, taking part in the Erasmus mobility programme after my graduation, I would not find myself in a university environment but I would be thrown into what would be my first professional experience, furthermore in another country and using a foreign language<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

In hindsight, however, I acknowledge that all these doubts were completely unfounded, since my Erasmus experience has been for me an adventure that I will always remember and keep forever in my heart.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

This experience allowed me to grow as a person<\/strong> in the first place, but obviously also from a professional point of view. During this journey, I had the chance to learn more about a different culture, visit amazing places, learn a foreign language and meet lovely people. Surely, I had to face some difficulties and issues, but I believe that this is also part of the experience and that it was this, most of all, which allowed me to adapt to this new world, mature and improve myself<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

At first, the experience of moving might appear as something scary and the questions in this regard might be several: \u00abWhat if I cannot integrate?\u00bb; \u00abWhat if I cannot communicate using a different language?\u00bb; \u00abWhat if I cannot make any friends?\u00bb; \u00abWhat if, what if, what if\u2026?!?\u00bb. Only afterwards you realize how trivial these questions are and that diversity, cultural and linguistic, does not represent at all an obstacle during this beautiful path. Exactly for this reason, the only piece of advice I feel I can give to all students who are considering the possibility of moving abroad is to look at each of these doubts not as a hindrance, or even as a limit, but always and only as an opportunity to challenge yourself, to go beyond your comfort zone, and as a chance of personal growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

I owe a lot, actually a ton, to this Erasmus+ postgraduate mobility opportunity and I will always be grateful not only for this experience in itself, but also, and most of all, to all those people (friends, university colleagues and professors) who encouraged me and pushed me to follow this wonderful path!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h4>\r\n\r\n

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Simona Rao, <\/em>
Graduate from UNICT<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n

I am Simona Rao, a graduate from the University of Catania in Sicily, Italy, where I acquired a postgraduate degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Further information for an internship abroad:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

International Internships Portal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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