Graduation is coming at the lightning speed and some very scary thoughts keep jumping in to my head about what I should do after graduation. I know one thing for sure; I am definitely going home to see my friends and family that I have not seen in two years. I already know that I am going to experience a cultural shock and I know that after couple of weeks everything will be moving at the same pace as it was 7 years ago (I came to US 7 years ago). After sitting around and enjoying the comfort of my home, the time will come when I will have to search for a job.
I already have some ideas about what I want to do, due to the connections that I made in the United States. People that I made connections with and created mutual friendships with have already been gone; most of them are back at home in Lithuania. They brought their knowledge, skill, and experience to Lithuania which has enabled them to open up their own very successful companies.
Coming back home is very exciting for me, for many reasons, but one reason in particular; I can not wait to start working and applying my knowledge about what I have learned in the past years at American University. As scary as it seems of not knowing what is going to happen next, the fact that you hold your own destiny in your hands, is not as scary a thought. Each summer when I go home I try to pay close attention to the way companies are operating, and stuff as simple as looking at the way companies treat their customers. Able to sit aside, observe and compare the way customers are treated back home and in the United States gives me some valuable insight about the way it should be done.
Some people back home have not even heard of blogs, so the first thing I will try to do is to convince the company to start blogging. After reading my own blogs and other people’s blogs in the class, I not only get information, but I also will be able to apply that information into real life situations. Blogging in United States is very big right now, but it is also at the decline. But it is not going to be at the decline in Lithuania, blogs are there, but only a few companies have it. More and more people will be buying computer and connecting to the internet service and that’s were the power of blogging will capture their mind.
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I would imagine working experience in different country would be really different from that of here. Each country sure has different product cycle, and I totally agree with you that common thing as blogging can be very rare in another country. I think not many Japanese companies are blogging as much as here, and if I were to establish a company, I would definately create a corporate blog from what I learned in the class.
I am also going to go back to my country. I am also considering my future whether or not I will do job hunting even though most companies finish recruiting. I tried to apply some companies from here, however I could not take interview in Japan, because I have been U.S. But, I have experienced many things that I would not have in Japan if I had not studied abroad. This is my treasure. So I will take my way as there are much time now.
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