Vlad Plahotniuc meets school students and talks about career, interests and first pay.
06 July 2016This morning Edelweiss founder Vlad Plahotniuc met school students from Hancesti. This week school students from Hancesti are taking Edelweiss School of Ambassadors career guidance course.
This morning Edelweiss founder Vlad Plahotniuc met school students from Hancesti. This week school students from Hancesti are taking Edelweiss School of Ambassadors career guidance course.
It was half an hour meeting, and rather a relaxed one. The students asked Vlad Plahotniuc numerous questions; he answered them, joked and gave advice to students about their careers.
“When I was your age no one talked about career guidance, to say nothing of the courses that are taught to you. I think if I had had such opportunities it would have been easier for me to succeed, to understand what life is about. I think you do not have to learn the hard way we did. You have to be dedicated to your choices, be perseverant, at your best and work hard. Today, times are different. Competition is tougher”, Plahotniuc said to the students.
He wondered what professions the students would like to pursue. And all together they tried to come up with the most detailed definition of success. In turn, the young people were curious to find out about Plahotnuic as much as possible: about his preferences in books and music, his motivation and about his daily schedule.
“I was born poor and ambitious and it was very strong motivation, especially when I realized that I had to take care of my brothers. And now when I am successful I also feel responsibility, even bigger responsibility for many more people”, told Plahotniuc. He remembered his childhood and the first money he ever had. “For the first time, I received money from my grandfather; I helped him with an errand, carrying straw. He sent me to buy something. There were no lei then, he gave me just some coins. But that’s how it was. I remember it to this day”, he added.
Today’s meeting was absolutely spontaneous. The students were taken by surprise when all of a sudden, they saw the Edelweiss founder- whom they knew from his TV appearances- in their midst.
The twenty students selected for the Edelweiss School of Ambassadors want to become architects, engineers, journalists, IT specialists, lawyers, economists and teachers. They are taking various courses taught to them by Moldovan and foreign experts. The goal of the courses is to provide career guidance and help school students make a right choice. It is the first-time project and it is initiated and implemented by the Edelweiss Fund.
It was half an hour meeting, and rather a relaxed one. The students asked Vlad Plahotniuc numerous questions; he answered them, joked and gave advice to students about their careers.
“When I was your age no one talked about career guidance, to say nothing of the courses that are taught to you. I think if I had had such opportunities it would have been easier for me to succeed, to understand what life is about. I think you do not have to learn the hard way we did. You have to be dedicated to your choices, be perseverant, at your best and work hard. Today, times are different. Competition is tougher”, Plahotniuc said to the students.
He wondered what professions the students would like to pursue. And all together they tried to come up with the most detailed definition of success. In turn, the young people were curious to find out about Plahotnuic as much as possible: about his preferences in books and music, his motivation and about his daily schedule.
“I was born poor and ambitious and it was very strong motivation, especially when I realized that I had to take care of my brothers. And now when I am successful I also feel responsibility, even bigger responsibility for many more people”, told Plahotniuc. He remembered his childhood and the first money he ever had. “For the first time, I received money from my grandfather; I helped him with an errand, carrying straw. He sent me to buy something. There were no lei then, he gave me just some coins. But that’s how it was. I remember it to this day”, he added.
Today’s meeting was absolutely spontaneous. The students were taken by surprise when all of a sudden, they saw the Edelweiss founder- whom they knew from his TV appearances- in their midst.
The twenty students selected for the Edelweiss School of Ambassadors want to become architects, engineers, journalists, IT specialists, lawyers, economists and teachers. They are taking various courses taught to them by Moldovan and foreign experts. The goal of the courses is to provide career guidance and help school students make a right choice. It is the first-time project and it is initiated and implemented by the Edelweiss Fund.
