In 2012 I went to Turkey for CSC – to find out about my experience with CSC Turkey 8 visit by blog – Turkey Calling
Unfortunately at the end of the first week of my assignment my father’s cancer took a sudden turn for the worse. He went into the hospice for some tests and to try and stabilise his medication. On Thursday of the 2nd week I found out he had weeks, if that, to live …. so I headed home. My father lost consciousness two days after I got home and died four days later.
I never expected to be given the opportunity to do another CSC assignment and was very grateful when I was told me that I would be given another opportunity in 2013.
In February I found out I had been assigned, along with 11 other people, to the Russia 5 Team and that we were heading to Yekaterinburg in June.
I was very excited as this felt like it was going to be real adventure. Apart from reading a few novels on the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution and Russia during World War 2, I really did not know much about Russia. I had only heard of Yekaterinburg as I knew that was where the Tsar and his family had been imprisoned and shot.
Russia was not really somewhere I had ever thought of visiting …. so it is great having the chance to experience somewhere really different and somewhere I may never have ended up visiting!
For those of you who did not read my first blog and are wondering what CSC stands for it is IBM’s Corporate Services Corps. CSC sees groups of 10 – 15 IBMers from different countries with a range of skills being assigned to an emerging market for four week. During the assignment, participants perform community-driven economic development projects working at the intersection of business, technology, and society. The IBM Corporate Services Corps website provides lots more information on the program including insights into some of the assignments previous participants have worked on.
As well as spending a month in the country you are assigned to there is three months preparation work required. Over the next months I will share some more background on my CSC experience and my time in Russia.
Unfortunately at the end of the first week of my assignment my father’s cancer took a sudden turn for the worse. He went into the hospice for some tests and to try and stabilise his medication. On Thursday of the 2nd week I found out he had weeks, if that, to live …. so I headed home. My father lost consciousness two days after I got home and died four days later.
I never expected to be given the opportunity to do another CSC assignment and was very grateful when I was told me that I would be given another opportunity in 2013.
In February I found out I had been assigned, along with 11 other people, to the Russia 5 Team and that we were heading to Yekaterinburg in June.
I was very excited as this felt like it was going to be real adventure. Apart from reading a few novels on the Romanovs, the Russian Revolution and Russia during World War 2, I really did not know much about Russia. I had only heard of Yekaterinburg as I knew that was where the Tsar and his family had been imprisoned and shot.
Russia was not really somewhere I had ever thought of visiting …. so it is great having the chance to experience somewhere really different and somewhere I may never have ended up visiting!
For those of you who did not read my first blog and are wondering what CSC stands for it is IBM’s Corporate Services Corps. CSC sees groups of 10 – 15 IBMers from different countries with a range of skills being assigned to an emerging market for four week. During the assignment, participants perform community-driven economic development projects working at the intersection of business, technology, and society. The IBM Corporate Services Corps website provides lots more information on the program including insights into some of the assignments previous participants have worked on.
As well as spending a month in the country you are assigned to there is three months preparation work required. Over the next months I will share some more background on my CSC experience and my time in Russia.
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