More than 2,700 applications poured in for the chance to spend a month job shadowing the Canadian CEO of a massive HR company, but it was a Brock University student who stood out from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Olivia Poulin, a fourth-year Business Administration student in the Goodman School of Business, will spend the month of June working alongside Adecco Group Canada President Gilbert Boileau.<\/p>\n
She is one of 47 other CEO for One Month participants appointed across the world, and will have the opportunity to gain mentorship from Boileau and the rest of Adecco Canada\u2019s leadership team, gaining a unique insight into the organization\u2019s operations. After gaining experience in human resources, management, finance, marketing and public speaking, Poulin will then take part in a worldwide selection process to become the global CEO for One Month, working alongside Adecco Group CEO Alain Dehaze later this year.<\/p>\n
Adecco Group\u2019s CEO for One Month is part of the company\u2019s worldwide effort to help talent increase their employability and career prospects.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are exceptionally proud of Olivia,\u201d said Goodman School of Business Dean Andrew Gaudes. \u201cThis is an excellent opportunity for additional preparation and development as she positions herself for a life of personal and professional fulfilment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poulin, who is balancing her academics with running her own pet-care business, said she\u2019s looking forward to the development that will come with a \u201conce in a lifetime experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for this opportunity to learn from and contribute to the amazing team at Adecco,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope to use and demonstrate skills I’ve been honing for years, as well as everything I will learn from Gilbert, to successfully compete for Canada at the Global CEO for One Month competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is the second major job-shadowing opportunity Poulin has had this year. In March, she spent the day working alongside Paypal Canada CEO Paul Parisi as part of the CEOx1Day program, which matched up 18 university students with Canadian CEOs.<\/p>\n
\u201cOlivia embodies exactly what we want for our students to do through experiential learning \u2014 have engaged hands-on experiences that bridge learning to practice, build skills and use those meaningful experiences to achieve individual aspirations,\u201d said Cara Krezek, Director, Co-op, Career and Experiential Education at Brock University. \u201cOlivia has been involved in experiential opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. She has combined traditional co-op experiences with an innovative approach learned through running her own business, as well as competitions and involvement in clubs and organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boileau said Adecco is happy to offer students the chance to get \u201chands-on work experience to thrive in their careers and real-world training that cannot be gained in school.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe not only hope to offer Olivia a life-changing experience, but we also hope to gain insight from her perspective, as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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