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First day of work – part 2

After having a great Jolibee breakfast followed by a delicious Filipino Lunch at the Kick off meeting my team and I went to the Santa Rosa Police Station to get to know more about our client.

It is so interesting get to know about something so different from our daily work. And have the opportunity to work and learn from the Police is so amazing.

mug shootphotoWell, after a long day of work what else could had happened? We all had our mug shoots taken.#fichadanasPH

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First day of work – Part 1

After 4 months pre-work preparation we are finally all together and heading to our first day of work. I was so excited about the first day when we would be meeting our clients and a lot of people from Santa Rosa. First we were received by the mayor Arlenne. Then we had the kick off meeting with everyone presenting a little about ourselves and the projects. It was an excellent morning!

IMG_4312Philippines 14 CSC teamIMG_4326Carina, Lu, Shridar and Brian.SONY DSCMe and the Mayor

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What is the IBM Corporate Service Corp?

The Corporate Service Corps was launched in 2008 to provide IBMers with high quality leadership development while delivering high quality problem solving for communities and organizations in emerging markets. The program empowers IBM employees as global citizens by sending groups of 10 – 15 individuals from different countries with a range of skills to an emerging market for four week community-based assignments. During the assignment, participants perform community-driven economic development projects, working at the intersection of business, technology, and society. To learn more….

The program offers a Triple Benefit:

  •  Communities have their problems solved.
  • IBMers receive leadership training and development.
  • IBM develops new markets and global leaders.

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Lups in the CSC

It was March 13th when the email pops up in my inbox: “Congratulations!!!  You’ve been assigned to the Philippines 14 Team with an expected departure date of  July 18, 2014.
The in-country portion of your CSC experience will run through August 16, 2014 and you will be based in Sta Rosa.  Additional details around your assignment location and CSC client will be developed as you process through the pre work phase in the twelve weeks preceding departure.  Given your departure time your team will begin pre work the week of April 21, 2014.

It took me sometime to realize that I really would be part of this amazing program I heard about a few years ago and I wanted so much to join. For sure it is important to say this was only possible because of some teamwork and help from my friends, family, coworkers and managers who contribute with my development in order I was considered to be part of this program! 🙂  Thanks so much each and everyone of you!