Since Vlora and I are who we are we could
of course not just relax during our time in Asturias but we also had to do
something useful. We got the idea that it could be interesting for students
that are about to finish the last year of their psychology studies to get some
insights into the professional life of a former alumna of the faculty working
abroad. Vlora contacted her faculty to pitch the idea and they were very
interested, so this Friday Vlora gave a speech at the university for about 40
students and teachers. She covered many topics such as the difference between
phycology studies in Sweden and Spain, the process of moving abroad and
validating your studies in another country, how to find your first employment
after your studies, experiences from working as a youth therapist and as a
clinical psychologist and many personal stories about her development from a
recently graduated student to a professional and confident psychologist.
There was a lot of interaction with the
students who had many questions and it felt like they appreciated the
opportunity to talk to someone from the world outside of the university.
Hopefully we were able to plant some seeds about the possibility to move abroad
and maybe even to move to Sweden, as Spain is graduating a lot of psychologist
but has few jobs to offer while we in Sweden have a rather high demand for
psychologists and will have even more in the near future since we are facing an
old generation of psychologists about to reach their retirement age.
The speech felt like a nice way to give
something back to the university and could maybe be the start of future
interesting collaborations.
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