BPM is everywhere!
At lot of people think that the only logical step after studying in Maastricht is to leave the city. When I was finishing my thesis I thought the same. In my case I stayed for another year because I became a teacher at the University. But my goal was becoming a consultant and for realizing that goal I felt I had to leave Maastricht and Limburg and go to the Randstad. Why? Because everything is near when you are living in the Randstad.
After leaving Maastricht I lived in The Hague for almost a year. However my first assignment as a consultant was in Deventer which is not so near, to say the least. After that I got an assignment in Hoofdorp which is much nearer to The Hague, but still a long time away because of all the traffic jams. Conclusion after leaving Maastricht the reason everything is near when you live in the Randstad had become relatively.
Then I moved to Utrecht. I had two reasons: it was more in the center of the country and the city was more comparable with Maastricht. After a while I got an assignment in Groningen which was far away but within reach when living in Utrecht. If I still would have lived in Maastricht it would have been impossible to do the assignment without taking a hotel. Proof that to become a consultant you would have to leave Maastricht was there, or not?
When I started working for O&i instead (in Utrecht) one of the first things I noticed was my mentor within the company lived in Limburg in a small town. I was surprised. My first reaction was okay, how does she do that. She probably uses a hotel most of the week but the answer was no. It confused me how can someone live in Limburg and work for a consulting firm in Utrecht and not take a hotel for most of the week?
‘It is simple she said:’ BPM is everywhere! First I didn’t understand what she was saying but she explained. In the years that she was working for O&i most of her clients were in Limburg or Eindhoven for that matter. She did a lot of assignments with ABP and the Rabobank and even the city of Maastricht was one of her clients. So you don’t have to leave Limburg she said.
Why then do so many student leave Maastricht at the end of their studies:
1) Most of the big companies are located in the Randstad
2) Maastricht is an international university so you are stimulated to leave Maastricht and even the Netherlands
3) Most of you study friends leave so it is appealing for you to leave to
At the moment I am in a train to Brussels for a meeting with my client. Again what is near….. I have realized it doesn’t matter were you live as long as you feel comfortable and sometimes are willing to travel for your work. So leaving is not a necessity but like most people after studying in Maastricht I started a new life in which I felt I had to leave Maastricht.
One thing is certain: leaving Maastricht makes you enjoy the city even more when you come back to visit it.
After leaving Maastricht I lived in The Hague for almost a year. However my first assignment as a consultant was in Deventer which is not so near, to say the least. After that I got an assignment in Hoofdorp which is much nearer to The Hague, but still a long time away because of all the traffic jams. Conclusion after leaving Maastricht the reason everything is near when you live in the Randstad had become relatively.
Then I moved to Utrecht. I had two reasons: it was more in the center of the country and the city was more comparable with Maastricht. After a while I got an assignment in Groningen which was far away but within reach when living in Utrecht. If I still would have lived in Maastricht it would have been impossible to do the assignment without taking a hotel. Proof that to become a consultant you would have to leave Maastricht was there, or not?
When I started working for O&i instead (in Utrecht) one of the first things I noticed was my mentor within the company lived in Limburg in a small town. I was surprised. My first reaction was okay, how does she do that. She probably uses a hotel most of the week but the answer was no. It confused me how can someone live in Limburg and work for a consulting firm in Utrecht and not take a hotel for most of the week?
‘It is simple she said:’ BPM is everywhere! First I didn’t understand what she was saying but she explained. In the years that she was working for O&i most of her clients were in Limburg or Eindhoven for that matter. She did a lot of assignments with ABP and the Rabobank and even the city of Maastricht was one of her clients. So you don’t have to leave Limburg she said.
Why then do so many student leave Maastricht at the end of their studies:
1) Most of the big companies are located in the Randstad
2) Maastricht is an international university so you are stimulated to leave Maastricht and even the Netherlands
3) Most of you study friends leave so it is appealing for you to leave to
At the moment I am in a train to Brussels for a meeting with my client. Again what is near….. I have realized it doesn’t matter were you live as long as you feel comfortable and sometimes are willing to travel for your work. So leaving is not a necessity but like most people after studying in Maastricht I started a new life in which I felt I had to leave Maastricht.
One thing is certain: leaving Maastricht makes you enjoy the city even more when you come back to visit it.
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