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Alumni, Kaspars Kokins

Bach­e­lor of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion (BBA) 2013
Export manager, Porokka Forest Oy, Finland 

Currently I am working as an export manage of Finnish company Porokka Forest Oy. Company has more than 30 years of expe­ri­ence in the field of forestry machin­ery, mostly dealing with timber cranes. My main duty is to improve company’s export­ing perfor­mance. Such a posi­tion demand both creative and tech­ni­cal knowl­edge, that’s a chal­lenge. Before my current job, I used to work as busi­ness devel­op­ment special­ist for a home­town munic­i­pal­ity and as a project manager for a car-rental broker. Both of those posi­tions simi­larly as my exist­ing job I gained through networking.

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Studies bene­fited my carrier in two ways: Firstly, network­ing, and secondly, infor­ma­tion about the concepts and the subjects of the busi­ness world. The best memo­ries from study­ing at Karelia UAS were lessons with lectur­ers from differ­ent coun­tries that provided students with variety of opin­ions about subjects and altered a crit­i­cal think­ing. The most useful courses for my career were Busi­ness Legis­la­tion, Export, Market­ing, Finance and language (Russian).

My plan for the future is to gain more prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence. An advice for students: While you are study­ing focus on two things: 1) network­ing, 2) CV. Both will turn out useful in your future.