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Express Yourself :Q-I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development
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By: Byunghyun Son
April, 2014
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Byunghyun Son
Q-I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development
Travel is my biggest hobby.
Me taking a selfie in Lisbon, Portugal
Byunghyun Son
Q-I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development
So far, I have visited 50 countries, namely: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, The Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, The Vatican, Vietnam, etc.
Byunghyun Son
Q-I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development
My global hands on experience has contributed a lot to my personal development. Here are some examples:
Understand what is actually
happening in the world
Acquire a command of
foreign languages
Understand cultural diversity
by talking with local people
Makepersonalconnectio
nsglobally
Byunghyun Son
Q-I. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development
Furthermore, it contributes to my professional development as a market researcher conducting both inbound and outbound studies:
* Research executive point of view
Personal development?
• Understand what is actually happening in the world
• Acquire a command of foreign languages
• Understand cultural diversity by talking with local people
• Make personalconnections globally
*Professional development?
• Able to give advice on foreign markets to office colleagues and/or clients
• Able to communicate with local agencies• Able to check errors in a translated
questionnaire
• Able to explain quantitative research outcome that is different from domestic market
• Able to get quick help (e.g. current market situation that is not available on the Internet)