Job Shadowing International: Ilkin Bakhtiarov - Fresh Ideas
2022-03-22 The native Georgian studied business in Beijing and is now completing the Master's programme "Master & Data Science" at the Graduate School. Now the 27-year-old gained insights into two German companies with the support of the Career Service.
llkin Bakhtiarov comes from a family of entrepreneurs. China is an important business partner for his parents. So it was only natural for him to want to study in Beijing. "It was an exciting time. But a metropolis with 20 million inhabitants can also be exhausting." During a semester abroad in Pforzheim, llkin Bakhtiarov got to know Germany and started looking for a suitable university for his Master's degree. He came across Leuphana: "I really liked the master program, and wanted to escape to greener and calmer city" he says. He can complete his studies and many other offers in English. "Job Shadowing International was an interesting opportunity for me to look into the everyday life of German companies."
During two one-day visits, llkin Bakhtiarov looked behind the scenes at a large beverage manufacturer and was a guest at a tech specialist in Lüneburg. "In our studies we deal a lot with theory. At the job shadowing, I was able to see how my knowledge from my studies is applied in practice. At Adference in particular, the business model was based on data science, which is exactly what I studied." The marketing company was founded by Dr Burkhard Funk, Professor of Business Informatics, in particular e-business, among others. At Coca-Cola, llkin Bakhtiarov learned how data is obtained within a production process. Because of the Corona pandemic, job shadowing could only take place in compliance with hygiene rules and was partly carried out digitally.
For the 27-year-old, the Job Shadowing International, which came about as part of the ESF-funded project "Regional Perspectives - From University to Work", was helpful because of his concrete career plans: "After I graduate, I would like to work as a data scientist in Germany. That's why it's good that I've already been able to gain insights into German corporate culture." But llkin Bakhtiarov thinks job shadowing is also worthwhile for internationals who don't want to stay in Germany: "You make contacts and bring fresh ideas back home."