The Road Autumn 2020

DRIVEN TO SUCCEED
ALUMNI STORY
I commenced at Damascus College in 2005, completed VCE in
2010 and was in Rice House with my twin sister Stephanie. During
my time at Damascus, I was an avid graphic designer having
completed many projects for the school, which included creating the
covers for a few of the school yearbooks. I did a mix of subjects as I
wasn’t particularly sure on my career pathway at the time but knew I
wanted to go to university after I had finished VCE.
After high school, I went onto study a double degree of Arts
(International Studies) and Management (Human Resources) at
Federation University Australia.
Having enjoyed Human Resources (HR) as a potential career, I
obtained a graduate position at Ford Motor Company in Melbourne
in 2015 within their HR department. During my time at Ford, I also
completed a Master of Human Resources with RMIT to help develop
my professional HR skills.
This was a challenging time as I was working
and studying full-time but I truly enjoyed the
experiences I was given at university and work.
Since having joined Ford, I have undertaken many different roles
from HR shared services, HR-IT, talent recruitment and development
and am now an HR business partner for the Geelong and Lara sites.
During my time at Ford I have experienced many diverse situations
from supporting the closure of manufacturing in 2016, lead bulk
recruitment for the Ford graduate program and now supporting the
business in growing and developing its workforce on a strategic
level.
I have been incredibly lucky to have driven all different types of Ford
vehicles from F150s, Rangers, Everests and Mustangs.
One particular trip I planned was a Product Immersion Experience
for the new Ford graduates where I drove a convertible mustang
around the Great Ocean Road, which was an incredibly fun
experience!
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