Former MSc student Odile de Vito shares her experiences in life after graduation and her job at KPN.

1. Life after graduation
What is it like to have a job that is not
linked to your study background?
Odile De Vito

2. Content
My background
Job orientation
Choosing a job
My current work
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3. Study background
Graduated from high school
Started BSc at Technology, Policy and Management
2003 2012
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4. Study background
Graduated from high school
Started BSc at Technology, Policy and Management
Started MSc Transport & Planning at Civil Engineering
Organised study tour to South-East Asia
2003 2009 2012
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5. Study background – Study tour
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6. Study background
Graduated from high school
Started BSc at Technology, Policy and Management
Started MSc Transport & Planning at Civil Engineering
Organised study tour to South-East Asia
Multi disciplinairy project in Jakarta, Indonesia
2003 2012
2010
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7. Study background – External project
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8. Study background
Graduated from high school
Started BSc at Technology, Policy and Management
Started MSc Transport & Planning at Civil Engineering
Organised study tour to South-East Asia
Multi disciplinairy project in Jakarta, Indonesia
Internship at Tebodin
2003 2011 2012
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9. Study background - Internship
What are the opportunities of traffic simulation studies for Tebodin?
•Using microscopic traffic simulation software for the positioning of road signs
•Presentations for municipalities
•Writing an article for the DTM magazine
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10. Study background
Graduated from high school
Started BSc at Technology, Policy and Management
Started MSc Transport & Planning at Civil Engineering
Organised study tour to South-East Asia
Multi disciplinairy project in Jakarta, Indonesia
Internship at Tebodin
Start graduation research in April 2011
Graduated at February 1st
2003 2012
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11. Study background – Graduation
Outline
General information:
•Department: Dynamic traffic management
•Professor: Serge Hoogendoorn
•Daily supervisor: Andreas Hegyi
Problem description:
•Goal: Reducing the congestion by the use of DTM measures
•How: Developing a control method
•Challenges: Large networks versus low computation time

12. Study background – Graduation
Research objective
Developing a control method that can optimise the network performance
of large freeway networks in real time
Steps:
1.Literature study: Defining the requirements for the control method
2.Methodology: Defining the research outline
3.Developing a traffic model
4.Developing a control method
5.Verification: Running a few cases to test the control method
6.Conclusion

13. Study background – Graduation
Methodology
Requirements
Control Network
method Traffic model effects
Model
Requirements
Optimal
solution
Control approach Large
networks
Real time
Verification

14. Study background – Graduation
Overview
New control method can reduce the computation time of large networks
Traffic
network
Control signal Traffic state
Linear Control
PAN model method Control objective:
Minimise
Transformation Total Time Spent
in the network
Control Traffic
PAN model
signal state
MILP
optimisation
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15. Job orientation
Business tours
Volker Wessels, Witteveen&Bos, DAF, Arcadis, DMO, Stadsregio Amsterdam
Company dinners
TomTom, Viales, Capgemini, Philips, Roland Berger, Accenture
In-house days
BAM
Business courses
Arcadis, Accenture
Internships
DHV-Deltares, Tebodin, TNO
Informal meetings
Capgemini, ING, KPN, Arcadis, Heineken, Unilever
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16. Choosing my job
First choices
Job type Research Consulting Commercial
Company type Private Government Start up
Company size Small Medium Large
Sector In expertise Outside expertise
Traineeship Yes No
International Yes No
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17. Choosing my job
Final choices
Availability traineeships
Starting in April / May 2012
Company culture
Personal and informal
Focus on output (not on working hours)
Content traineeship
Multiple functions
Focus on personal development
But at the the end….
I chose a company based on the connnection: it just felt right!
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18. My current job at KPN
Young potential program
Focus on fast grow in company and personal development
Three years
Own function (2 times)
Many trainings
Extra projects
HR advisor and mentor
Possibility to continue at high potential program
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19. My current job at KPN
Application traject
Introduction
Friend introduced me to HR
HR set up meetings with several managers / trainees
Application letter and resume
Online assessment
Interview with HR
Case
Preparing a case and presenting this to a group of “top managers”
Day at assessment center
Role play, psychological and intelligence tests
Choosing a function
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20. My current job at KPN
The organisation and my function
Consumer Consumer
Business Human
market market Netco Finance
market Resources
mobile residential
Technology IT
Fixed
Mobile
services
Product
Innovation Quality
management
Matching
Quality Improving
technology
analyses processen
and customer
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21. My current job at KPN
Extra project – Crowd control
Zendmastdata Gebruikers Pulse
Pulse platform
Visuele weergave applicatie
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22. My current job at KPN
Young KPN

23. My current job at KPN
Evaluation
Positive:
•Great people
•Many opportunities
•Freedom
•Diversity of work
•Strong focus on personal development
•Many extra activitities
But:
•You must be pro-active
•Big organisation: patience
•Also work with less educated people: challenge

24. Questions?
odile.devito@kpn.com