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Rossella Povolo

"I started getting frustrated a lot. What am I doing wrong? Is it me? - I asked myself. At some point one of the meetings at the Kick-Start Program was enlightening. Anja, program manager of ReDi Digital School in Malmo, said "Grass does not grow faster when you pull on it" and I started understanding that I had to slow down a little bit, listen more to myself and don't pretend to have everything under control and be patient."

My Swedish adventure began only six months ago. When I came here I was full of energy, ready to jump like a spring. I started to join the Kick-Start Program by International Citizen Hub Lund two days after I moved here thanks to MAX IV, where my partner was hired, who suggested to me the Kick-Start Program even before moving here.

Rossella Povolo with pink shirt and red lipstick

I've always been someone who can't sit still with a strong can-do attitude. I started doing a lot of things: following the Kick-Start Program meetings, working on my CV, sending CVs, contacting recruiters, trying to make the house livable, starting volunteering etc. All at once.

Or simply learning the language that requires time - living in a country where you speak a language that is not your mother tongue, well, even shopping becomes stressful.

Furthermore, I was doing all my best with the job process but with no great results. I had two job interviews in the first two months, but even if I arrived at the short lists with both, eventually they chose someone else.

I started getting frustrated a lot. What am I doing wrong? Is it me? - I asked myself.

At some point one of the meetings at the Kick-Start Program was enlightening. Anja, program manager of ReDi Digital School in Malmo, said "Grass does not grow faster when you pull on it" and I started understanding that I had to slow down a little bit, listen more to myself and don't pretend to have everything under control and be patient.

Being patient with myself was the hardest thing about moving here in another country. And even after getting a job sometimes I have to remind myself to slow down a little.

So if I could speak to newcomers, I would say be patient, you can’t have all the answers in your hand. But things will figure them out by themselves, even if now maybe you don’t believe it is possible. Moving to a new country is a move that indicates great courage and you should be proud of yourself just for the fact you are here.

I won’t go further, I already wrote a lot! But I have to say that I don’t have enough words to thank the team of International Citizen Hub Lund for being by my side in this route. I met great people there and learned a lot, not only about “how to get a job” but also about myself.

/ Rossella Povolo

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