Presenting the AIQOS Change Story research at the AIQOS office, Den Haag
Portfolio Message
What this portfolio communicates
The most useful thing I can tell a future employer about myself is not my grade list.
It is that I function as a connector, someone who bridges groups that would not
otherwise talk to each other. In Burt's (1992) terms, I occupy structural holes.
This showed up in my personal life before it ever showed up at work: I have always
been the person who bridges different circles of friends, people who share no obvious
common ground, and finds genuine connection on both sides. Professionally, it means
I find common ground with people across seniority, sector, and background, and turn
that into working relationships that actually hold.
Inside: a self-reflection tracing how the year disrupted what I thought I knew about myself;
six pieces of evidence ranging from a research project at a change consultancy to a summer in a pizza kitchen;
a skills rubric that maps the evidence honestly to the assessment criteria;
a career page built around the environments where I do my best work;
and the learning plan I wrote in September 2025, which makes the growth in everything else visible.
