Interview_Grazia Spiga

Dear Friends,

We are glad to share another experience sharing interview from our alumna Ms. Grazia Spiga!

Grazia is an international professional born in Sardinia (second big island of beautiful country, Italy). In Italy she graduated from high school and took her First-Class Honours bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations, taking part in two exchange programs, one in Turkey and one in the UK. Grazia has attended NTU’s Business School for master’s in International Business and chose Taiwan’s NSYSU for dual degree in Global Human Resources Management English Program. As she says: “I have always been interested in the Human Resources field, since I’ve attended many courses on the subject during my bachelor. It’s safe to say that I had my mind made up since the very first moment about attending the GHRM program, in fact I believed I applied for it the very first day I heard about it.”

Ms. Spiga’s biggest passion in life is traveling, being able to know new places, new people and new cultures, she is currently living in London; were she works as a manager in a retail company.

“I was living in a beautiful island surrounded by amazing landscapes and unique places and I had to see as much as possible of that paradise. Turns out there’s a lot you can do in Kaohsiung and many places you can visit with just a scooter and a very talented driver as my boyfriend. From the 85 Sky Tower Hotel to Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, from Sansiantai Island till the Love River and the Dragon and Tiger pagodas, we arrived until Taipei 101 and drove all the way to Kenting.” – Grazia remembers her great experience in Taiwan.

Answering a question on the positive and negative sides of being a part of GHRM English MBA Program Ms. Spiga answered without hesitation: “I’d like to mention as well the GHRM team, one of the very reasons that made this experience so unique. Cindy, Natasha and all the faculty members helped me from the very beginning, assuring I was getting the most out of my stay at NSYSU. I should also add that the Uni is located in a beautiful city, absolutely delicious food, friendly monkeys always happy to say hi – and possibly steal your lunch – and the whole campus is right in front of the beach!! I believe my biggest difficulty was time management to being able to meet both universities deadlines. Once again, everyone on the GHRM office was more than capable to advise me with best practices and feedbacks. At the end this issue just made me realise I had to put more effort in my work for both universities, and I can say I had just the right encouragement from the GHRM team.”

Grazia always worked part-time, mostly in the retail industry and that helped her understand responsibilities and working ethics. However, being very young, that never lead to something major until she graduated. At the moment Ms. Spiga is employed as a manager in a retail company in London. “I believe my master’s degree changed most of all my way of thinking, developing the right mind set and skills for the workplace. It’s important to me on a daily basis as I am sure will be valuable to widen my academic education furthermore in the future.” – Grazia concludes on the benefits of having master dual degree.

As a piece of advice for new and current students, Ms. Spiga would like to tell the following: “Be ready! Be ready to discover, to lean, to keep your eyes and mind open, to get some setbacks – cause it’s perfectly normal and somehow part of the journey too – and to get back up. This is a one of a kind opportunity, and you need to live it fully.”