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Please give us a brief history
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about your schooling from
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primary school?
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What were your favourite subjects in school?
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What subjects helped you do the job that you do today? 4.
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What motivated you Definitely not planned. to choose the career thahet nyoIuwhaasvheatvoindgayto? register for my secǦ onIdǦy,eIarwsausbreactllsyaat bstituadtys. eaoamseto nwehsaut tgoǦ rwgeeassctetaiddovInerrtethgiisinisnkteginrwgfoaisrt arketing. y initial ethnaotuIghw. asuntǯrtecarlelya, Itihvaed nothing tIot wloassetshoedbeecsitdeddectiositorny iIteovuetr. kmnaedwe.tFhraotmthitshiastwfihrsat lIewctaunrte,dI to do.
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6. Being from Eswatini, what are the biggest lessons you learnt
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y dad taught me that no one
What is the best piece of advice
cdaonȂtealnl md ethwishaist Ihcoawn oIrlcivaennmoyt you have been given?
life.
What is the worst piece of
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advice you have been given? Henotwlydwidhyeonuitucnolemaersnttohitsh?is. I ust nod my head and decide
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What has been your most exciting project or role?
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I really am lucky that I get to do a ob I love with real impact.
What is the best experience you
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12. What steps did you take to help you get
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to where you are today?
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How do you think growing up
As the first born I always had to
as born, prepared you
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for your career?
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What is the work ethic or environment like for anyone
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thinking of applying to your
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industry or company?
up to you. I focus on output and trtrheasutǯlstswbheactawuseeDzbfuandkadz.mentally
16. What are the key skills to
arketing is an interestǦ
have when working in your
ing industry as you donǯt
industry?
need to have studied it
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A. show that you can be innovaǦ utinvdeearnstdanadlscoresahtiovwitytahnadt hyowu it can grow business Ȃ those are great skills to have.
What is the most common mistake someone could make when applying for a roalveiinngyoauvrecrot mnaprarnoyw/ionfdtuhsetry?
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are out there. ot showing that they can be a team player.
What do you believe makes
hen one understands the
a successful application for
changing nature of banking
your industry/company?
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Are there any misconceptions
preeotptyleptihctiunrkeswien omnalyrkdertianwg people make about your company or industry?
and have no focus on business growth. For me marketing is bthuesiennegssin. Ietǯtsohgorwo wienigdyeonutirǦ foyrotphpeobrutusinietisess. Iftoǯsrhgorwowwthe identify what needs for us toucbtusiladnrdelseevravnitcepsrofodrǦ them. Itǯs how we tell tshoelmutiaobnosu. tAtnhdefsieǦ ntpraealrlcfyok, rimhtǯosinwhgowiwnetwǯhree meartekrentalulseinnsgvearnǦ tsours .our competiǦ
20. W h o were some of your
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up?
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my holiday breaks because I got to see her in action selling her wares to tourists so confiǦ dently. And she loved making me spoemakuctohtchoenmfidwehniceh.gAanvde wpormahan winhfroeyn. Feovremr aelalobwlaecdk anhyothdindngǯttloishteonldtohpeeropblaecǯsko. pinions who were trying to bring her down. ho lives her lwifheoinfiheerrcoelwy nlowveasy.hAenrdfrfineanldlys, because I believe a strong netǦ work is so vitally important.
What are the most important
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character traits you think someone should possess?
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Please give us some words of
Donǯt be your own best kept seǦ
advice for young black women
cret. ou know what you have
who want to be like
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