2. Who did we pick?
Name:
Marien Huis in ‘t Veld
Education:
HBO: Biochemical Analyst
University: Biochemistry + First degree
teaching certificate
First Job:
Laboratory work at Profit/Organon
Current Job:
Director at AOC Twente
3. Background information
She has had multiple jobs over the years. Her first job started
after finishing her degree in Biochemical Analyses in 1974.
Went on to study Biochemistry at the university with a side step
that earned her a first degree teaching certificate.
She refused a PhD position in favor of a career in education.
Eventually she switched from a teaching position to a
managing position.
4. Background information: a short
curriculum vitea
1971: Finished HBO Biochemical Analyst.
1971‐1974: Laboratory assistant at Profit/Organon.
1974‐1979: University: Biochemistry + First degree teacherscertificate.
1981‐1985: Teaching at Ashram College in Alphen a/d Rijn.
Teaching in Leiden and at a laboratorium school in Rotterdam.
1984‐1992: Fulltime job as both teacher and coordinator at the
laboratorium school in Rotterdam.
1992‐2001: Vicedirector ROC Zadkine College.
2001‐2007: Teaching at Amman college in Rotterdam.
2007‐Present: Director at AOC Twente in Enschede.
6. Capacities and their impact on a career
Coaching
Analytical thinking
Internal drive to learn
Driven by results
Attention to detail
−Needs to have influence on
how she can position her work
− Crisismanagement
− Having to do multiple things at
once
8. Capacities and their impact on a career
She followed programs to
improve her capacities as a
person and this influenced her
job perspective.
These paved the way to
finding a fit.
Coordinator > Vicedirector > Director
9. Does your job match what
you want?
and
Does your job match your
career?
16. Education as a resource
With more knowledge and better
education a change can happen:
17. Change:
From
To being an
seeing a
asset for the
company
company
as a
resource
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Salary
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19. 70
60
Salary has never been the main motivator.
50
However fringe benefits have been more important in her
career choices due to her wish of having a family.
40
Annual
Salary
30
(in K €) Miss
Hendriks
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Average
10
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20. Field of work as a resource
Even though she is very happy at her current
position she still keeps up to date with
information about the most recent
developments in her field.
21. In the end:
She started with a degree as a biochemical analysist and is
currently the director at the AOC Twente in Enschede.
Her internal drive and motivation to keep learning resulted in a
career path with visible progress. It provided means to find a fit.
Her education provided the basis for being a resource for an
institution. Additional programs and courses provided the shift
from seeing an institution as a resource, to being one for the
institution.
22. In the end:
Her network provided her with vital contacts that she uses now.
However this wasn’t always the cause. She views relationships as
an important part of fulfilling a job.
Ofcourse one interview with a focus on a career cannot possible
provide us with all the information of a person’s career. It leaves
us with some questions that we cannot answer.
