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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Growing Up at Genpact</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ioana Cucu <div class="GlobalAlign">Ioana Cucu started her career at Genpact within a telesales team in August 2006. She earned the “Employee of the Year” title in 2007 and in April 2008, after successfully passing the Assessment Center, she was promoted to Quality Domain Expert Trainee. Before joining Genpact, Ioana had worked in call centers, mortgages, wines, you name it. These experiences, as one of her former colleagues puts it, “built up her character”. In her Domain Expert Trainee role, Ioana takes care of standardizing the contract administration process and handles quality trainings logistics. </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="margin-top: 16px" class="GlobalAlign"> <img class="TemplatePicture" alt="" align="left" width="165" height="225" src="/Portals/0/Genpact/CareerStories/Ioana Cucu.jpg" /> <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  What was the motivation of your achievement? When I was in the kindergarten I wanted to go to primary school, then to secondary school, high school and then college. When I first got hired at Genpact I wanted to do a good job that people would appreciate, and after a year that just wasn’t enough, the urge of going to primary school got stronger! <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  How did you achieve that? I guess it’s all about growing up, about feeling ready to face new challenges and, last but not least, taking one step at a time. As the British saying goes, “Slowly, slowly catchy monkey!” </div> <div class="GlobalAlign"><img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  What were the challenges? A new team, with a completely new and different culture; and of course, the nature of the job. <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  How do you overcome challenges? In my previous role I learned that nothing matters more than taking each individual for himself and each project for itself. If you manage to differentiate what makes each individual unique you can sell anything to that person, be it a product, a project, an idea or yourself (you do have to sell yourself in an interview or assessment center, don’t you?).<a name="0101stophere0101"></a> <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  What are the benefits of your achievement? I get to play with new toys (Lean & Six Sigma) and I hope I’ll get to master the game some day soon. <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  What did you learn from this experience? That you need to take your time to cope with changes even before they happen, make sure this is what you really want, and when you’ve made your decision, “put up or shut up”… <img alt="" src="Portals/0/Genpact/triangle.jpg" />  What is the next step? Secondary School.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Growing Up at Genpact

Ioana Cucu

Ioana Cucu started her career at Genpact within a telesales team in August 2006. She earned the “Employee of the Year” title in 2007 and in April 2008, after successfully passing the Assessment Center, she was promoted to Quality Domain Expert Trainee. Before joining Genpact, Ioana had worked in call centers, mortgages, wines, you name it. These experiences, as one of her former colleagues puts it, “built up her character”. In her Domain Expert Trainee role, Ioana takes care of standardizing the contract administration process and handles quality trainings logistics.

What was the motivation of your achievement?
When I was in the kindergarten I wanted to go to primary school, then to secondary school, high school and then college. When I first got hired at Genpact I wanted to do a good job that people would appreciate, and after a year that just wasn’t enough, the urge of going to primary school got stronger!

How did you achieve that?
I guess it’s all about growing up, about feeling ready to face new challenges and, last but not least, taking one step at a time. As the British saying goes, “Slowly, slowly catchy monkey!”

What were the challenges?
A new team, with a completely new and different culture; and of course, the nature of the job.

How do you overcome challenges?
In my previous role I learned that nothing matters more than taking each individual for himself and each project for itself. If you manage to differentiate what makes each individual unique you can sell anything to that person, be it a product, a project, an idea or yourself (you do have to sell yourself in an interview or assessment center, don’t you?). ...Read More

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