RMIT alumna creates lasting social impacts to Vietnamese youth

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RMIT alumna creates lasting social impacts to Vietnamese youth

RMIT Bachelor of Commerce alumna Luu Thanh Huyen is empowering the next generation of young leaders to build skills and opportunities to grow their careers.

Ms Huyen is the founder of the Vietnam Online Career Fair – VOCF, the very first organisation in Vietnam to take charge of hosting virtual career fairs since its establishment in 2019.

Under her three-year leadership, VOCF has successfully hosted seven online career fairs, attracting over 44,000 university students and 33 companies along with helping nearly nine million people get access to credible job information by end of 2021.

RMIT Bachelor of Commerce alumna Luu Thanh Huyen

2020 saw her founding and running VOCO Center by Huyen Luu - Amon (Vietnam Online Career Orientation Center) which connects companies and experienced seniors to students in high schools and colleges through webinars, virtual skills classes, and career orientation programs.

To date, VOCO has hosted over 100 online webinars with over 10,000 participants and garnered 115,000 followers and over 20 million views from its TikTok account.

While Ms Huyen is passionate about increasing youth employability locally and globally, she is also working simultaneously as Head of People & Organisation Development for a multinational corporation.

Ms Luu Thanh Huyen (fourth from left), together with her team at L’Oréal Vietnam received the HR Asia Award for being one of the Best Companies to Work for in Asia.

She has exemplified excellent time and energy management skills to maximise each day as she said “in the most effective and efficient way to do both jobs while still enjoying my life especially during COVID-19 when I coped with mental well-being challenges.”

Appointed to the leadership role when she was 24 years old, Huyen faced into ageist challenges within the workplace.

“I think it is just the way people might impulsively doubt me about my competence to handle a big job with big responsibility when they have not had the chance to know me enough except my age,” Ms Huyen said.

"I strongly believe that skills and competency mastery are not age-related. It directly correlates with the amount of time you spend on the job doing and learning but not necessarily age,” Huyen said.

There was a doubt of her capabilities managing the human resources of a multinational corporation with 1000 employees across four sites with seven plants but she “did not let the challenges of inequality bother her and it made her push her inner motivation to prove and convince others of her belief”.

She advised the next generation on “dreaming big, believing it to see it and working hard to make it happen”.

She has been recently recognised on the 2022 Forbes Vietnam Under 30 List for her passion and actions to build the careers of the youth of Vietnam.

She was the recipient of an RMIT Vietnam Full Scholarship in 2010, a member of Student Council Establishment Committee and the first Student Council, Vice President of Business Club, Dance Club, and ToiYeuMoiTruong Club.

Her story inspires a meaningful life where Purpose and Passion fits with a professional corporate career.

Story: Thuy Le

Business and management

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Alumni

04 March 2022