Dear Reader, 

This new issue of Touch Opportunity brings you news from around the globe about life and work in the multinational multidisciplinary world of Philips.

Worldwide reach, superb meaningful innovations and sustained employability, it’s all there in this issue.

Enjoy the read.

Warm regards
The Philips Touch Opportunity Team


 
Cynthia Burkhardt
Making the right impression -
Tips to help you find and get a job
Getting a new job is a real people-to-people experience. You inevitably have to sit down with someone to discuss why you want the job, what you can do for the company, and why you’re the right person to do it. That means creating the right impression both before and during your interviews.
Cynthia  Burkhardt, Vice President of Philips Talent Acquisition US offers you tips for success.



 
Solar powered street lights
Keeping the lights on -
Philips’ solar powered street lighting
At Philips, meaningful innovation is not only about breakthrough technologies. Sometimes it’s about the intelligent use of what’s currently available. Christoph Herzig, Senior Director & Marketing Manager for Outdoor Systems & Services at Philips Lighting recently worked on a project to develop new solar-powered street lighting solutions that are helping to keep the roads safe for people all over the world.
He talks about his job at Philips Lighting and the challenges involved in developing solar-powered street lights.



 
Joris Bokkes
Joris Bokkes -
Best Young Professional 2012
Joris Bokkes, a double Masters graduate in Applied Physics and Biomedical Engineering, is a consultant at Philips Innovation Services in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he is helping to turn new ideas into innovative meaningful solutions. His rapid rise into this highly challenging job has resulted in him receiving the ‘Best Young Professional 2012’ award from Dutch company Memory Group. Joris was selected from more than 700 young professionals in the Netherlands as the one with the fastest growing career and the most potential.
He tells us how he came to win this coveted title.



 
Ambient Experience
Philips Design -
Making innovation meaningful
At Philips, meaningful innovation is not only about technology. It’s fundamentally about creating solutions that are meaningful and relevant for real people. At the heart of that process is Philips Design, a community that encompasses the design competency within Philips.
We take a look at how Philips Design takes form and functionality to award winning heights.