Finding Connections: Building a Network for Career Collaborations

Did you know that...

• Approximately 80% of jobs are awarded by a referral?
• Average time employers spend looking at a CV is 5-7 seconds?
• An average of 250 CVs are received for each job offered?
• 427.000 CVs posted on Monster each week?

Like it or not, the world works on personal connections and you need to be able to form those connections easily. This workshop will provide you with the tools to make new connections to help you find jobs, information and collaboration partners effectively. Although people instinctively know that personal connections make a difference in many things, “networking” is often seen as ‘cheating’ in some way.

The methods taught will allow you to:

• Make a high impact on potential employers or collaboration partners making them more likely to want to work with you.
• Become the “preferred candidate” or even have positions created specifically for you.
• Access the hidden job market of unadvertised positions when job hunting.
• Gather the information needed to aid the job hunt and salary negotiations.
• Gather the information needed to help you plan your ideal career.
• Give yourself the edge over others who use the more usual methods of contacting people.
• Actively manage the progress of your search.
• Reliably find an institute or group that is right for you to collaborate with.
• Job hunt in a way that is interesting and not demoralising.

In summary, this workshop will teach you open, honest and easy methods to help bring the correct people together and so help everyone (including yourself) in the process. Moreover, you will learn how to determine the career that is right for you and stand out from the crown when finding your next position.

Workshop Style:

The workshop draws on the personal experience of all participants as well as that of the trainer; the agenda of the workshop is flexible and set by the attendees thereby ensuring that the training is specific for and relevant to the participants’ individual needs. The workshop will be a structured discussion forum to facilitate ideas and develop strategies.

The workshop will be very interactive. Expect to be asked lots of questions, expect to be challenged, expect to participate and expect to have fun!