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Training Seminar

Employability Week | How to Launch and Navigate a Successful Career [Webinar]

20 Sep 2022 12:00 - 13:30
  • Student Price*: Free
  • Member Price: RMB 50
  • Non-member Price: RMB 100
  • Online webcast

This session is part of BritCham Shanghai’s Employability Week event series and focuses on Employability 1: Launching A Career.

Event details

Most people think of “employability” as a specific combination of certain knowledge, skills and experience required by those employers in the market, or even simplify it to “employ-ability”. Industries change quickly nowadays, therefore, job seekers need to adapt to the dynamic demands of future employers. Actually “employability” is only a by-product of individual learning and self-iteration and contributed to the learning and self-iterative process of literacy is for job seekers in the forefront, constantly essential for career success.

This webinar will provide students and young professionals with the core concept of employability through practical tools and tips. Also, it will guide the participants to prepare themselves for a pitch to future employers, successfully navigate the recruitment process, and access a level playing field to get the careers they deserve.

We welcome 2023 graduates, recent alumni, members and friends to join us in this webinar.

* Employability Week webinars and the Talent Bootcamp are FREE of charge for 2023 graduates and recent alumni of ALL UK universities.

The Speakers

Speaker
Huaiyuan (Bryan) Zhang
Teaching Lecturer,
International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Speaker
Juliet (Liying) Zhu
Career Counselor,
International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Speaker
Yixin (Alice) Zhang
Transferable Skills Training Specialist,
International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Moderator
Douglas Shearer
Business Engagement Manager,
International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Key Takeaways

This webinar dissects practical tips and experience on launching a career:

  • Driving into the components of employability and their embodiment in the generic skill level, to provide job seekers with a broader perspective to understand the core of employability
  • Exploring the methods of starting a career as a fresh graduate
  • Is it okay to not know what you really want to do with your career?
  • How to discover career paths that suit you?
  • What if you don’t like your first job?
  • What can you learn from your first job?
  • Discussing the potential conflict in workplace
  • Causes of workplace conflict
  • The path of conflict development
  • Introduction to communication style
  • Steps in conflict resolution

Agenda

  • [12:00 pm] Opening and welcome, by Douglas Shearer, Business Engagement Manager, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • [12:05 pm] To Understand Employability’ – Speech by Huaiyuan (Bryan) Zhang, Teaching Lecturer, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • [12:25 pm]  How Do You Start Your Career As A Fresh Graduate? – Speech by Juliet (Liying) Zhu, Career Counselor, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • [12:45 pm] ‘Conflict at Workplace’ – Speech by Yixin (Alice) Zhang, Transferable Skills Training Specialist, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • [1:05 pm] Q&A session
  • [1:25 pm] Recap & closing remarks
  • [1:30 pm] Event ends

*BritCham Shanghai reserves the right to alter the above schedule at any time.

 

Notes:

This webinar will be conducted via ZOOM. You will receive an email with a ZOOM meeting ID and password around 5 pm, 19 September. Please ensure your email address is valid, and please make sure to check your junk box as well.

In case of cancellation, please kindly note you must email Jun.Wang@britishchambershanghai.cn before 12 pm, 19 September. For paid participants, due to the service charges of Glueup and online payment platforms, we can only partially refund up to 90% of your ticket price and payment will be processed within 14 days after the event via your original payment method. However, it is non-refundable for cancellation request made beyond the above-mentioned timeframe.

Employability Week Sponsors

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Sponsorship opportunities are available and open to both member and non-member companies. If you’re a UK University or corporate employer, please contact Jun.Wang@britishchambershanghai.cn for more details.

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