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If
you've resolved for the new year to move your career forward, join the CILIP Knowledge and Information Management Group (London and South East) for an afternoon full of tips and tricks to help you achieve success in your professional (and personal) life.
Places are still available on this workshop led by Senior Consultants from Sue Hill and TFPL.
New Horizons: identify your skills and maximize your appeal in the job market
Date: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Time: 1.30pm-5.00pm
Venue: CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/
Workshop Leaders: Neil Currams,and Victoria Sculfor, Senior Consultants at TFPL and Sue Hill
Cost: £19.50 plus VAT - including refreshments.
Bookings: Please go to https://www.cilip.org.uk/ev
Overview:
In these uncertain times in the job market across public and private sectors it has never been more important to manage your career. These short workshops will be full of tips and tricks to help you achieve success in your professional (and personal) life. TFPL and Sue Hill are market leading recruitment consultancies within Libraries, Knowledge and Information Management, with a wealth of experience in supporting people throughout their careers. Changing jobs or careers can be a daunting process, but these sessions are designed to help you build your skills and take control of your professional development, and the afternoon will include ample time for discussion.
Who should attend:
The workshop is open to everyone, but is aimed at mid-career professionals.
Programme details:
1.30pm Registration/tea and coffee
1.45pm Welcome
1.50pm 1st session: Marketing yourself online
2.45pm Refreshments
3.00pm 2nd session: How to apply for a job
3.55pm 3rd session: Communicating and making an impact
4.55pm Closing remarks
5.00pm Finish
Session 1: Marketing yourself online
How do you make a positive, professional impact online? Before you start applying for your dream job, it is essential to lay the foundations for selling yourself. Based on our experience of recruitment and marketing, this session will help you make the most of yourself online (and in the real wold) to help you succeed in your career.
Identify your skills
Consider what you put out into the digital world
Build your personal brand
Session 2: How to apply for a job
This session will guide you step-by-step through making the all-important next move in your career. As an interactive workshop, we will discuss:
how to find your perfect job
how to create an effective CV
what makes a winning application form
tips on tailoring your covering letter and supporting statement
For many people, confidence isn’t a natural state of being, particularly when so much is at stake, which can impact how they communicate. In this final session of the afternoon, we will explore ways to help you really enjoy developing strong and meaningful working relationships. You will learn:
tricks and tools to structure your communications effectively
techniques to give you the confidence to raise your own profile as well as that of your team within your workplace
powerful words to use, and words to avoid, to help you gain influence
The session will close with a look at the fundamentals of understanding body language, demonstrating practical techniques on how to present yourself to potential employers, mentors and industry colleagues.