Career Workshops
The Careers & Development team
runs a series of Career Workshops
for Expatriate Partners at regular
intervals in The Hague. These cover:
“Unlocking your potential”
- Reflecting on your work and life
skills
“Your CV – a Marketing
Tool “– CV review
and writing
“Tell me about yourself
(theory and practical)” -
Interview skills
For a full description of the workshop
contents please go to the website
www.outpostthehague.com/careers
and look under Career Workshops.
In addition to these broadly based
skills workshops the Careers &
Development team can give you more
individual based information and advice
in relation to your job search in
the Netherlands.
The
workshops have two distinct yet complementary
themes. The first is self-awareness
and reflection for career exploration
and planning. The second is building
a solid resource base of the practical
skills relating to the job search.
Each workshop is specifically aimed
at the Shell expatriate partner who
is considering current or long-term
options with regard to their career
- employment (paid, unpaid, or self-employment)
and/or professional development.
The workshop
format was developed to recognize and adapt to the busy schedule
of partners and to present opportunities for networking. You
are encouraged to join in the weekly sessions - to build your
resources and your contacts.
Programme outline
Current
workshops include:
Unlocking
the Potential Within helps you to reflect on your
work and life skills and how you can adapt these to the opportunities
and challenges of life as an expatriate partner.
Your
CV - A Marketing Tool focuses on communicating the
value of your work-type skills and experience to a prospective
employer by helping you to develop an effective CV.
Tell
Me About Yourself helps you communicate your work
skills and experience in the context of the interview situation
and gives you the opportunity to practice the skills learned.
Details
of the workshop content are outlined
below.
Workshop details
Unlocking
the Potential Within
Target
group
Partners who are thinking about their career and other options;
understanding your underlying motivators, influences and career
type
The workshop provides a foundation upon which the other workshops
can build. Please note, this is not restricted to careers
in a traditional sense and includes scope for thinking about
family commitments, 'time out', study and voluntary work.
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Aim
- Increase
self-awareness
- Encourage
participants to feel positive about change
- Give
participants the tools to manage their careers wherever
they are and when they feel ready
Objectives
- Identify
your motivators and explore the influences affecting
previous career/life choices
- Analyse
the relative impact of these choices
- Assess
your opportunities and constraints
- Identify
your career type using Decision Dynamic (web based)
tools
- Examine
the choices available
- Formulate
an action plan
Workshop
timing
| Preparation |
approximately
1/2 hour |
| Attendance |
1
day |
| Personal
consultation |
1
hour |
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Your
CV - A Marketing Tool
Target
group
Partners who want to identify their skills regardless of job
titles and use them to write effective CV's, cover letters
and application forms
Aim
-
Begin creating an effective
CV from scratch or improve
your current CV
Objectives
- Understand
and identify your own skills (skills audit)
- Recognize
your transferable skills and how to develop them
- Learn
to appreciate both why your CV is so important and
identify the common faults in its preparation
- Understand
the different CV formats and choose the right one
for you
- Gain
appreciation of the essential features of cover letters
and application forms
- Begin
to write your own CV
- Review
your action plan
Workshop
timing
|
Preparation
|
1/2
hour + (depending upon time needed to gather CV
information) |
| Attendance |
1
day |
| Personal
consultation |
1
hour (or as requested) |
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Tell
Me About Yourself
Target
group
Partners who are planning to apply for jobs either now
or in the foreseeable future
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Aim
- Help
participants face any job
interview with confidence
Objectives
- Gain
insight into the structure and process of job interviews
- Know
how to prepare for the interview
- Understand
what the interviewer wants
- Learn
about the impact of body language and making a good
first impression
- Recognize
different types and methods of questioning and how
to handle them
- Participate
in a mock interview situation to put theory into practice
Workshop
timing
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Preparation
|
approximately
1/2 hour |
| Attendance |
1
day |
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Registration
To
register for the workshops please
complete and submit the online pre-registration
form. We will
reserve your place and send you a
full registration form with details
and preparation materials. Please
contact us if you have any questions,
would like advice about choosing the
workshop(s) that best suit your needs
or if you have difficulty attending
on the planned dates. Visit our office
or contact
us
by phone, fax or email. Voice mail
operates when our telephone lines
are engaged and outside office hours.
If you leave a message, we will contact
you as soon as possible.
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