

DATE: Sunday, March 27th
TIME: 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM GMTÂ
LOCATION: Zoom
Personal branding is essentially marketing yourself and your experience to recruiters. It increases your visibility online, indicates what matters to you as a person, what you have accomplished in your career, and what your next move is.
In this Career Development Workshop, with our Localized Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub, we will demonstrate how you can start building your personal brand to increase your chances of being picked up by recruiters
Date: Sunday, March 20th
Time: 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM GMT
LOCATION: Zoom
Are you having trouble deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life? Do people often ask you what career you want and you have trouble answering the question? 🤔
If you feel stuck in your decision or feel uncertain about what qualities, companies and industries you should be looking into, that might mean you’re having trouble determining how to match your personal values to your work.
Your values not only create a framework for how you like to work and interact with others, but it’s also a good indicator of what kind of work will feel most fulfilling for you.
In this Career Development Workshop, Localized Career Coach-in-Residence, Iyad Uakoub, will demonstrate how you can identify your personal values and use them to shape your career objectives.
DATE: Sunday, March 13th
TIME: 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM GMT
LOCATION: Zoom
A good introduction at the beginning of an interview will make a great first impression on your interviewer and will help you to set a confident tone going into your interview.
When you come across as confident, clear and interested in the job you’re interviewing for you will give the interviewer more reasons to remember you and recommend you for the next rounds or steps.
In this career development workshop Iyad Uakoub will break down the introduction process, and goals, and help you to create a positive and simple pitch you can use to set the tone. In this workshop we will be going over the main goals of the introduction including:
Master your introduction with Iyad Uakoub.
DATE: Sunday, March 6th
TIME: 7:00 AM EST | 6:00 PM GMT
LOCATION: Zoom
Are you planning to work in the engineering or information technology (IT) space? Are you someone who works really well behind a computer but has trouble telling the story of the value you can bring to companies?
This career development workshop with Iyad Uakoub focuses on the proper ways to develop your CV and cover letter and how to tailor your experiences and skill sets to the roles that you’re applying to. Learn about:Â
IT & engineering roles require a unique set of soft skills and technical skills that don’t always translate directly into your CV or resume. 🤔 This can make it complicated to land a job, even when you know you are capable of doing the work, especially if you don’t know how to position yourself to stand apart from the other candidates.
DATE& TIME
Monday, March 14
7:00 AM EST I 11:00 GMT
LOCATION
Zoom
Are you considering a career shift into a new industry? Are you looking to increase your chances of landing a job with a big consulting company? Are you considering a career in academia or research? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider a Masters Degree.
ASU online program enables you to pursue a world-class Masters Degree without the need to commute to campus, travel abroad, or quit your job. The design and delivery of the programs enabled learners to access material, resources, and connect with instructors and other learners wherever they are.
In this session you will:
DATE& TIME
Monday, March 23
12:00 EST I 4:00 GMT
LOCATION
Zoom
Product Managers gather user data and identify their needs and the larger business objectives that their products or features will fulfill. They are responsible for defining success criteria, creating product roadmaps, and building a team to turn new features or products into a reality.
Product Management is also one of the highest in-demand jobs today. If’re interested in joining this field, join the conversation with Tolu Alabi, Product Manager at Stripe, to learn how you can get started today.
Some of the topics that will be covered:
About Tolu:
Tolu is passionate about the ways technology simplifies and elevates the way we experience the world. In pursuit of this passion, she is currently working on payment innovations at Stripe.
Prior to Stripe, Tolu was a PM at Amazon, and before that she was enrolled at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Before Stanford, she developed trading execution algorithms for Goldman Sachs’ Foreign Exchange desk.
DATE& TIME
Tuesday, March 8
1:00 EST I 6:00 GMT
LOCATION
Zoom
Women might be underrepresented in tech but did you know that in firms where 30% of the leadership are women there’s actually a 15% increase in profitability?
Women hold less than 1/3 of leadership roles in tech which means there’s a huge opportunity for roughly half the population to propel forward. So what are the major challenges? How can women harness their strengths and breakthrough barriers? How can male counterparts help to elevate female leadership, and why does it matter?
Soulaima Gourani and Margot Lee Schmorak are two incredible CEOs breaking barriers, pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving growth in their prospective companies.
In this session, moderated by Salma Elbarmwi VP of Marketing at Localized, these founders will discuss their challenges and successes as females in tech. They’ll share their journeys, advice and pathways to getting to the positions they are in now. They’ll talk about mindset and the grit that it takes to grow a business and how to network with the right people.
In this session we’ll discuss:
DATE& TIME
Thursday, March 31
12:00 EST I 4:00 GMT
LOCATION
Zoom
While Cryptocurrency and NFTs are known for their investment opportunities and the chances of making large profits, they’re also creating a lot of employment opportunities. Companies and organizations that are issuing cryptocurrencies and NFTs need to hire designers, engineers, product managers, marketing and sales professionals, and more.
In this session with Tudor Holotescu, CEO at Headstarter, a project accelerator and Launchpad of the Hedera Hashgraph Ecosystem, and Founder of Crypto Community Builders, we will discuss everything crypto; careers, startups, traders, and designers communities. Join this session to learn about:
Career opportunities in the Cryptocurrency and NFTs industries and how to enter the industry How to search and find projects to invest in How to create and launch your own NFT projects.
DATE& TIME
Thursday, March 10
3:00 EST I 8:00 GMT
LOCATION
Zoom
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur with an idea to solve regional and international problems? Join us for this interactive session with our Entrepreneurship Expert, Olamiposi Ekuma, Pram Manager, Genesys Startup Boost at Genesys Tech Hub, to learn how you can turn your idea into an investment-worthy product. Some of the topics that will be covered:
About Olamiposi Ekuma:
Olamiposi is a Business Manager at Genesys Tech Hub. She coordinates the Genesys Startup Boost which is designed to groom nascent tech enabled businesses to scale and become industry leaders.
Having built a solid background in the ICT and Business space, Ola understands all the details of running and growing startups from scratch. With 4 years of experience in startup mentoring as well as running a startup accelerator, Ola has contributed to the scaling of over 25 startups, recording multiple exits while at it.
As the head of inclusion programs, Ola has a huge passion for learning and mastering new things, she’s even more passionate about giving back. This has inspired her to plan and successfully execute a number of learning initiatives specifically targeted at females who want to start a career in tech. On any other day, she’s the most goofy person you would find in the room