Students

Informational Interviews: How to Interview The Recruiter

DATE

Sunday 26 December

18:00 GMT / 1:00 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom

The purpose of informational interviews is to gather information about a company’s culture, career paths, mission and values, and the services or products they offer. The goal of these interviews is not to get the job but to understand if the company fits your interests, career goals, and personality.

Join this Career Development Workshop with our Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub, to develop the skills you need for informational interviews and what important questions to ask.

Click “Register” to secure your slot. When the webinar launches, that same button will say “Join with Zoom.” Click to join the event.

About Iyad:

+12 years of global experience in building award-winning career centers, advising startups, empowering organizations with workforce learning & engagement strategies and leveraging data and technology to democratize career opportunities. Learn more about Iyad: https://www.localized.world/users/27/iyad-uakoub

Localized: Career Development Workshop: How NOT to Approach Recruiters

DATE

Sunday 19 December

18:00 GMT / 1:00 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom

Connecting and networking with recruiters that you don’t know is an art and there are certain DOs and DONTs when connecting with any industry professional.

In previous Career Development Workshops, we demonstrated ways of connecting and networking with recruiters, in this session we will discuss how NOT to approach recruiters and demonstrate some examples that will leave you without a response.

Click “Register” to secure your slot. When the webinar launches, that same button will say “Join with Zoom.” Click to join the event.


*About Iyad:*

+12 years of global experience in building award-winning career centers, advising startups, empowering organizations with workforce learning & engagement strategies and leveraging data and technology to democratize career opportunities.

Localized: Becoming a Product Manager

DATE

Wednesday 15 December

17:00 GMT / 12:00 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom

Did you know that Jeff Bezos (Founder – Amazon), Kevin Systrom (Founder – Instagram) and Marissa Mayer (CEO – Yahoo) all started as Product Managers?!

Product Managers are one of the most in demand jobs in the future-of-work! Companies like Microsoft, Uber and Amazon are all looking for Product Managers to join their company right now! To be successful, you need a combination of hard and soft skills, you also need to understand the industry you’re working in and the upcoming trends, often times more than you need to understand a product.

Devangi Vivrekar, Senior Product Manager at Udacity will touch on subjects like getting more experience, how to continue developing your skills, the difference between product manager positions and what attributes will make you the most successful. This session will be live which means you have the chance to ask questions you won’t find the answers to on Google.

Discover how Product Managers use data, how they identify needs for the business and how they work on improving their products by involving and engaging their different stakeholders.

Here’s what you will learn:

✅ What it means to be a Product Manager
✅ How to start a career in Product Management After Graduation
✅ What are the different types of Product Managers?
✅ What does a typical day for a Product Manager look like?
✅ How do you know if a Product Manager role is right for you?
✅ What recruiters are looking for when hiring fresh talent

Click “Register” to secure your slot. When the webinar launches, that same button will say “Join with Zoom.” Click to join the event.

About Devangi:

Devangi Vivrekar is a mission-driven product management leader from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently a Sr. Product Manager at Udacity, building a digital education platform to train the world’s workforce in the careers of the future. She has also worked on the product teams at Dropbox and Intuit, and she started her full-time career as an APM. Outside of work, Devangi enjoys coaching aspiring PMs as they transition to their first product role, and helping early-career PMs get their next dream product role.

Localized: Career Development Workshop: How to Follow Up After an Interview

DATE

Sunday 12 December

18:00 GMT / 1:00 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom

Following up after an interview can be the difference between getting the job and not. Many people are not aware of the rules of following up such as:

👉 How long to wait before following up
👉 What you should say in your follow up
👉 If you should follow up if you don’t hear back
👉 What you should NOT say in a follow up

While waiting for a response can feel long, following-up is part of the process and can be the difference between getting a second interview or not making any progress with your application.

In this workshop, our Career Coach-in-Residence, Iyad Uakoub, will demonstrate how you can follow-up respectfully, get more responses, and stand out during the hiring process.

About Iyad:

+12 years of global experience in building award-winning career centers, advising startups, empowering organizations with workforce learning & engagement strategies and leveraging data and technology to democratize career opportunities.

Localized: Career Development Workshop: How To Introduce Yourself

DATE

Sunday 5 December

18:00 GMT / 1:00 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom

It is estimated that over 80% of job seekers say that their network has helped them find jobs; that’s why you should always have your “elevator pitch” ready. After all, you never know who that person you ran into knows or what opportunities they can connect you with.


SO how do you prepare a short elevator pitch and highlight your skills, experience, and career objectives when introducing yourself in a formal or informal setting? Our Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub will answer this question and share his insights on:

  • Storytelling and personal Elevator Pitch
  • Making sure your introduction resonates with your contacts
  • Asking for referrals and generating job leads

About Iyad

+12 years of global experience in building award-winning career centers, advising startups, empowering organizations with workforce learning & engagement strategies and leveraging data and technology to democratize career opportunities.

Localized: Meet The IFC HR Team

Are you interested in working on a variety of challenging issues in the global economy? Do you want to make an impact on the well-being of people around the world?

A career at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) could be the right move for you! Aside from benefits, insurance, work life balance and a competitive salary the IFC offers you the unique opportunity to work on finding solutions for problems in developing countries.

In this session you’ll meet the HR representatives from the IFC (the people hiring 🎉) to learn about career opportunities, different career paths based on your interests and what skill sets will help you stand out.

🚹This is a LIVE session which means you’ll have the unique chance to ask questions related to your personal experiences. You’ll hear about:

✅ International work opportunities at the IFC

✅ Individual journeys and personal growth stories

✅ Work culture, values and mission of the IFC

✅ How you can be a successful candidate

About The International Finance Corporation (IFC):

IFC is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, advances economic development and improves the lives of people by encouraging the growth of the private sector in developing countries. We achieve this by creating new markets, mobilizing other investors, and sharing expertise. In doing so, we create jobs and raise living standards, especially for the poor and vulnerable. Our work supports the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. IFC was founded in 1956 on a bold idea: that the private sector has the potential to transform developing countries. Since then we’ve expanded to more than 100 countries, coining the term “emerging markets” and pioneering new markets such as sustainable bonds.

To register, login to your Localized profile under GBSN’s membership.

Vienna Summer School of Responsible Entrepreneurship Scholarships


The Vienna Summer School of Responsible Entrepreneurship is an intensive undergraduate program that will be held in a distance-learning format July 11 – July 22, 2022.

Students studying at GBSN member schools in developing countries are invited to apply for a WU scholarship for the Vienna Summer School of Responsible Entrepreneurship. Two scholarship positions for the VSSoRE are available in 2022.

The application period is February 15 to March 31, 2022.


Academic Program

Meeting the grand challenges of our time such as climate change, growing social inequality, or global health and education requires collective action on the part of government, civil society and the private sector in terms of entrepreneurial behavior. This course is designed to introduce participants to (responsible) entrepreneurship, innovation and start-up culture. Participants will then apply this knowledge in creating, evaluating and selecting impactful business ideas and developing them into sustainable business models in teams.

Responsible entrepreneurship is the kind of entrepreneurship that enhances its positive contribution to society whilst minimizing negative impacts on people and the environment; treating customers and competitors honestly; caring about the well-being of employees and consumers; acting as good citizens in the local community and preserving natural resources and the environment.

The online-program combines sessions from business school academics with hands-on sessions from business practitioners and successful entrepreneurs.

Students will be coached in teams on the development of their specific business plans. At program close, the student start-up teams will present their business plans to the class, and receive final feedback from selected impact entrepreneurs and investors. Courses are designed to be highly interactive and a priority is placed on group discussion and teamwork; students complete pre-course assignments in order to have the qualifications necessary to start the course on the same level.

Students will be able to gain international and intercultural experience from their homes. The program promises a diverse, inclusive as well as a sustainable setting.

The academic program will be taught by Dr. Rudolf Dömötör who leads the core team of the WU Entrepreneurship Center and by international guest lecturers, both academics and business practitioners (entrepreneurs, investors, consultants).

Two intensive weeks are planned for the course (July 11 – July 22, 2022). Additionally, the course includes individual assignments and group work before and after the intensive weeks.

6 ECTS credits and a grade certificate will be awarded for successful program completion.

GBSN Scholarship

Students studying at GBSN member schools in developing countries are invited to apply for a WU Scholarship for the VSSoRE. In 2022, WU has opened 2 scholarship positions. The scholarship covers tuition, and all included services listed below.

The following services are offered to all VSSoRE students:

  • Program with an international perspective incl. course materials
  • Expert talks, guest speakers
  • Grade certificate
  • Opportunities for intercultural exchange throughout the program
  • Support by the WU International Office team

For details please consult: https://short.wu.ac.at/vssore


Application Requirements

Application requirements for the undergraduate program are current enrollment in an undergraduate study program in business administration or related fields. By the time of participation in the program, students must have completed a minimum of one year of undergraduate education with a specific focus on business administration and related areas.

Applicants interested in participating in the program need an excellent command of the English language. The English language requirements can be found at Language Requirements.

To apply for the Vienna Summer School of Responsible Entrepreneurship students have to fill in an online application form and upload all necessary supporting documents.

An essay according to the GBSN Scholarship Essay Guidelines is required for the scholarship. Please submit the essay together with the application documents when applying for the VSSoRE. Applicants are selected for the scholarship based on the scholarship essay, the general quality of their application documents and their previous academic performance.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2022


Contact

General inquiries: spwu@wu.ac.at 

Christina Kampe

Program Management, International Short and Summer University Programs
+43 1 31336 4314
christina.kampe@wu.ac.at

WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business International Summer University Scholarships

WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business is offering 5 scholarships to its international summer program ISUWU. The GBSN scholarship highlights WU’s focus on emerging markets regions. Eligible candidates are undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at a GBSN member school in one of the countries listed below.

Five successful candidates will receive free tuition, a 500€ travel grant as well as accommodation to the International Summer University.

The application period is open February 15 – March 31, 2022.

General Information

The International Summer University WU (ISUWU) program is an intensive short program, which provides in-ternational students with an excellent opportunity for international and multinational education. The ISUWU is organized as three-week sessions (one three-week session in July and one three-week session in August) in Vienna and offers courses for both undergraduate and graduate students.

A large variety of business-related courses are taught by a team of experienced lecturers of WU and col-leagues from partner universities hailing from the entire globe. The main objective of the program is to deepen specific knowledge in business. Visiting local companies and solving practical case studies in intercultural groups complement the strong theoretical basis. An exciting social and cultural program effectively complements the summer university.

Courses are designed to be highly interactive and a priority is placed on group discussion and teamwork; students complete pre-course assignments in order to have the qualifications necessary to start the course on the same level. The team of instructors consists of WU lecturers as well as renowned, international guest lecturers.

Undergraduate Program (8 ECTS credits)

Week 1-2: Course 1

Week 2-3: Course 2

The undergraduate program consists of two intensive courses, which are taught consecutively over the course of 3 weeks, each course lasting one and a half weeks (Monday to Tuesday and Wednesday to Friday). These intensive courses are held in the mornings and total 8 ECTS-Credits.

The graduate program consists of three intensive courses, which are taught consecutively over the course of 3 weeks, each course lasting five days (Monday to Friday). These intensive courses are held in the mornings and total 9 ECTS-Credits.

Graduate Program (9 ECTS credits)

Week 1: Course 1

Week 2: Course 2

Week 3: Course 3

Courses cover topics related to International Business, International Marketing, International Human Resource Management and Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Sustainable Management, Negotiation Management and Economics.

The ISUWU academic program will be announced on the ISUWU website in December 2021 or January 2022. For details as well as further information on the ISUWU please visit: https://www.wu.ac.at/io/isuwu/

Social & Cultural Program

The ISUWU offers social and cultural activities in order to provide students with opportunities for intercultural exchange between students and cultural enrichment through in- and outdoor activities in Vienna. These events allow students to get to know Vienna and make their stay there an unforgettable experience.

The activities include Opening and Closing Ceremonies, which are always an integral part of the ISUWU. Traditionally, an International Cultural Evening is held each year, in which students bring their colleagues closer to their home country in many creative ways, including presentations, clothing, as well as food and drinks from their home countries.

Participants & Application Requirements

Around 150-200 students from over 25 countries participate in the ISUWU every year. Participants who complete the program successfully receive an ISUWU grade certificate.

Application requirements for the undergraduate program:

  • Current enrollment in an undergraduate study program in business administration or related fields. By the time of participation in the program, students must have completed a minimum of one year of undergraduate education with a specific focus on business administration and related areas.
  • Excellent English language skills

Application requirements for the graduate program:

  • Current enrollment in a master’s or MBA program (or equivalent), with a focus on business administration/economics, and / or a bachelor degree in a business major by the time of participation in the program.
  • Excellent English language skills

Scholarships for GBSN Students

Students studying at GBSN member schools in the following developing countries are invited to apply for a scholarship for the ISUWU.

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Cambodia

Egypt

Ghana

India

Indonesia

Kenya

Morocco

Nigeria

Pakistan

Philippines

Senegal

Togo

Tunisia

In 2022, WU is providing 5 scholarship positions. Each scholarship position includes a 500€ travel grant. Please note that in addition to the coverage of the program fee and the award of the travel grant, WU will provide students who receive the GBSN scholarship with housing near campus for the three-week program.

WU Vienna University Campus

How to Apply for a Scholarship

An essay, according to the GBSN Scholarship Essay Guidelines, is required to apply for a GBSN Scholarship. Essays should be submitted together with the application documents when applying for the ISUWU.

For general ISUWU application information, see the section Application & Admission.

Applicants are selected for the scholarship based on the scholarship essay, the general quality of their application documents and their previous academic performance. The WU scholarship is non-recurring, i.e. students may only participate in ISUWU once at this special rate. Moreover, the number of available scholarships is limited.

Essay Topic: Digitalization and its impact on emerging markets

Within the last few decades, the use of digital technologies has transformed the global economy. Especially in emerging markets, digital transformation offers many opportunities for local businesses. Please identify opportunities of digitalization for local businesses in your home country / in a specific emerging market and discuss them in your essay. Please also address potential threats of digitalization to local businesses or specific industries in your chosen country.

Please use relevant academic literature to support your opinion and quote the sources used. You can also include best practice examples from your country to support your opinion.
The WU scholarship for students is non-recurring, e.g. students may only participate in one 3-week-session at ISUWU at this rate.

All essays will be subject to a plagiarism check and must be submitted by the application deadline of March 31, 2022. The essay has to be submitted together with the application documents when applying for the ISUWU or the VSSoRE. Accepted document formats: .pdf.

Essay Guidelines

If you are eligible to apply for the WU scholarship, you must submit an essay that meets the following criteria:

  • 800 – 1000 words, approx. 2 DIN-A4 pages
  • use online and offline scholarly literature (DO NOT limit your research to the internet only)
  • use in-text citations of several sources
  • include a comprehensive reference list
  • follow academic rules for citation and references (for guidelines see the Yale College Writing Center https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/using-sources or the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/).
  • include a title page with the title of the paper, author’s name and author’s home university
  • submit your essay together with you application files by March 31, 2022 as a .pdf.

Please note that the essay is individual work and not group work! Additionally, the WU guidelines and data protection apply to the essay. All essays will be reviewed in detail and copy-and-paste plagiarism will not be accepted! Essays which do not meet the criteria listed above will not be considered.

CONTACT

General inquiries about summer programs: isuwu@wu.ac.at 

Christina Kampe

Program Management, International Short and Summer University Programs
+43 1 31336 4314
christina.kampe@wu.ac.at

DATES & DEADLINES

Application period: February 15 – March 31, 2022

Nomination deadline: March 15, 2022

July session: July 11 – July 29, 2022

August session: August 1 – August 19, 2022

Cross-Border Collab: Net Positive

DATE & TIME

Thursday, 13 January, 2022

8:00am EDT

LOCATION

Hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens, emartens@gbsn.org

Runaway climate change and rampant inequality are ravaging the world and costing a fortune. Who will help lead us to a better future? Business.

These massive dual challenges—and other profound shifts like pandemics, resource pressures, and shrinking biodiversity—threaten our very existence. Other megatrends, such as the clean economy explosion and the unprecedented focus on diversity and inclusion, offer exciting new opportunities to heal the world, and prosper by doing so. Government cannot do this alone. Business must step up.

In this seminal book, former Unilever boss Paul Polman and sustainable business guru Andrew Winston explode fifty years of corporate dogma. They reveal for the first time key lessons from Unilever and pioneering companies around the world on how you can profit by fixing the world’s problems, not creating them. To thrive today and tomorrow, they argue, companies must become “net positive” – giving more to the world than they take. A Net Positive company:

  • Improves the lives of everyone it touches, from customers and suppliers to employees and communities, greatly increasing long-term shareholder returns in the process; 
  • Takes ownership of all of the social and environmental impacts its business model creates. This in turn provides opportunities for innovation, savings and building a more human, connected and purpose-driven culture; 
  • Partners with competitors, civil society and governments to drive transformative change that no one group can deliver alone.

This is no utopian fantasy – courageous leaders are already making it real and the stakes could not be higher. With bold vision and compelling stories, Net Positive sets out the principles and practices that will deliver the scale of change and transformation the world desperately needs.

Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. He was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019 and has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand out CEO of the past decade”. 

Andrew Winston is one of the world’s leading thinkers on sustainable business. He is author of the books Green to Gold and The Big Pivot, as well as hundreds of articles in Harvard Business ReviewMIT Sloan Management Review, and other top publications.

As we move into this new year, we are excited to see what opportunities 2022 holds for the entire GBSN community.  While the world is ravaged by runaway climate change and rampant inequality, we know that business schools are in the perfect position to lead us to a better future.  This year, our monthly Collabs will continue to be a space where schools can come together to discuss and share their successes, difficulties, and potential collaborations.  Join us for the first Member Collab in the new year as we discuss the net positive movement with Paul Polman.

Speaker

  • Paul Polman

    Former Chief Executive Officer
    Unilever; Influencer, business leader, campaigner
    United Kingdom

When?

Thursday, 13 January, 2022

  • 8:00am Washington D.C.
  • 2:00pm Paris
  • 2:00pm Lagos
  • 6:30pm Mumbai
  • 9:00pm Singapore

*Please note – this Cross-Border Collab will take place on the 2nd Thursday of January to accommodate institutions returning from December/January breaks.*

Register

Cross-Border Collabs are not open to the public and are only open to GBSN Members. 

What are Cross-Border Collabs?

Cross-Border Collabs are exclusive gatherings for GBSN members, focused on engaging our community to tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time. Facilitated by topic experts, these session will provide a place for our members be active participants in our mission of improving management and entrepreneurship education for the developing world. Collabs are held monthly on every first Thursday of the month. Collabs are an exclusive opportunity for member school ambassadors, deans and leading faculty members.

2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition

You are invited to enter the competition and support and strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) skills and knowledge for today’s students, who will become tomorrow’s global business leaders. WDI Publishing and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business are proud to present the second annual DEI Global Case Writing Competition.

You are encouraged to submit an academic case study about a DEI-related business dilemma within one or across multiple business disciplines. Submitted case studies may feature diverse protagonists who may have nontraditional, yet inclusive, management styles.

Competition Objectives

  • Encourage and reward the development and publication of new, relevant academic case studies that focus on DEI in business and/or feature diverse protagonists as business leaders.
  • Publish teaching materials that will increase student understanding of the unique and realistic challenges of creating, implementing and sustaining DEI in a business or organization anywhere in the world.
  • Present learning opportunities for students that challenge current ideas about DEI in business and that spur critical thinking for creative pathways for more positive change.

Prizes

  • 1st Place Award – $10,000
  • 2nd Place Award – $5,000
  • 3rd Place Award – $2,500

Who Can Enter?

  • Individual students or student teams (graduate or undergraduate) and other professionals may enter, but must enter in collaboration with a faculty member or instructor from an accredited university/college, in the U.S. or internationally.
  • Individual faculty/instructors or teams from an accredited university/college (in the U.S. or internationally) may also enter.

Key Dates/Deadlines

  • 28 January, 2022: “Intent to Enter” forms due
  • 31 March, 2022: Final submission documents due
  • July 2022: Public announcement of winners

Steps to Enter

  1. Review Submission Requirements, as well as Resources.
  2. Submit online Intent-to-Enter Form by January 28, 2022.
  3. Submit online Submission Form and final documents by March 31, 2022.

Contact

For all inquiries, please contact info@wdi-publishing.com.

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