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What are your weaknesses? Why should we hire you? Why are you interested in this position? Why did you leave your last position? These are some of many difficult questions that you will most likely be asked at an interview.

In this Career Development Workshop, our Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub, will guide you in preparing to answer difficult interview questions to stand out as a candidate and impress employers

Date/Time

Sunday, September 12th 2021 at 5:00 PM GMT

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. 

Are you a Techie with a passion for Finance? Are you considering a career at the intersection of Technology and Finance? Join us in this session with Pawel A. Stefanski, Financial Services Sector Leader, MEA at IBM.

With the Digital Transformation and Innovation the financial sector has been witnessing in recent years, this session will shed light on the trends in the industry, essential skills, and the knowledge you need to enter the field.

Date/Time

Tuesday, September 21st 2021 at 2:00 PM GMT

About Pawel:

Pawel currently leads IBM’s Financial Services Sector in the Middle East and Africa, serving major financial institutions – from Turkey to South Africa. In this role he and his team are responsible for shaping and successfully executing IBM’s strategy for the Financial Sector. He has over 30 years of professional and executive experience in information technology, software development, business consulting and management, with focus on technology applications in banking and insurance. He regularly advises IBM customers on topics such as innovation, strategy and business models, digital reinvention, Blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Pawel joined IBM in 1995 as a professional hire and has worked in a variety of roles encompassing software development, consulting, solution design, partner management and business development. During his career he has worked in over 20 countries. He holds MSc in Computer Science (with distinction) from Warsaw University in Poland. Subsequently he completed post-graduate education in Machine Learning and Genetic Algorithms at George Mason University, and earned executive certifications from George Washington University and Harvard Business School.

In this Career Development Workshop, our Career Coach in Residence, Iyad Uakoub, will walk you through optimizing your digital profiles and strategies you could use to market yourself.

Date/Time

Sunday, September 19th 2021, at 5:00 PM GMT

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. 

Strategy and M&A are one of the largest fields in Consulting. Strategy Consultants provide clients with strategic advice on certain management topics. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Consultants guide clients through M&A and other M&A related matters such as debt and equity financing.

In this session, we will look at Strategy and M&A from the perspective of working with a Tech giant, rather than a Consulting Firm. Our Expert, Alonso Bustamante, Head of Strategy and M&A at Cloudflare, will walk you through his responsibilities, day-to-day activities, and the skills necessary for this role.
Some of the topics that will be covered:

• Your experience and background
• To MBA or not to MBA?
• Transitioning from other sectors to Tech
• The benefits of internships at different career stages
• How to upskill and stay updated on the newest trends and technologies
• Industry trends and essential skills (what do recruiters look for when hiring fresh talents?)
• Careers at the intersection of Business and Tech
• What does it mean to be a Head of Strategy & M&A at Cloudflare?
• What does your typical day look like?
• Your advice for students and recent graduates
• Your advice for those looking to transition into a new industry
• Questions from the audience

Date/Time

Wednesday, September 29th 2021 at 3:00 PM GMT

About Alonso:

Alonso Bustamante is the Head of Strategy and M&A at Cloudflare, a global cloud platform that delivers a broad range of network services to businesses around the world—making them more secure, enhancing the performance of their business-critical applications, and eliminating the cost and complexity of managing and integrating individual network hardware. Alonso is Head of Cloudflare London, the company’s EMEA headquarters. He has led multiple special projects, including acquisitions that are now a core part of the company’s long-term strategy, and has scaled the company’s EMEA operations, including the selection and launch of its new European R&D Center in Lisbon. He is also the co-executive sponsor of Latinflare, an employee group focused on the advancement and inclusion of Latin employees at Cloudflare.

Previously, he was part of the Global Strategy Group at Samsung in Korea, and a founding member at IGNIA, a venture capital firm that invests in high growth enterprises targeting the emerging middle class in Mexico. He has also held positions at Google and Atomico, a European venture capital fund investing in technology.

He holds a BA with majors in International Studies, Political Science and Latin American Studies from the University of Chicago and an MBA from London Business School, where he was a Chevening Scholar.

Relationship Building is one of the most important skills for an investment banker. You need to be able to deal with customers in difficult situations, have a positive attitude, develop and maintain client relationships, and understand customers’ needs.

In this session with Taslim Manji, Director of Customer Success-Investment Banking at Refinitiv, we will discuss how you can develop these skills and start a career in Investment Banking.

Some of the topics that will be discussed:

• What is Investment Banking?
• What are some of the essential skills?
• CVs, Interviews, Career Development advice
• People & Customer Service skills
• Upskilling & Learning
• Industry trends
• Advice for students and recent graduates

Date/Time

Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 at 3:00 PM GMT

About Taslim:

Taslim is an accomplished Account Manager with over 10 years of proven adoption, retention and sales experience for SaaS platforms. She is a result-oriented leader with strong communication and people skills with a demonstrated success in team leadership and managing key client relationships at a global scale. Taslim is able to navigate complex organizations by leveraging deep industry knowledge, respecting brand and cultural nuances and building lasting partnerships.

A Career Action Plan helps you optimize your Career Development learning and achieve your objectives and goals. When developing your plan, you should set and clarify your goals, set action steps, and commit yourself to participate in activities and experiences that would result in you achieving those goals.

In this session, our Career Coach in Residence will guide you through the process of creating your Career Action Plan

Date/Time

Sunday, August 22nd 2021 at 1:00 PM

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.

With the digital transformation almost every industry is facing right now, the need for Cybersecurity experts and Cybersecurity hygiene for home and office are on a constant rise and it remains as one of the most interesting fields to get into for its exciting tasks, the variety of paths and growth opportunities, and the chances to really make an impact.

To help you understand and explore different paths in Cybersecurity, Trend Micro are bringing in top experts to speak about their day-to-day responsibilities, the trends in the industry, and the skills necessary to succeed. We will cover everything from infrastructure to certifications!

Date/Time

Wednesday, August 25th 2021 at 10:00 AM

Agenda

1. Introduction to Cyber Security
2. Discuss trends, challenges and opportunities in the industry
3. Challenges for small and large organizations
4. How to start a career in Cyber Security
5. Presentation of an example of a recent High-Level attack (case study)

Panalists

• Jonathan Chang, Senior Partner, Trend Forward – USA
• Brook Stein, Director of Product and Business Development, Trend Micro Consumer – USA
• Joahanna Hipolito, Manager of Technology Marketing, Trend Micro Research – Philippines
• ….plus Trend Micro Education Outreach partners

“What are your salary expectations?” is one of the most crucial and difficult questions to answer at an interview. It can be the difference between getting a job offer and receiving a rejection letter. You also need to make sure that you do not undersell yourself!

In this session, our Career Coach in Residence will guide you through the process of understanding your value and discussing this question at an interview.

Date/Time

Sunday, August 15th 2021 at 1:00 PM

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.