09:00 – 9:30

Registration and coffee

9:30 – 10:00

Welcome and Setting the Scene
The INSTITUTE will kick off with an overview of the Career Services industry, covering key standards and performance frameworks, as well as important employment and general recruiting trends. You will obtain a foundation for the next five modules which cover leadership and the key focus areas of Career Services and Recruiter Relations.

10:00 – 11:30

Module 1: Leadership in Careers, Part 1
High-trust leadership – a key driver for motivation and impact
The purpose of this session is to provide participants with new insights and foster reflection helping them to become more effective as leaders.

• Why and how high-trust leadership impacts motivation and performance
• Core characteristics of high-trust leadership
• How to develop more effective high-trust leadership

11:30 – 12:00

Networking Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30

Module 1: Leadership in Careers, Part 2
High-trust leadership – a key driver for motivation and impact
The purpose of this session is to provide participants with new insights and foster reflection helping them to become more effective as leaders.

• Why and how high-trust leadership impacts motivation and performance
• Core characteristics of high-trust leadership
• How to develop more effective high-trust leadership

13:30 – 14:45

Lunch

14:45 – 16:00

Module 2: Career Education, Part 1
Understanding Yourself: Creating Self-Awareness and Tools For a Faster and More Efficient Career Transformation

• Understanding existing and state-of-the art personality and professional skills assessments
• Leveraging Simulations and live assessments through experiential learning

Learning About the Best Matching Careers: Building a Career Curriculum

• How to best inform students about careers in different industries (Tech, Consulting, Finance and more)
• How to implement a coherent coaching and learning curriculum to find the best fit for your students

16:00 – 16:30

Networking Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Module 2: Career Education, Part 2
Landing the Job: Making the Impossible Possible – Innovative Solutions For Preparing Your Students For Any Job Globally

• Global interview as well as assessment centre training (live vs. remote)
• Preparing your talent to succeed in interviews and achieve the best possible job placements for them

18:00 – 18:30

Conclusion, Wrap Up

• CPDI Program Director

20:00

Meet for dinner

20:30

Welcome dinner

09:00 – 09:30

Coffee

09:30 – 11:00

Module 3: Recruiter Expectations and Co-Creating Value with Recruiters, Part 1
What do recruiters expect of your talent? Are you ready to prepare students for success in highly competitive selection processes in this new environment? The Recruiter Relations module will train you for both on-campus and online activities in order to help you to support your recruiters’ hiring needs.

11:00 – 11:30

Networking Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Module 3: Recruiter Expectations and Co-Creating Value with Recruiters, Part 2

• Developing a Loyal Recruiter Network
• Reach out: How to Create an Effective Communication Strategy
• Promote talent: Partner with Recruiters for their Talent Management Needs
• Promote companies: Assist with Employer Branding
• Connect with Academics: Bring Recruiters to Class

13:00 – 14:15

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Module 4: The Tech Behind Talent Analytics, Part 1
The incorporation of highly advanced technologies for talent recruitment is a fundamental change that is taking place in global HR. Do you have the tools and resources in place, as well as the expertise within the department, to support recruiters’ data-driven strategies? This module will start with an understanding of the functionality of recruiters’ Application Tracking Systems (ATS) and their direct link with the technology that aims to accelerate matching with relevant candidates, such as CV optimization.

16:00 – 16:30

Networking Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Module 4: The Tech Behind Talent Analytics, Part 2
Learn how technology ranging from video interviews to gamification are revolutionising today’s candidate experience and understand the impact that this will have on your talent’s placement. Video interviews and game-based assessments are being used across all industries and artificial intelligence is already dismantling traditional selection processes. Ensure that you are savvy and articulate on the latest technology in order to effectively prepare your talent for success.

18:00 – 18:30

Conclusion, Wrap Up

• CPDI Program Director

20:00

Meet for dinner

20:30

Networking dinner

08:30 – 09:00

Coffee

09:00 – 10:30

Module 5: Career Advising, Part 1
Designing a strong career advising strategy for your students in a changing market.

• What are the career/market trends, what is changing and what are the key issues in career advising?
• Is there even a traditional roadmap anymore? Is it the journey or the destination that is important?
• Identifying and solving key issues in career advising – interactive session to identify the most important challenges in career advising and finding solutions together

10:30 – 11:00

Networking Coffee Break + CPDI Cohort Photo

11:00 – 12:30

Module 5: Career Advising, Part 2
Designing a strong career advising strategy for your students in a changing market.

• Pulling it together – how to design the best career advising program to fit the different needs of your student/alumni population
• Individual vs group or class? Where do you put your focus (cost/benefit)
• Skills for today’s career advisors

12:30 – 13:15

Conclusion & Wrap Up