Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI)
Event Details
The Career Professionals Development Institutes has been postponed until fall 2020 The Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) is a training opportunity for Talent & Careers professionals to acquire
Event Details
The Career Professionals Development Institutes has been postponed until fall 2020
The Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) is a training opportunity for Talent & Careers professionals to acquire state-of-the-art competencies and to stay abreast of the latest placement trends relevant for the business school sector. Participants will learn how to deploy learning resources and development tools so that students and alumni can both better their career aspirations and manage their career trajectory. The Institute will help the participants to develop a greater understanding of how to align the hiring needs of corporate partners with the profile of graduate cohorts. It will allow Career Services to provide optimal recruitment solutions for companies seeking top management talent. Peer-to-peer interactions with colleagues from leading academic institutions around the globe will enable the participants to assess the relevance of innovative ideas in the Talent & Careers space for their professional work.
Target Group
The Institute targets Talent & Careers executives of business schools. It has been designed to meet the needs of the nearly 900 EFMD Global Network member schools around the globe. If you are affiliated with a non-member school or another university faculty/school, you are encouraged to apply as well.
Programme
Monday, May 4
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
Tuesday, May 5
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
Wednesday, May 6
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
Speakers
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Amber Wigmore Alvarez
Chief Innovation Officer, Highered EFMD Shared Career Services
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Carles Brugarolas Manzaneque
Head of the Strategy, Leadership & People, EADA Business School, ES
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Laszlo Avramov
Co-Founder and CEO of www.ilovetobe.net, GB
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Rachel Power
Careers Consultant, LSE Careers (Finance Lead), London School of Economics, UK
Contact
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Address
EADA Business School
Time
may 4 (monday) 9:00 - may 6 (wednesday) 13:15 CEST