Middle East Career Development Conference 2
DEVELOPING AND ENGAGING THE MILLENNIALS
Speaker Profiles & Session Details
"Enabling Tomorrow's Talent in Today's World - Opportunities in the Region in Aligning Education to Employment”
Key Note Speech
David Jones
Labor Market Economist, Founder & Managing Director, The Talent Enterprise
Dubai, UAE
Session Details: David's keynote speech will focus on an overview of some of the macro talent imperatives in the GCC and deliver insights of primary research on employability, strengths and future work orientations of Generation Y or Millenials. David will summarize with the top 10 actions for educational institutions, employers and students.
Speaker: David is the Managing Director of The Talent Enterprise, the region’s first human capital ‘think’ and ‘do’ tank, advising clients across the region on their most compelling employability, talent and leadership opportunities. With a background in labor market economics, David has over 23 years of work experience spanning consulting and line HR in Europe & the Middle East. He has lived and worked in Dubai for over 17 years and is a senior advisor to policy-makers, business leaders and HR professionals on strategic human capital issues and challenges. David is also the co-author of a book titled ‘Unlocking the Paradox of Plenty – A Review of the Talent Landscape in the GCC’.
David was previously the Chief Consulting Officer with Aon Hewitt across MENA region and also has senior HR leadership roles with Emirates Airlines and Dubai Civil Aviation. He has extensive experience across multiple industries including government sector, transportation, aviation, telecom, healthcare, banking and retail.
David is a lecturer at universities including University of Cambridge, European School of Management and Technology, Berlin and University of Bradford. He is a regular columnist and spokesperson in the regional media. I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.
“Three Essential Skills for Every Career Counselor”
Bruncha Milaszewski
MA CMF, General Manager,
Training and Consulting, Capita-Global
Dubai, UAE
Session Details: As a Career Counselor or Coach, you don’t just assist students and alumni with the mechanics of career exploration and job search techniques. Rather, you have the opportunity to help an individual craft a career or livelihood in addition to guiding their path toward income generation. You have the potential for creating “career magic”.
In this workshop, you will identity three essential skills set that every career development professional should possess along with practical examples of the “how” to use them effectively in coaching sessions.
Speaker: Bruncha is a diversified professional with over 25 years of experience as an educator, trainer, coach and facilitator. She is a subject matter expert on career counseling; workforce development and psychometric testing relating to talent management. She is a faculty member of the Institute of Human Resource Management Education (iHRME). Bruncha has served in Director Roles at two community colleges in the USA where she was responsible for the design, development and delivery of workforce development and training programs across several industry sectors. In addition, she has been an associate consultant for three of the world’s largest career management companies: Right Management Consulting, Lee Hecht Harrison and, more recently, NetExpat.
Nigel D'Souza
Consultant,
Shane Phillips Consultants
Dubai, UAE
“The Keys to A Successful Interview: Improving Student Skills”
Session Details: This session will look at how the world’s top executives interview and what they look for to identify the top 5% of candidates in less than 20 minutes. Concepts to be covered include:
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The importance of direction and focus
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Intellectual curiosity – being well researched
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Global trends and local currents
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The medium is the message
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The importance of attitude – “if you are not excited about what you do how can I be?”
Speaker: Nigel brings over 12 years of cross-functional industry experience in workforce management and recruitment. He has held analytical, executive search and talent acquisition positions, within both B2B and B2C organizations. Nigel began his career as a Workforce Analyst managing over 2,000 employees with America On-Line before moving to the UAE in 2004 to take up a recruitment role within a prominent property development holdings company. Having spent a short stint embarking his past learnings in setting up best in class recruitment tracking systems, he later moved into a prominent executive search firm having spent a considerable amount of time harnessing his skills across cross-functional and industry specialization recruitment. Prior to joining Shane Phillips Consultants, Nigel held the position of a Regional Talent Acquisition Manager for a global FMCG company where he secured and executed all international talent acquisition functions across the EMEA & SEA region. Nigel holds a Bachelor of Psychology and Communications from Christ University.
“Engaging Student Through Social Media”
Train the Trainer Workshop
Session Details: Reaching out to students on social media entails a delicate balance of content, etiquette, knowing your way across social media platforms, and compliance with the university guidelines of communication. The session will address effective ways of building that balance by sharing excerpts of social media policies we have done for educational entities in the region in addition to specific communication cases encompassing different communication scenarios.
Speaker: Ayman is a forward-thinking Digital Media Strategist who helps client's bridge the gap from established media to emerging types of digital and social media in the Middle East. He lectures and gives workshops on communication, media, user interaction design, history of technology, internet architecture and the social web. Ayman takes full advantage of the industry shifts created by the internet, specifically on content generation, consumption, distribution and commercialization. He uses his powerful combination of creative vision and rigorous analysis in the media to help build, restructure, and transform companies.
Amanda Peters
Associate Director / Career Coach,
Harvard Kennedy School
Boston, MA, USA
“Get Hired: Helping Your Clients Rise to the Top of Google Rankings Using Social Media”
Live Webinar
Sabrina Woods
Associate Director Career Services,
Northeastern University
Boston, MA, USA
Session Details: Become a technology-savvy career counselor, mastering search engine optimization, tips for LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media. Learn how to create a digital footprint so employers can find your clients more easily during the job search process. Help your clients rise to the top of Google rankings using social media.
Speakers:
Amanda is an Associate Director / Career Coach at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) with a passion for connecting people to resources and guiding them to their best-fit careers. Prior to joining the HKS career team in 2013, she worked in career services offices at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston University School of Management, Northeastern University, and as an Employment Specialist with refugees and immigrants. At HKS, Amanda coaches graduate students with a wide range of interests, spanning the sectors. She leads seminars and webinars, including many focused on optimizing LinkedIn use for career development, and advises on careers in technology policy, urban development; including transportation and housing, social enterprise, and non-profit management. Amanda earned an A.B. in Anthropology magna cum laude, from Brown University, and a M.Ed. in Counseling from BU’s School of Education.
Sabrina is an Associate Director Career Services with over 10 years of experience at Northeastern University (NU), the Princeton Review #1 ranked Career Services office. In addition to her work at NU, in 2011 Sabrina got the entrepreneurial itch and started a consulting business as a Holistic Career Coach & LinkedIn Trainer. Integrating her love for travel, Sabrina has taught interactive LinkedIn Lab workshops at universities in the US, the UK and the Middle East including at NU, Harvard University, Metropolitan College of New York, University of London, and American University in Dubai, UAE. However, when it comes to LinkedIn, Sabrina's favorite sessions are her daylong train-the-trainer workshops for career services professionals. For more information about Sabrina, visit: www.sabrina-woods.com
Sharon Balke
Career Center Supervisor,
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN, USA
“How Do You Do That? Providing Comprehensive Career Services Online”
Live Webinar
Melody Jennings Kruzic
Career Counselor,
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Session Details: An increased reliance on online resources and the expectation of “just-in-time” services have raised the demand for online career resources and counseling services. Career services professionals in various settings are seeking guidance as they start to transition to an online delivery format. The presenters, who have significant experience providing career counseling online, will respond to the frequently asked question, “How do you do that?” They will discuss best practices for online delivery of career services to a diverse population, and demonstrate innovative uses of technology for developing career resources. In addition, the presenters will provide practical tips for effectively conducting online career counseling based on their extensive experience.
Capella University is a US accredited institution serving a diverse population. Capella’s award-winning Career Center has created original resources to provide services to nearly 35,000 learners and nearly 40,000 alumni in all 50 states and 61 countries (as of October, 2013).
Speakers:
Sharon leads the Career Center at Capella University, a fully-online, accredited US institution serving 35,000 learners and 40,000 alumni. She has been employed in a variety of educational settings since 1992, and has been counseling in exclusively online programs since 1998. As a school counselor for the world’s first online high school diploma completion program in the late 1990’s, Sharon had the opportunity to develop unprecedented models for online counseling. In 2005, Sharon co-founded an award-winning online public high school, where she served as its co-director for 3 years. With a desire to return to a higher education setting, Sharon found the ideal setting at Capella University, which services adult learners using an innovative online model. She joined Capella in 2008, and was promoted in 2012 to Supervisor of the Career Center, where she has the distinct privilege of leading a “dream team” of career counselors and support staff. Sharon earned a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and an M.A. degree in Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Melody is passionate about the field of career services and presenting on topics related to career exploration and job search. Currently a Career Counselor serving graduate business and technology students at Capella University, Melody has 10 years experience within the field of higher education career services and 4 years within corporate HR. She was a founding member of the Missouri Career Development Association where she is currently President. Melody is just three classes away from her second master’s degree and hopes to begin her doctorate studies within the field of adult education soon!