#WiseWednesday: Bill Gates

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” by Bill Gates

LMGTFY: Bill Gates (born 1955), American software developer, investor, and philanthropist. Best known as the co-founder of Microsoft. His charitable foundation “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation” is reported to be the world’s largest private charity.

 

Where will you meet us?

Do you want to follow the know-how of Career Angels? Learn about the latest trends? Data? Methodology? Read this blog post to get access to one of our many lectures, webinars, podcasts, webcasts, training sessions and alike!

This week (#44):

Date: October 29 – in the late afternoon
For: Warsaw University of Technology Business School
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
Topic: Relationship building in an exclusively virtual world
Language: English

Upcoming:
In November, we are starting the third edition of the Career Consultant Course. Due to safety concerns, it’ll be online.

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We asked: Personal Branding during CV-19?

Looking only at data is definitely not enough. At Career Angels, we also speak with C-level executives, HR Directors, Management Consultants – you’ll find our weekly quantitative & qualitative reports on Market Signals. Some of them allow us to publish these conversations & their insights for our audience!

This interview features: Filiz Scarcella, who says about herself, “I’m Filiz – I don’t like titles, roles and categories. I’m a human, a woman and a doer. As sparring partner and mentor, I support people, mostly young women, entrepreneurs and anyone who would want to be one in developing their personal brand and self marketing strategy.” More about her below.

We asked Filiz 3 questions, incl. how personal branding for executives has changed due to CV-19 or whether they should use the “open to work” feature on LinkedIn. Here are her answers:
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#WiseWednesday: Larry Page

“Always deliver more than expected.” by Larry Page

LMGTFY: Larry Page (born 1973), American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. Best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin. Forbes placed him 10th on the “Billionaires 2019” list. Page is the co-creator of the search ranking algorithm for Google.

We asked: what changes are here to stay?

Looking only at data is definitely not enough. At Career Angels, we also speak with C-level executives, HR Directors, Management Consultants – you’ll find our weekly quantitative & qualitative reports on Market Signals. Some of them allow us to publish these conversations & their insights for our audience!

This interview features: Ingrid Gerstbach, Management Consultant at Gerstbach Design Thinking. More about her below.

We asked Ingrid 3 questions, incl. what changes caused by CV-19 are here to stay and how to adjust to the new normal. Here are her answers:
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Where will you meet us?

Do you want to follow the know-how of Career Angels? Learn about the latest trends? Data? Methodology? Read this blog post to get access to one of our many lectures, webinars, podcasts, webcasts, training sessions and alike!

This week (#43):

We are, once again, supporting experienced managers in their job search – completely free of charge! This time as a group program in Polish. The registration deadline is October 25, 2020.
All details in Polish: here.

Upcoming:
In November, we are starting the third edition of the Career Consultant Course. Due to safety concerns, it’ll be online.

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Free Materials: How to prepare for an (online) interview

Dozens of the approx. 1000 participants from all over the world have spontaneously expressed that our webinars are “the best they’ve seen currently being offered for professionals / managers / executives looking for a job or trying to stay in control of their careers”.

From April 14 to June 10, 2020 we conducted 2 editions of 4-module Open Webinars on job search & career management where we shared over 32h of practical tips & know-how. And although the Open Webinars initiative has come to an end, we’ve decided to keep the content available – completely free of charge!

The four online sessions will guide you through the job search process step-by-step.

Module 4: How to prepare for an interview (especially online)
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
From the recording, you will learn that a personal conversation is different from a conversation using online tools – in some respects the later one is more difficult (except for the IT part):
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Company Page on LinkedIn: Grow your audience (Tip #2)

This tip series was prepared with the following professionals in mind:

  • HR professionals who want to ensure that their prospective candidates will find the necessary info on their company on LinkedIn; it’ll help you in talking with your marketing departments to create beautiful and effective employer branding materials!
  • Independent consultants, especially for executives turned freelancers (often out of necessity as they are in-between jobs) – to help them improve their branding and first impression on LinkedIn
  • anybody else who’s interested in the subject!

Let’s get right to it: Tip #2 out of 8:
#1: Complete all details

#2: Grow your audience

Now that you’ve completed all the information on your Company Page, you can start thinking about growing your audience. According to LinkedIn, once a page reaches 150 followers, the opportunity for growth becomes exponential.

Here are some tips on how to reach that milestone as fast as possible and continue growing even bigger:

  • Find out who your target audience is. See what topics and articles they’re already engaging with and incorporate that kind of content into your own.
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#WiseWednesday: Colin Powell

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” by Colin Powell

LMGTFY: Colin Powell (born 1937), American politician and diplomat. The first African-American Secretary of State. Served as the 16th United States National Security Advisor and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice.

Where will you meet us?

Do you want to follow the know-how of Career Angels? Learn about the latest trends? Data? Methodology? Read this blog post to get access to one of our many lectures, webinars, podcasts, webcasts, training sessions and alike!

This week (#42):

Date: October 14 – in the evening
For: WU Executive Academy
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
Topic: “Crisis-proofing your career

Date: October 15 – afternoon
For: Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
Topic: “Optimise your career search strategy

Date: October 18 – all day
For: Warsaw University of Technology Business School 
Speaker: Urszula Rapacka, Anna Zadrożna
Topic: “Career Planning

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