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Type: |
OPT | Curs: |
3 | Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
3 ECTS |
Group | Teacher | Department | Language |
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Year 3 | Roque Adrada Sanchez-Lafuente | Esade | ENG |
1. Navigating your Future: Authentic Dialogue About your Personal and Professional SuccessWhat are the key components of the motivations? What drives your performance?What motivates you in your life and professional purpose? Extrinsic and Intrinsic motivation. How are these ideas connected?" |
2. General Approach to the Industry and Sectors (Investment Banking, Consulting, Impact)This session aims to give you an overview over career opportunities in a certain sector. The esade career services sector experts will deep dive in the Government & Social Entities Sector, the Consulting Sector and the Financial Services Sector. In a structured way we will first discover the opportunities in each sector and therewith broaden your horizon on opportunities that you might not have considered yet for your future. To give you even better criteria and deep dive in each sector we will talk about the different characteristics of the possibilities and how a typical career path might look like. The sector experts will explain you how recruitment in their specific field works, including the right timing for your applications. This lecture will foster your self- reflection and give you food for thought on where you want to go professionally. |
3. Communicating with Impact"This session aims to give you a real practice overview about the main training tips in communication skills.- Focus of recruitment - Elevator Pitch - Assessment Center - Online meetings and Fairs - Body language" |
4. How to Maximize your Brand Name & Networking (Resume & Cover Letter)During this session you will learn to stand out by showcasing your passion and unique selling points on your resume (CV) and cover letter, taking into account the recruiter perspective, in order to follow your preferred career journey within the impact environment (social entities, international organizations, impact investment, social consultancy¿). |
5. Cross Culture ManagementAlthough in recent years there has been a global shift towards countries looking inwards and this being reflected in the political base of many countries around the world, businesses have been taking significant steps towards acknowledging and understanding the positive impact of cultural differences and implementing strategies that improve the relationship between within companies and ultimately benefitting greatly from a shift towards cultural cognisance |
6. Cracking Competency Based InterviewBehavioural or competency based interviews are used to show how you would demonstrate certain behaviours/skills in the workplace. You will be asked to give an example of a situation or task that led you to take a certain course of actio |
7. What type of banker are you?"This session is a follow up session on the General Approach to the Sectors lecture where you get to know in-depth the different departments of Investment Banking. In this session we will explain the different entry opportunities in Investment Banking and Financial Services companies. We will give an overview of the different divisions in a bank, explain the application strategy (Summer Internships/ Internships/ Full time) and timelines for your application. If you are interested in a career in Financial Services, in this session you will receive important information to understand the divisions and roles in a bank and the strategy you should follow to maximize your chances to land an internship in this highly competitive sector. " |
8. General Approach II (G&SE)In this session we will go more into detail about a career in Government, International Organizations and social impact. The first step to pursue a career in this area is information, information is key. Having a deep knowledge about the different institutions network, most required profiles and selection processes will allow students to do their firsts steps right. We will do an overview of the different types of International Organizations and other entities of this sector network. European Institutions, United Nations system, other Multilateral Organizations, Development Banks, Government Institutions and other entities. |
9. Building Strong Relationship in the SectorNetworking is also an extremely important asset for those students who wants to pursue a career in this area. In this session different representatives of different entities will be invited to talk about their day to day job. Students will have an approach on the daily work and also will have the chance to start their networking in this area. A part from networking this session have the objective to fill a gap that has been detected in students. It is difficult for them to focus their search as they don¿t really know about the daily work of certain organization. With this session we will help students to better understand about the work of the different entities in order to facilitate the decision making about their careers. Another important gap which we will try to cover is to have a direct experience with the organization which might be also possible to include in their CV. Organizations will present a case which might be a problem or challenge for the Organization. They will also include some resources, lectures and materials to help students in the case. The different Organizations will do a presentation of the case, later, students will decide in a first-come first-served basis which project they want to work in. |
10. Case Method: How to Prepare for Case Method Analysis & The Theory of the PracticeHow should you prepare for the case method? During this session you will have a deep preparation about this important step in the main recruitment processes. Are you ready? |
11. Case Project"In the last session students will present their work with a power point or another presentation tool. They will then receive the feedback and will receive a qualification of their job from the different representatives.Students will also prepare a document to send it to the representatives and esade careers. After this experience, students will be able to add in their CV this experience having a more attractive profile for those institutions." |
Group | Teacher | Department |
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Year 3 | Roque Adrada Sanchez-Lafuente | Esade |