Personal Branding for Job Search

Are you confused whether you are giving the right impression of your professional and personal self through your job profile or in interviews? Do you find it challenging to put across your career and personal goals correctly while applying for a job? Do you want your profile to stand out from the rest? You have to put in conscious and effective efforts to influence your public perception in the job market. This workshop on Personal Branding for Job Search will help you achieve that.

The main objective of this workshop is to provide the participants with the necessary skills, self-assessment, personal branding, group support, new insights, and mostly renewed positive energy to pursue their job search in The Netherlands. The group is comprised of fellow partners like you and the workshop provides a platform for not only fine-tuning your job market profile but also to receive support from peers in a similar situation. As an accompanying partner, it is not always easy to secure a suitable job or to find your professional identity in The Netherlands. The workshop assists you to find your uniqueness, strengths and in improving and creating a ‘brand’ of yourself that makes you stand out in the job market.

The workshop amounts to six meetings which will be very interactive, with an emphasis on the personal strengths each participant already possesses that can be used and highlighted more when searching and applying for jobs. There will be ample opportunity for asking questions and sharing experiences. The experiences of each participant will be assessed to find what already works and what could be done differently. 

There will be an emphasis on creating a climate of understanding and support in this group as it is fundamental for participants to share their experiences, doubts, the resistance encountered. In short: breakdowns and breakthroughs! Hands-on tips and tricks are provided to continue the pursuit of new opportunities and the following up of job leads and applications. A structure of accountability buddies ensures continued participation and pro-activeness.

In addition, as part of the workshop, there is a recruiter session, in which recruiters provide first-hand information of what they look for during interviews; tips, and suggestions on how to respond to interview questions. They also conduct practice interviews with all participants. Active participation is required!

Who

Partners/spouses of TU Delft employees who have followed the Partner Career Workshops and have difficulties securing a job. For each participant, their CV needs to be up-to-date and a Job Search form is a prerequisite to subscription.

When

Thursday, 6th October - 10:00 – 13:00
Thursday, 20th October - 10:00 – 12:00
Thursday 3rd November - 10:00 – 12:30
Thursday 17th November - 10:00 – 12:00
Thursday 1st December - 10:00 – 13:00

Location

TU Delft Campus.  Details will be announced to participants after registration.

Language

The workshop is offered in English.

Availability & Registration

We have a maximum of 12 spots available per group, the workshop is free of charge for international partners of TU Delft employees.

If you are interested and motivated to join, you can sign up here. You only have to register once for all six workshops. Once you have been admitted you, are expected to attend all 6 meetings. The success of the job search support group is based on active participation. The deadline for registration is one week prior to the event (Thursday, 27th September 2022, 23:55 hrs). After registration, please send an email to Events-ComingtoDelftServices@tudelft.nl. with your:

• CV
• Job Search form
• a short motivation (1 paragraph) in which you have stated what kind of activities you have undertaken so far to secure a job and what do expect this support group will bring you

If you have any questions, make sure to contact us!