Young IT professional half day Career Boot Camp. Why Employ You?
This Boot Camp will whip you into shape and give you the confidence to set you on the career trajectory you want.
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About this event
If you are one of the lucky ones that have got their dream job fresh out of Uni, you are one of the very, very small minority. If you are one of the Uni graduates who isn’t working in the industry and finding it challenging to get a job without the minimum required experience, come along to this Boot Camp to un-pack what it is that you have to offer a future employer.
Learn to effectively and confidently articulate why someone should hire You!
Programme Overview
08:30-09:00
Registration
09:00-09:30
MC - Richard Cordes
Keynote
Where is the IT industry going? Let’s look at 3 key skill shortage areas – Cyber, Big Data analysis & AI and the skills sets you’ll need to get a job in these fields.
Speaker:
Ross Medina
State Manager - ACS Qld
10:00-10:45
My SFIA self-assessment overview.
(You must be an ACS member to get access to this tool and to do this session. Register as a non-member for this event and get an ACS student membeship as well). That's an approx 20% saving.
This session will also ask you to honestly look at your current skills set and show you how you can map them against international standards. Discover where your skills sit, learn what you need to do plug any gaps to get where you want to go.
You will get a good understanding of how this professional development tool works and set you up to go home and complete your SFIA profile.
Speaker:
Melissa Louise
Workplace Development Specialist - ACS
Specialist in OD people development, talent and succession, competency frameworks, culture, coaching and HR.
10:45-11:15
Morning tea
11:15-11:45
What’s your story morning glory - workshop.
You’ve had a look at your SFIA profile and you perhaps have a good idea of where your strengths and weaknesses are.
Your future employer wants to see if you will fit into their team. They are looking at your individual qualities that may work within their team. To do that you need to have a good understanding of yourself and the qualities you bring to the table. This workshop will give you the time to have a serious talk to yourself and write down what makes you so special.
In this workshop session we will work with you to write your story that highlights – why someone should hire You and why now? This is not related to your technical abilities, but how you come across to your prospective employer. You will work on the delivery of your own story that will showcase unique personal skills you can offer your employer.
Speaker: (ICT sector Recruiter)
Why You, Why Now? Personal Pitch workshop
1145-1230
Your Edge
First impressions in a job interview matter and more often than not, the 1st question you will be asked is ‘tell me about yourself’. If you get to the interview stage, they are assessing how well you can communicate and articulate.
In this session, you will bring your Why You story to life by presenting your story in a 2mins pitch to a table of other event participants. This will help you become confident with your pitch and practice presenting it to a panel of interviewers.
Speaker:
Rosemary Blake
Director - Find Your Edge Consultants
12:30-12:45
Wrap up & END
13:00-14:00
International student skills assessment Q&A session.
This session is only available to PYP students who are pursuing skills migrant visa.
Speaker: Berny Martinez - Director of Professional Standards & Assessment Services - ACS
Cost
ACS student/PYP members - $40
Non-members (promo) - $100
Includes admission to the Boot Camp and one year ACS student membership valued at $72. Open to students only and unemployed non-ACS members.
Please note you must be an ACS member to complete the MySFIA session part of this Boot Camp.
To get access to the promo code for this registration rate. Please email kylie.barringer@acs.org.au or call 3316 5700.
An ACS student membership gives you access to everything a full member has whilst you are a student, such as: networking opportunities, professional development, industry information and much more. Click here to find out more about membership.
Questions?
Email: acsqldevents@acs.org.au
Call: 3316 5700
Speakers
She consults with clients to deliver core learning frameworks and curriculums, conduct training needs analysis, design deliver and evaluate learning solutions, imbed competency frameworks and build technical competency.
Melissa’s consulting experience and knowledge in technical competencies, workplace training and assessment, industry best practice and employee engagement have been successfully implemented into small and large organisations to identify individual and organisational skills gaps, strategic development plans, talent and succession planning, training frameworks and employee engagement strategies.
Melissa’s career spans across various industries across Australia and international markets including Singapore, Jakarta and Korea. Melissa holds a Bachelor in Adult Education and qualifications in Human Resources, Leadership and Psychology.
Richard has have over 10 years’ experience in diverse IT related-roles in New Zealand, Australia and the United States in various leadership roles. He is passionate about people, and have an ardent desire to help improve lives
One of his core competencies is strategic alignment of corporate IT initiatives to business benefits and their achievement, using well-proven benefit management techniques (particularly Steven Jenner’s Managing Benefits - APMG).
He also....
Specialises in large scale transformational programs. With my unsurpassed wealth of experience, I help organisations and their C-Suites realise their strategic objectives and vision through uplifting:
Is an experienced adult teacher, and qualified facilitator.
He has modelled both current and future state process for many large complex organisations (particularly around core service delivery activities), using BPMN 2.0.
Has worked across the systems' development life-cycle using both waterfall and agile methodologies.
Holds a University degree majoring in computer science.
A champion for personal, professional and organisational success and wellbeing, Rosemary provides services related to: leadership development, career management, employee engagement, corporate culture, communication skills (individual and organisational), and work-life engagement.
She brings a multi-disciplined focus to her work. She draws from emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience to help clients strengthen their personal and professional awareness. Clients can build new skills to more effectively navigate the complexities, opportunities and goals within their work and life.
Rosemary has a Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching (currently working towards the diploma) and is accredited in the MBTI instrument. Rosemary earned a Bachelor of Arts, with a major in linguistics from Newcastle University.
Rosemary’s core philosophy is based on the values of honour, integrity, mindfulness and wellness – at the personal, professional and organisational level. She brings this philosophy to her life and her work and invites others who want to live life with passion and joy to do the same.
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Disclaimer
- ACS reserves the right to change the program at any time. Every effort will be made to ensure a program of equivalent standard and members are updated with changes.
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