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Entertainment
Evon Brennan
This talented Black / Irish Singer / Songwriter will be joining us for the evening networking session, where she will be entertaining everyone with her unique musical talent. 
Panel Debates
| Having it all’ – is it really possible? Through maternity and paternity leave, flexible hours and mentoring schemes, many major employers are now seeking to make work/life balance a reality. But for the truly ambitious, aiming at the boardroom in such competitive fields such as banking, strategy consultancy and engineering, are sacrifices in family and home life still unavoidable? This panel debate will raise interesting questions like; are real ambition and work-life balance mutually exclusive? Is it possible to reach senior management level and still work the hours that are compatible with a healthy family life? and, what are organisations doing to encourage more women into Leadership position? Participating Companies Include: GE Morgan Stanley ACCA Goldman Sachs Aurora Lifting Corporate Barriers to Women (Role Models) Over the last 50 years women have had to make choices about how to balance a successful career with a fulfilling personal life or family. Whilst many women previously took time out, often at the expense of their career, the tide is finally turning. We welcome to this panel debate some of the most successful women in their fields. We’ll be asking them to outline to the next generation of female leaders how they achieved their own personal working goals and what support is available along the way. This debate will raise questions like, what obstacles have the panel had to overcome? How have their experiences made it easier for the next generation of women? Have they achieved a personal work/life balance and do their employers or member organisations support them? Participating Companies Include: Police HPD scheme Lehman Brothers Hewlett Packard Enterprise Rent-A-Car Rolls-Royce |
Company Presentations / Workshops
There will be workshops and company presentations in private work rooms throughout the day.Life Coaching / NLP
Marc HoganExhibition
Whether you are an undergraduate who is looking for inspiration, a young professional who is looking to make your first career move, or you have recently completed your MBA, this is where you will meet the organisations who are keen to help you decide on your future.
Organisations you will be able to meet in the exhibition hall include:
Participating Companies:
ACCA
BAE Systems
BDO
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
GE
Goldman Sachs
Hewlett-Packard
Lehman Brothers
Morgan Stanley
Police HPD scheme
Rolls-Royce
Shell
Media Partners:
Aurora
Computer Weekly
Cosmopolitan
DAWN
The Engineer
The Times/The Sunday Times
Top Graduate
Life Coaching Companies:
LE Consultants
Persuasion Skills
SHL Consultants
Networking Opportunities
Networking Opportunities
The day starts with a Breakfast Networking Session where you will meet other delegates and some of the corporates in an informal and welcoming environment.
At the end of the day, after the busy workshop programme has finished, you will be invited to an Evening Networking Session where you will be able to share your experiences and be inspired by those around you, whilst relaxing with a complimentary glass of wine.
You may wish to swap contact details with other delegates and forge friendships for the future.
We are delighted to be joined for the evening by Black/Irish, Singer/Songwriter Evon Brennan who will entertain you with her unique musical talent.
The Networking session will finish around 20:00, when you will be welcome to conclude your evening in the hotel bar, or venture into London with your new found friends.
CV Clinic
At
the Women in Leadership Top Career Forum, we aim to provide you with as
much information and advice as possible, to help you Maximise
Your Career.
The CV clinic
is designed to give you advice on how to present yourself at that all
important stage... The first impression.
A professional career guidance consultant will be on hand at the Forum,
to explain the best way to create a positive first impression and offer
advice on how to present yourself on paper.
Psychometric Clinic
Edna Agbarha BSc, MSc, C.Psychol. Edna has been practicing for the past 8 years in the field of HR Consultancy. She is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and specialises in the areas of Talent Management and Development, Learning and Development, Cultural Diversity, Leadership, and Organisational Change.
Managing Consultant at SHL (UK)
On completing her MSc, Edna joined Taylor Stewart Associates Management Consultancy specialising in Cultural Diversity training. Her next move was to Barnardo’s, the largest children’s charity, as Chief Occupational Psychologist where she was responsible for Corporate Resourcing and Organisational Change.
Now a Managing Consultant at SHL (UK) the leading HR consultancy and psychometric test publisher, she has worked with a wide variety of public and private sector organisations in the UK and with global clients across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Many applicants find when they are invited to the selection process, the use of psychometric tests can be quite daunting. As the gateway to entry into most organisations it is critical attendees understand how to perform at their best. During the clinic, Edna will give advice on how to prepare for and manage psychometric tests for job selection. This session will give attendees an invaluable insight into what organisations look for when they invite potential employees to a selection and assessment process. Attendees will benefit from some practical experience helping them to successfully complete psychometric tests to the best of their potential. This is also an opportunity to take away practice leaflets to allow attendees to practice a variety of the most common tools at their leisure. Attendees will also get their psychometric related questions answered at the end of the session.
Keynote Speakers
Carole BrennanAbout Top Career Forums
Top Career Forums mark the future for recruitment events. They bring together companies and career seekers with a common objective, and help to promote their success. Delegates will meet organisations who are committed to hiring or researching top tier candidates, young professionals and alumni from leading national and international universities and business schools.
This event will provide an environment in which recruiters can meet undergraduates through to young professionals, from leading academic institutions. This Top Career Forum is more than a recruitment fair; it offers the opportunity for organisations to have a voice within a community of companies who are all actively seeking to attract and recruit the highest calibre individuals from diverse backgrounds. If you are an organisation, which is looking to attain cultural, gender and ethnic diversity within your organisation and support the issue of Diversity for leadership, then attending this Top Career Forum is a must for 2004.
Exciting Feedback from the previous Top Career Forum
‘The Top Career Forum Championing
Women in Leadership was an excellent event, and is important for us to be
associated with such a great initiative. The quality of candidates was excellent,
and we look forward to participating in the next forum.’
Tracy Ross, Head of Recruitment, Rolls Royce
‘This Top Career Forum was
without doubt the most positive event that the HPD scheme has been involved
in to date. We felt that we were able to reach women who may not have considered
a career in the police and effectively readdress their perceptions…An
exciting and highly rewarding day’
Chief Inspector Cas Bailey, Regional HPD Manager
‘Overall the topcareers
team should be very proud of and pleased about how well the day went. There
were a great many diverse, interesting and innovative women there and ACCA
was very pleased to participate in the day. We would obviously be only too
delighted to participate in this event again.’
Sarah Frampton, Student Promotions Adviser ACCA
‘Overall this was a very
interesting event and we would hope to see this or similar Forums organized
by topcareers soon.’
Erum Loan, UK & Ireland Graduate Recruitment Manager, Shell
Time table of the day
| 09.00 – 16.30 | Registration | Development Zone |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Breakfast | Development Zone |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Opening Address Carole Brennan (TCN) & Glenda Stone (Aurora) | Exhibition Hall |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Nunzio Quacquarelli (TCN) | Development Zone |
| 10.30 – 13.00 | Exhibition Open | Exhibition Hal |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Hewlett Packard Workshop | Nobel Suite |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Lehman Brothers Workshop | Diploma Suite |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Top MBA Careers Workshop | Palm D’or Suite |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Shell workshop | Jasmine Suite |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | Edna Agbarha - Psychometric Testing | Jasmine Suite |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Workshop | Grammy Suite |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | General Electric Workshop | Diploma Suite |
| 11.30 – 12.15 | ACCA Workshop | Nobel Suite |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Panel Debate Having
It All – Is It Really Possible? General Electric, Morgan Stanley, ACCA, Goldman Sachs, Aurora |
Development Zone |
| 12.30 – 13.15 | Katrina Prentice – Making The Most Of Networking Opportunities | Diploma Suite |
| 12.30 – 13.15 | BAE Systems Workshop | Nobel Suite |
| 14.15 – 14.30 | Afternoon Opening Address - Lesley Everett | Development Zone |
| 14.30 – 17.00 | Exhibition Hall Open | Exhibition Hall |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Police Workshop | Jasmine Suite |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Goldman Sachs Workshop | Diploma Suite |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | Jenny Ungless - Life Coaching | Nobel Suite |
| 14.30 – 15.15 | MIP Politecnico di Milano (MBA Business Program) | Grammy Suite |
| 15.30 – 16.15 | Lesley Everett - Personal Branding | Jasmine Suite |
| 15.30 – 16.15 | Rolls Royce Workshop | Nobel Suite |
| 15.30 – 16.15 | Morgan Stanley Workshop | Diploma Suite |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Panel Debate - Lifting
Corporate Barriers, Role Models Police HPD Scheme, Lehman Bros, Hewlett Packard, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Rolls Royce |
Development Zone |
| 16.30 – 17.15 | Mark Hogan NLP, Interview Techniques | Nobel Suite |
| 16.30 – 17.15 | Psychometric Testing Workshop | Diploma Suite |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Closing Address Carole Brennan (TCN) & Glenda Stone (Aurora) | Development Suite |
| 17.30 – 18.30 | Drinks & Entertainment | Development Zone |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | MIP Politecnico di Milano (MBA Business Program) | Grammy Suite |
Profile of attendees
As with all free events, delegate space is limited and there is a selection process. For this event we will be looking to invite high calibre, ambitious women, who aspire towards a position of leadership. Applications are welcomed from undergraduates (including 1st and 2nd year students), graduates, young professionals and recently qualified MBAs.
Space is limited and selection is based on suitability. The evaluation process may take some time, so do please bear with us whilst we process your application. For any queries please email forums@topcareers.net
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