Managing your finance career: step up and stand out in 2010
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- Wednesday 17 March 2010, 18:30 - 21:00 (registration from 18:00)
Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London, EC2R 6EA (map) .gif "Book online now button")
- Wednesday 17 March 2010, 18:30 - 21:00 (registration from 18:00)
Costs
- ICAEW members - £30 (+ VAT)
- Non-members - £40 (+ VAT)
Success and satisfaction in your current job is the foundation for your future career success.
It starts with understanding yourself and your values and the capabilities you have to move the organisation’s strategy forward.
It continues with a plan to explore and assess both the obvious – and not so obvious – opportunities in your organisation.
Why you should attend
This workshop is designed to give you an insight into the tools and information you need to make the right career decisions for you.
- Knowing yourself — your values and interests, your strengths and limitations
- Knowing what career opportunities exist
- Knowing how to evaluate career opportunities to determine what’s best for you and how to pursue these opportunities
People with successful careers make smart choices when they make career decisions. Book your place on our seminar today and get set on the path to career success.
Speakers
Paul Robinson, Director, Martin Ward Anderson, who will give you the inside track on recruitment trends and what key employers are looking for in finance candidates.
Tom Barry, Managing Director, BlessingWhite, who will give you practical guidance on assessing your strengths, weaknesses and differentiators to better understand the areas where you excel and stand out from the crowd. (BlessingWhite is a leading global leadership development consultancy working in partnership with the London Business School.)
(Tom has recently posted a blog on the ICAEW careers community. Read what he has to say on The three career management essentials.)
Seminar programme
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- 18:00
- Registration, tea/coffee and pre-seminar networking
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- 18:30
- MWA – planning for success
(Speaker: Paul Robinson, Director, Martin Ward Anderson)
- What are the practicalities of career moves internally / externally?
- What makes a successful candidate?
- Update on current market conditions and recruitment trends
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- 18:45
- Case study: ‘The value of the ACA Qualification in the Corporate Jungle’
(Speaker: Richard Thorp, Assistant Group Financial Controller, Misys plc)
- What does the ACA qualification really mean to a prospective employer?
- Career changing moments
- Tips on progressing through the corporate jungle - be active not passive!
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- 19:05
- Managing your career
(Speaker: Tom Barry, Managing Director, BlessingWhite)
- Understand the key dynamics of successful career management
- How to identify the job conditions that would best satisfy your values, interests, and talents
- Develop a personal strategy to enable you to act on opportunities to further your career
- Assessing your strengths, weaknesses and differentiators to better understand the areas where you excel and stand out from the crowd
- Apply career management tools back on the job
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- 20:15
- Networking reception
Wine, refreshments and light bites (and a chance for some St. Patrick’s day celebrations!)
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- 21:00
- Seminar close
Book now
Telephone bookings: +44 (0)1908 248 159 (lines open 09:00 – 16:30, Monday to Friday)
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