Trending Employability Skills 


Brussels, March 3rd/4th, 2018




In the international job market, where the majority of applicants have advanced academic qualifications and relevant work experience, employers are looking for employees who can enrich teams with fresh perspectives, fully developed capabilities and advanced written and verbal communication skills.
The aim of these workshops is to equip participants with the latest employability skills needed to give them a competitive advantage in today’s demanding and dynamic job market. Read the brochure here.


“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” – Mark Twain

The goal of this session is to understand and practice the most important pillars needed to maximize one`s impact when speaking to an audience. At the end of the workshop, participants will have understood their communication style and gained awareness on how to connect with various audiences and leave a lasting impression. The workshop is exercise intensive and covers the importance of structure, voice, body language and presence.

“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” - Martin Luther King

Although we are all different, we share many common needs. However, different cultures have diverse customs, standards, social norms, and even thought patterns. Recognising and fully appreciating those differences allow us to understand one another across the cultural divide. Employers understand that to work efficiently within diverse teams it takes trust, respect, and the ability to understand both similarities and differences. In this workshop, you will learn to use strategies and methods to enable effective intercultural communication and apply them based on practical, interactive examples.

"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou

Successful work environments rely on the creative input and collaboration of its team members. However, the process of problem solving and collective creativity in diverse teams can quickly become daunting. Applying a few important principles of collaboration and engaging some simple creative thinking tools can contribute immensely to the innovative capacity and efficiency in a team. Join this workshop for a fun collection of tools and principles to unlock the potential in your team or take to your future employer.

"You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside." - Wayne Dyer

Successful work environments rely on the creative input and collaboration of its team members. However, the process of problem solving and collective creativity in diverse teams can quickly become daunting. Applying a few important principles of collaboration and engaging some simple creative thinking tools can contribute immensely to the innovative capacity and efficiency in a team. Join this workshop for a fun collection of tools and principles to unlock the potential in your team or take to your future employer.

"You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories." - Leslie Marmon Silko

Do you find writing job and internship applications boring and dry? If so, your cover letters likely read robotic and impersonal. In this workshop, you will learn how to tell meaningful stories about yourself to make your application sound more powerful, genuine and unique. Using storytelling techniques will change the way you brand yourself but also how you perceive a job hunting process, from tailoring your CV and writing cover letters, to creating your personal narrative on social media, or talking about your experience at an interview.

"The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards." - Gene Spafford

Phones, tablets, self-driving cars: The cyber realm is permeating ever more areas of our daily lives making it very attractive for criminal and state-sponsored actors. This workshop provides an overview of common attack patterns on users, as well as the dos and don’ts in electronic communication. It dives into current topics such as weakening encryption for criminal prosecution, building backdoors into hard- and software and the dark web. An overview of the current policy debates in the US and Germany will be presented too.

Current Student

Whole weekend

Current Student: 100.00€

Saturday, 3rd March, Sunday 4th March

Saturday + Sunday

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Only Saturday 3rd

Current Student: 75.00€

Saturday: 3rd of March

10:00-12:00: Basic Presentation Skills, by Mona Shair-Wloch
12:15-14:00: Intercultural Communication, by Marta Makhoul
15:00-16:45: Creative thinking and collaboration techniques, by Nils Reubke
17:00-18:45: Basic Insights and quick wins in stress management, by Eva Geluk

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Only Sunday 4th

Current Student: 50.00€

Sunday: 4th of March

Either

10:00 - 13:00 | Brand Yourself Through Storytelling, by Dr. Martine Alonso Marquis

Or

10:00 - 15:00: The Cyberspace - From Self-Defence to Policy Making, by Oliver Wloch

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Recent Graduate (up to 1 year after graduation)

Whole weekend

Recent Graduate (up to 1 year after graduation): 220.00€

Saturday, 3rd March, Sunday 4th March

Saturday + Sunday

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Only Saturday 3rd

Recent Graduate (up to 1 year after graduation): 150.00€

Saturday: 3rd of March

10:00-12:00: Basic Presentation Skills, by Mona Shair-Wloch
12:15-14:00: Intercultural Communication, by Marta Makhoul
15:00-16:45: Creative thinking and collaboration techniques, by Nils Reubke
17:00-18:45: Basic Insights and quick wins in stress management, by Eva Geluk

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Only Sunday 4th

Recent Graduate (up to 1 year after graduation): 100.00€

Sunday: 4th of March

Either

10:00 - 13:00 | Brand Yourself Through Storytelling, by Dr. Martine Alonso Marquis

Or

10:00 - 15:00: The Cyberspace - From Self-Defence to Policy Making, by Oliver Wloch

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Professional

Whole weekend

Professional: 400.00€

Saturday, 3rd March, Sunday 4th March

Saturday + Sunday

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Only Saturday 3rd

Professional: 250.00€

Saturday: 3rd of March

10:00-12:00: Basic Presentation Skills, by Mona Shair-Wloch
12:15-14:00: Intercultural Communication, by Marta Makhoul
15:00-16:45: Creative thinking and collaboration techniques, by Nils Reubke
17:00-18:45: Basic Insights and quick wins in stress management, by Eva Geluk

Book now

Only Sunday 4th

Professional: 200.00€

Sunday: 4th of March

Either

10:00 - 13:00 | Brand Yourself Through Storytelling, by Dr. Martine Alonso Marquis

Or

10:00 - 15:00: The Cyberspace - From Self-Defence to Policy Making, by Oliver Wloch

Book now