“Meet Your Mentor” 2018 – Career Mentoring Seminar 16th June 2018
“You need to know how to strategically position Yourself for You to be head-hunted in the marketplace. No one will find You unless You make Yourself visible” – Morenike Ajayi, Career Nuggets BUY YOUR TICKET HERE Career Nuggets in Collaboration with University of Greenwich presents The “Meet Your Mentor” Seminar: A Career mentoring Seminar. Theme: “Positioning Yourself For Your Dream Job… being visible in the marketplace with Keynote Speaker: Anna Baird Anna is a Digital brand leader who among other accomplishments was the Professional Services Lead at LinkedIn (see details below) Get equipped, educated and enlightened on how to be Visible in the market place: Connect with potential mentors. Discover the next step to the next level of your career? Get Access to the right network for your career progression Meet and mingle with various senior professionals from diverse backgrounds. Learn how to enhance your online digital brand and presence Q & A panel discussion Break out sessions by industries Access to a CV expert Access to a professional head shot photographer Access to a bank of 40 mentors from various professional fields, including 7 successful entrepreneurs The Organiser: Morenike Ajayi is a senior finance executive and a broadcaster. Her passion is helping people within the black community to progress in their chosen careers. She is the founder of Career Nuggets www.careernuggets.tv and producer of Career Nuggets TV, a TV program where she shares useful tips on career development and progression. She firmly believes that many have the potential to advance in their careers, if given the right nurturing and mentoring and if they are bold enough to reach out for the right opportunities. Morenike Ajayi MBA, PRINCE2™ Practitioner, CPFA, B.Sc. (Hon) is a successful senior finance executive for a Housing Association. She has taken on several roles in her career, notably with Transport for London, Pricewaterhousecoopers and the Local Authority sector. Her broad career experience has enabled her to develop her area of expertise and learn from a range of versed managers and roles. A highly motivated professional, Morenike recognizes that there is more to career progression than just working hard and having great qualifications – soft skills and work ethics play a major role too. Morenike is a recipient of many prestigious awards in recognition for her work in the Black community. BUY YOUR TICKET HERE The Keynote: In the Keynote Session, Anna will share tools to enhance your online personal brand. She will deep dive into 5 topics: 1) Aesthetics of a profile 2) Engaging your network 3) Engaging your target audiences 4) Expertise branding 5) Putting your digital presence together Keynote Speaker Anna Baird’s Bio: Anna Baird is an accomplished digital brand leader and was the Professional Services lead at LinkedIn. She draws on her customer experience consulting and technology background. In the London community, gaining traction and notoriety around her startup advisory work, Anna has been featured Alumna for PwC, has sat on panels like the recent YFood Genius Panel, as well as other speaking engagements for her Professional Service clients and Non-Profit Committees including her recent keynote at the CodeFirstGirlsUK Conference in November 2017. Anna’s mission is to help shape the way people and companies go to market and successfully drive growth and opportunity. Dedicated Advisor to inploi , Anna guides the team on revenue generation and partnership development opportunities. Involved in startup advisory since arriving in London, Anna continues to apply her knowledge of brand strategy to next wave businesses evolving the way we live and work. She shares her experience in her recent posts Soup for the UK Soul: My Startup Speed-Dating Experience. This seminar will equip, educate and enlighten you on how you can position yourself and be Visible in the market place. For more information, email info@careernuggets.co.uk BUY YOUR TICKET HERE SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSaveSaveSave SaveSave
Highlights of the 2017 Christmas Ball
Reporting Live from the Purple Carpet… In December 2017 Career Nuggets hosted our Annual Christmas Ball at the beautiful Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. The purpose of the event was to provide inspiration and networking opportunities in an elegant black-tie event. We were privileged to host 195 people – the event was completely sold out and the venue was filled to capacity. We were pleased to see our guests turning out dressed in their finest attire. The men in black tie, tuxedos and evening wear The ladies in gorgeous evening gowns… The logistics and organisation was overseen by Faith of Deizi events The attendees were welcomed by our hostesses and this was the just the beginning of creating a great experience for each person. Great care was taken with all the details… from the warm welcome to the elegant place settings… and the surprise gift boxes that each person took home at the end of the evening. The event was hosted by the founder of Career Nuggets, Mrs Morenike Ajayi. Looking elegant and gorgeous in a silver bejewelled ball gown with hair and make-up immaculate. As ever, supported by her husband Dr. Kenny Ajayi The keynote speaker was Anthony J Osijo. He spoke with wisdom and wit with no-holds-barred advice that served as a reality check as well as to spur us on to greatness. Our Emcee was Sheun David-Onamusi, Personal Development Coach and CEO of Growing Luxury Brand Solemate by Dapper. He played a big part in creating a friendly ambience and seeing to the smooth running of proceedings. We kicked off the event with prayer … Followed by light entertainment… Dinner was a Four-course meal prepared by the in-house chef. The entrees, main course and dessert were enjoyed by all. We heard Testimonials from people that had benefited from the networking opportunities of the previous year’s event and ongoing career support events. These included reports of new jobs, internships and career progression. The auction was one of the exciting highlights of the night. Launching the Mentor Matching Program. One of the main events of the night was the launch of the mentor matching program. This is set up so that potential mentors can volunteer their services as mentors and be registered with Career Nuggets. Potential mentees are then able to contact Career Nuggets with their needs and aspirations and we then go on to match them with an appropriate mentor. Find out about the Mentor Program here. https://www.careernuggets.tv/mentor-program/ This scheme is facilitated by Mora and Ronke and they have worked hard to bring this vision to life. They are now set to start running the program taking it to the next level with the first intake of mentees. Use the contact form on the mentor program page for enquiries. And finally, a big thank you to Our exhibitors and sponsors who brought colour and variety to the night by showcasing their creativity, products and services. Some more Faces and Friends on The Purple Carpet. (Click to see the Gallery) SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
Highlights of the Meet Your Mentor Event
We recently concluded the Meet Your Mentor event and based on the feedback we got, it was a resounding success. Many attendees, both mentors and mentees described it as “inspiring”. Our keynote speaker was Dr. Jumoke Okoya She spoke with passion and eloquence as well as a warm humour. The event was made possible by our sponsors and exhibitors We had over 100 mentees… After the keynote speech, it was time to hear from our panel of five mentors. They shared nuggets of information as well as answering questions from the mentors. This was followed by the breakout sessions. Mentors were matched with mentees based on career goals and experience. The breakout sessions were designed to give mentess one on one time with the volunteer mentees. This one of a kind event was organised by Morenike Ajayi, founder of Career Nuggets. Supported by her husband and volunteer mentor, Kenny Ajayi … Morenike, taking a short break during the event… And not forgetting her team of volunteers… After the breakout sessions, it was back together for refreshments, photographs and networking including cutting Morenike’s birthday cake which she decided to share with attendees. Photo credits: www.momentstudios.co.uk instagram: @momentstudiosuk fb: @momentstudios More photos in the gallery below: SaveSave
Mentoring: An Elegant Career Growth Strategy – Part 1
“A mentor empowers a person to see a possible future, and believe it can be obtained.” Shawn Hitchcock Many people struggle and stagnate in their career for this one simple reason – lack of mentoring. If you check most top level executives, you will find that at one point or the other they have or had a mentor. So what or rather, who is a mentor? A mentor is someone who has walked the path you are just about to journey down. A mentor will be able to draw on his or her experience of how the goal you have set for yourself can be achieved. A mentor is like a guardian, showing you the way and giving you insider information that will enable you to reach your desired destination. A mentor is usually someone who has actually done that job before and who can give you the mentee inside knowledge on how to progress and prosper on that job. Most organisations, assign a mentor to their new intakes, just to show them the ropes and help them map their route to success. A mentor will guide the mentee to the right direction and will help the mentee develop solutions to issues that may arise at work. Due to the fact that a mentor has been down that road before the mentor has empathy with the mentee and has a better understanding of the kind of issues that may face the mentee Another definition of mentoring which I find very useful is from www.aaps.org/uploadedfiles/content/career_center/…/what_is_mentoring.pdf “Mentoring is a relationship between two individuals based on a mutual desire for development towards career goals and objectives”. The mentoring relationship can be for any length of time. It is mainly dependent on what the parties agree and the goals they set out to achieve. It often develops to focus on particular issues but may expand in scope and lasts for years covering a range of issues. Attend the Meet your Mentor Event: Using my contacts and connections, I have recruited a number of business and career executives who are specialists in their fields and have volunteered their time and resources to mentor you. They will serve as guide, guardian and adviser in your specific fiel of interest and there may also be oportunities for work experience and internships. Get the details and register here:
Employability skills
Employability skills are transferable skills which are needed by an individual to make him/her capable of being employed. Employers often have specific standards against which they measure if an applicant is employable or not. To compete effectively in the job market, you need to have what it takes i.e. knowledge, skill, training, right attitude and assets which a prospective employer would find attractive. Top Employability Skills 1. Effective communication: Communication is a two way thing; it involves both speaking and listening. Employers want to know that you are not just good at written and oral communication but you are also good at listening and understanding information. They want to know that you can express yourself and your opinions fluently. In addition, the ability to listen to others and act upon instructions correctly is an employability skill that is much sought after. 2. Working well under pressure: Employers want their employees to be capable of handling stressful situations that may show up in the workplace. From time to time things do not go according to plan in the work place; being able to handle such situations without breaking down is an admirable skill which employers desire in their employees. An employee, who is able to meet deadlines despite the pressures that might occur at work, is considered an asset. 3. Being a team player: A good employee is able to work confidently with other people on the team irrespective of their backgrounds. Everyone in a team has a different role to play based on their strengths therefore a good team player is vital for the completion of an organisation’s tasks. Having the best interest of your team at heart and working together to achieve it is a great employability skill. 4. Strong personal drive and motivation: The strong desire to succeed and do well at your job is something that employers appreciate in their work force. A good employee does not wait to be told to do things; this employee can use his /her initiative to decide when to take appropriate action. He/She is determined to get things done and to make things happen constantly looking for better ways of doing things in the interest of the organisation. This employee would have no difficulty meeting deadlines and is regarded as an asset by employers. This is a very useful employability skill. 5. Interpersonal skills: An employee who is able to work well with colleagues and who has soft job skills; someone who recognises & respects different perspectives is the kind employers want to have. The employee who has good interpersonal skills is open to ideas and the views of others; He/she is not rude and condescending but is confident in his/her own skin and fits well into the culture of that organisation. 6. Problems solving skills: The ability to get information adequately and use that information to systematically solve problems is another useful skill to have 7. Decision making & Taking initiative: Employers also want their employee to be able to identify opportunities within the work place, provide tangible ideas and solutions that will affect the organisation positively. Nuggets 1. To be regarded as employable, you must be seen as someone who will add value to the organisation. 2. The right knowledge, skill, training, and attitude will make a prospective employer find you employable. For more information on this topic please check out my books: Career Nuggets: Undeniable Secrets for Career Success Career Nuggets: Bitesize Tips for Your Career Progression You can also watch me on Career Nuggets my Flagship Career program on OHTV SKY 199 www.careernuggets.tv https://www.nuggetmarket.com
Standing Out on LinkedIn
Did you know that a recent study found 73% of all hires made through social networks were via LinkedIn? There are more than 347 million users on LinkedIn; to stand out among a crowd It is essential to have a professional profile that will catch the recruiter’s attention. To build an eye-catching LinkedIn profile: 1. Choose an appropriate profile picture – since a photo can say a thousand words, make sure your profile picture is a professional, high-quality head shot. LinkedIn Career Experts suggests you are 14 times more likely to be found if you have a professional profile picture. 2. Create a memorable headline – for people who are viewing your profile, your headline should be a short, unforgettable way to explain yourself in a professional context. It should be about what you do opposed to what you are. Speak directly to the audience you want to attract and be specific. Here are some interesting and creative headlines: 3. Complete your profile – make sure to list all your experience, institutions attended, honors and awards received. according to LinkedIn experts Your Profile Summary allows 2000 words but it is recommended to ensure you write more than 40 words to make you more searchable. The summary is the first thing that people see when they go to your page. Keep it interesting and more importantly, current. A stunning summary example: 4. Use key words to fill the “Skills” section – selecting appropriate words that summarize your experience, skills, and areas of expertise will increase the chance of people finding you. Ensure you select words you are prepared to explain and give practical examples when it comes to the interview process. Avoid using buzz words such as ‘motivated’; most people tend to use this word but fail to demonstrate how exactly they are ‘motivated’! 5. Join groups and become active – find target groups, start or join discussions, and write thoughtful comments. Don’t build and abandon your Linkedin page, remember, you must be active on LinkedIn and periodically update your information in order to stay on recruiters’ radar! Have any of these tips worked for your LinkedIn? We would love to hear your success story! Tweet us @CareerNuggets or email us info@careernuggets.co.uk ——————————————————————– Attend the first Career Nuggets Master class – click here Sign up to our newsletter here