ALUMNI SUMMER SESSION: Boost your career over the holiday season

This event will take place in French

3 months to hone your job search or clarify your career objectives: sign up for the Alumni Summer Session!

➡ Benefit from the support of experts in recruitment and the job market

➡ Seek advice from active professionals about which skills to develop and which companies to target

➡ Keep motivated with constructive help from your community of peers

➡ Make the most of this quiet period while enjoying all the pleasures of summer with our à-la-carte options, 100% online and free of charge

A programme of events giving you access to tools, advice and networks to move forward

LEAN ON OTHERS TO PROGRESS AND STAY CURIOUS! Who could have imagined that for several weeks half of the world’s population would be in lockdown? Since the beginning of this crisis, we have had to adapt to the challenges it has raised, and the show of solidarity and mutual assistance from the entire EDHEC community has left a strong impression. That’s why we have decided to focus this year’s Alumni Summer Session on job-hunting so you can draw on the network and resources of EDHEC Alumni to adapt to these uncertain times. The Alumni Summer Session is open to all EDHEC Alumni members: whether final-year students, young graduates or more experienced members from any EDHEC course, everyone is welcome!

REGISTRATION

> Register for the Alumni Summer Session and you will receive an email containing the schedule of webinars for the upcoming week. When you register, you will be asked to indicate whether you wish to join the working groups.

> Sign up for each webinar that interests you and on the day before the event you will receive an email containing an access link. 

A COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

A LinkedIn group dedicated to you
This group will serve as a discussion forum to maintain links between the webinars.
You can chat with participants and exchange best practices.
Click here to join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12425179/ 

Working groups to put into practice what you’ve learned
Each group will have 8 to 10 members and will meet 3 times during the summer for discussions via videoconference. The aim is to put into practice what you have learned during the webinar with the benefit of group dynamics. To make the most of these exchanges, the discussion will be moderated by two professional coaches and former HR directors.
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PROGRAMME

- Alumni Summer Session introductory webinar
with Martin Barbier (EDHEC Master 1988), Director of EDHEC Alumni; Manuelle Malot (EDHEC Master 1986), Director of Careers & Planning, EDHEC Career Centre for Life; Silvia Marichalar, International Career Manager, EDHEC Career Centre for Life; and Isabelle Rouhan (EDHEC Master 1997), President of Colibri Talent, recruitment and executive headhunting firm
Monday 22 June, 1–2pm
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JOB-HUNTING METHOD AND STRATEGY

 - Talk like a champion
by Emma Mufraggi
Thursday 25 June, 12:30–1:30pm
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- "Find your Ikigai" workshop
by Christelle Caucheteux (EDHEC Master 1996)
Thursday 25 June, 6–7pm
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- How to present yourself effectively in an interview: the 3-minute pitch
by Laurence Menard-Zantman
Tuesday 30 June, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Transition management: a social revolution that builds professional intelligence
by Karina Sebti
Thursday 2 July, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Dare to pursue your dreams! Take inspiration from 10 visionary entrepreneurs
by Vanessa Perez (EDHEC Master 1994)
Wednesday 8 July, 10–11pm
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- Defining your career plans
by Ariane Pradal
Thursday 9 July, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Seek meaning and reinvent yourself
by Jonathan Sardas
Thursday 20 August, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Soft skills, present and future: how to survive
by Sylvie Bernard-Curie
Tuesday 25 August, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Organise your job search effectively
by Arnaud Delphin
Thursday 27 August, 12:30–1:30pm
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- How to negotiate a contract termination
by Nicolas Bontron
Tuesday 8 September, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Focus on your professional desires
by Timothée Ferras
Tuesday 15 September, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Correctly prepare for job interviews
by Timothée Ferras
Tuesday 22 September, 12:30–1:30pm
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CAREER TESTIMONIALS

Talk with professionals about their career background so you can pursue new avenues in your job search. Here are some of the questions that will be addressed during these webinars:
- What are the choices that oriented your career?
- Based on your experience, which skills need to be developed to succeed in your sector or get a job in your company?
- Which are the best companies to target?
-Which strategy should be adopted in this challenging job market and economic crisis?


First scheduled events:

- Communication/marketing, international mobility (China, US and Japan) and the luxury sector
with Estelle-Peng Li (MSc Marketing 2014)
Tuesday 23 June, 12:30–1:30pm
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- New marketing professions and the start-up culture
with Arnaud Hochart (MSc Entrepreneurship 2019)
Friday 26 June, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Jobs in innovation and artificial intelligence in the finance and mass market sectors
with Camille Baudouin (EDHEC Master 2012), René Rohrbeck (Director of the EDHEC Foresight, Innovation & Transformation Chair) and Alexandre Vignon (EDHEC Master 1996)
Monday 29 June, 1–2pm
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- Finance sector: private equity and corporate finance 
with David Laroque (MSc Corporate Finance 2012) 
Thursday 2 July, 6–7pm
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- Property and retail sectors
with Nicolas Boyer (CSM 2019)
Friday 3 July, 1–2pm
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- Tech sector: jobs in e-commerce and product management
with Nicolas Roth (MSc Global Business 2014) and Katarzyna Moritz (MSc Marketing 2016)
Friday 10 July, 12:30–1:30pm
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- Business takeovers: opportunities and challenges
with Romain Rougier (EDHEC Master 2004)
Monday 10 September, 6:30–7:30pm
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- A career in the health sector
with Fernando Martin Ariel (CSM 2018), Amandine Charlier (EDHEC Master 2000) and
Lucie Friedlander (MBA 2019)
In September
Registration link and description coming soon

Other topics will also be proposed in time: public affairs, CSR, automobile sector and others. Sign up for the Alumni Summer Session to stay informed and benefit from a wealth of experience with the dedicated discussion platform: https://alumni.edhec.edu/fr/agenda/11207/identification

CYCLE OF WEBINARS

To tackle a topic in depth so as to develop skills and enable longer discussions with the guest speakers, we are running two cycles of webinars.

THE NETWORK APPROACH
by Sandrine Dufour (BBA EDHEC 1996), Founder of VERT ET Ô

1^st cycle
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List of events: 
- Intentions and common beliefs
Monday 22 June, 6–7pm
- Posture and identity
Monday 29 June, 6–7pm
- Action plan and return on investment
Monday 6 July, 6–7pm
- Questions & answers and feedback session
Tuesday 25 August, 6–7pm

2^nd cycle (same content as the 1^st)
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List of events: 
- Intentions and common beliefs
Monday 24 August, 6–7pm
- Posture and identity
Monday 31 August, 6–7pm
- Action plan and return on investment
Monday 7 September, 6–7pm
- Questions & answers and feedback session
Monday 21 September, 6–7pm

JOB-HUNTING OR CAREER MANAGEMENT ISSUES
by Christophe Bendayan (BBA EDHEC 1997), Director of GLOBAL RH CONSULTING

- Which strategy to adopt for your career plans post-COVID 19?
Presentation intended for young graduates/first job experience
Friday 28 August 5–6pm
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- Job interviews and negotiating recruitment conditions and contract termination
Presentation intended for young graduates/first job experience
Tuesday 1 September, 5–6pm
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- Job interviews and negotiating recruitment conditions and contract termination
Presentation intended for experienced graduates/senior professionals
Friday 11 September, 5–6pm
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- Digital job market and unsolicited job application strategy
Tuesday 15 September, 5–6pm
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- LinkedIn fundamentals for job-hunting
Monday 28 September, 5–6pm
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