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Managing a creative process is a bit like running a nuclear power plant: it’s great fun until you pull the wrong switch. Your future career will inevitably involve having to play an intermediary role in creative processes. In this workshop, you’ll learn about the many pitfalls and dos and don’ts of the creative process, like drawing up a proper briefing, dealing with client politics and getting creatives to do what you want.

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We all know it is critical to adapt your CV and skills to keep up-to-date when hunting for a job. So how do you position yourself in the best way on the platform? How do you stand out and get in touch with those who can make your dream job happen? In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of LinkedIn, as well as how to create, gain, and strategically use visibility. This will help you find your dream job and set yourself up for success on the only business social medium.

We all know it is critical to adapt your CV and skills to keep up-to-date when hunting for a job. So how do you position yourself in the best way on the platform? How do you stand out and get in touch with those who can make your dream job happen? In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of LinkedIn, as well as how to create, gain, and strategically use visibility. This will help you find your dream job and set yourself up for success on the only business social medium.

Your CV is a marketing tool. It reflects who you are and what skills and experience you bring to the table. But what are the different components of a CV, and how do you tailor it along with your cover letter for the job you’re applying to? In this workshop you’ll learn how to transform a list of activities into a personal ‘sales’ document. This will help you stand out from the crowd!

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- How to apply for a job

In this session, you’ll learn what it entails to do a PhD, by getting to know five PhD students from the faculty of Economics and Business at University of Amsterdam. How do you decide whether a PhD might be something for you? How to find a PhD position that matches your interests? What are a PhD’s typical day-to-day tasks? What type of jobs can you do after your PhD? The PhD students will tell you about their research and personal story. This is followed by a speed-dating session with all PhD’s, with ample room for all your questions.

About the workshop

In this training, you’ll identify what your unique qualities are and what gives you energy, by doing a flow analysis. These qualities and energy givers are important to help you find a job that suits you. Additionally, your trainers will take you through a step by step plan which will help you find the right first job for you, a job in which you can flourish.

Learning goals
- Focusing on qualities instead of pitfalls

In this training, you’ll identify what your unique qualities are and what gives you energy, by doing a flow analysis. These qualities and energy givers are important to help you find a job that suits you. Additionally, your trainers will take you through a step by step plan which will help you find the right first job for you, a job in which you can flourish.

Learning goals
- Focusing on qualities instead of pitfalls

Conflicts are innate to social and organisational life. However, a conflict in and of itself does not have to be bad: it may even have beneficial outcomes and can strengthen a relationship. The determining factor here is how we view and manage conflicts. In this session, you will explore different types of conflict, learn how to identify different conflict handling styles in yourself and others, and practice the most effect conflict management methods.

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Conflicts are innate to social and organisational life. However, a conflict in and of itself does not have to be bad: it may even have beneficial outcomes and can strengthen a relationship. The determining factor here is how we view and manage conflicts. In this session, you will explore different types of conflict, learn how to identify different conflict handling styles in yourself and others, and practice the most effect conflict management methods

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