How to approach your future employer

This session will focus on how you can present yourself and your competencies to the employers you will meet at the career fair. You will gain insight to how employers think, and why they attend at UiO. You will also get some tips on how to use LinkedIn as a tool and what you can do to get the most of the day.

Time and place: – , Logo, Ole Johan Dahls hus
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(Old session name will appear when booking: Building your professional network - one conversation at a time)

Learning outcome

  • How to research employers ahead of the career fair
  • Have an updated LinkedIn profile and understand how to use LinkedIn
  • Be confident in the meeting with employers.

Practical information

  • Event duration: 45 minutes, with time for questions
  • Number of participants: 60
  • Target group: PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and researchers interested in growing their professional networks and discovering careers outside of academia.

About the speaker

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Gisle Hellsten is working at UiO with career cervices towards masters – and bachelor students. For more than 15 years, he was Head of Career Services at UiO. Gisle Hellsten is often being used as a career expert in media.   Gisle Hellsten has a Master’s degree in political science and a masters of Arts for Griffith University, Australia. 

 

 

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The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Natural History Museum, the Science Library
Published Nov. 16, 2023 9:40 AM - Last modified June 11, 2024 2:37 PM
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