Part 1: Career Mindset | 15th – 18th March

In collaboration with a small number of London based universities, we would like to offer you the opportunity to join our virtual Advancing your Career three-part series. Split into three-parts, Part 1: Career Mindset brings to you five hour-long sessions. Each session is free to attend, the summary and joining links can be found below.

Please note, you must register with your Northumbria University email address. Upon registration you will receive a notification in your inbox, please save the given weblink in your dairy for easy access on the day of the event.

Derek Appau: Building your Confidence and Fighting Imposter Syndrome
15th March | 12.30pm-1.30pm

Derek is a fully qualified career development coach. He works with marketing professionals, entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders to build their confidence for high performance.

Derek has worked across media, tech, banking and public health sectors with emergency and senior business leaders. Addressing work performance, leadership, career development, career transition and inclusive cultures.

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Kavita Oberoi: Building Resilience and Overcoming Adversity
16th March |
 12.00pm-1.00pm

Kavita Oberoi is one of the UK’s most highly regarded successful entrepreneurs and social philanthropists. She started her career as a medical representative, went on to set up her own business and now has a multi-million-pound business portfolio.

She draws on her own experiences of overcoming cultural barriers to become one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and has appeared on TV programmes such as; the Secret Millionaire, The Apprentice, BBC Breakfast, Working Lunch, The TV Show, as a panelist on the national ITV Business Club and Make Me A Millionaire Inventor.

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Resham Kotecha: The Art of Public Speaking
16th March | 2.00pm-3.00pm

Resham is an expert in the area of Public Speaking and the founder of Podium Perfect. Podium Perfect trains female candidates through public speaking webinars with over 25,000 sign-ups from over 100 countries around the world.

She has a strong interest in politics and has had the honour of speaking in the House of Lords on International Women’s Day. She has also been featured in the Financial Times, The Times, The Times of India and appeared on The Sikh Channel.

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Erika Pall: Business and British Etiquette
18th March | 10.00am-11.00am

Erika holds a respected reputation for working internationally in the Higher Education and Foreign Policy sector. Her area of expertise is focused on Diplomacy, Statecraft, Etiquette and Protocol. She has worked for the Embassy in Rome and consults with professionals and politicians in the areas of Business Etiquette, Cultural Etiquette, Diplomatic Communications and Royal Protocol.

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Joseph Liu: Personal Branding in the Digital Age
18th March | 12.00pm-1.00pm

As a public speaker, career consultant and podcast host, Joseph helps professionals define and market their personal brands more effectively during times of career transition, applying branding and marketing principles from his 10 years of international brand management experiences.

He hosts the Career Relaunch podcast, which is rank as a top 20 career podcase in the UK, Canada, Australia and Singapore and has been mentioned as a top career podcast in Forbes, Glassdoor and Business Insider.

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