As you start off in your career, you may aspire to work in a project team or team leader position but not know how to best prepare when applying for that level of role.
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<p>As you start off in your career, you may aspire to work in a project team or team leader position but not know how to best prepare when applying for that level of role. This event is designed to equip you with some key tips around personal branding, leadership ideals to keep in mind as you start out in your career, how to demonstrate leadership experience without the title, along with tips for your resume and interview preparation. Hear from a range of seasoned professionals who will share strategies to help you to land a team leader role without leadership prior experience. Included in the event is also an opportunity to understand different career paths in cyber and the avenues to be successful in the ever growing tech field.<br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong>1:05PM – How to Approach Your First Leadership Role</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Sarah-Jane will share her tech journey as a student, starting out as a web developer and growing ATech into a multimillion dollar company. She will reveal what she looks for in emerging professionals and how you should approach that first leadership role.</span></span><br><br>Presenter: <strong>Sarah-Jane Peterschlingmann</strong>, Managing Director, ATech<br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong>1:45PM – The Importance of Personal Branding</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As a professional, you’re ultimately selling yourself and your skills, backed up by proof of experience. In order to achieve success, personal branding plays a big part in your career development. Branding is ultimately storytelling and good brand narrative will positively differentiate you from others in the field and allow you to build a brand that’s engaging and unique. After all, you only get one chance to make a first impression. </span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This session will dive into what personal branding is, the benefits to establishing a clear and coherent identity and why it is important to keep this up to date.</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Presenter: <strong>Jimmy Patch</strong>, Director, Patch Creative</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong>2:35PM - Career Pathways in Cyber Security </strong></span></span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Certification, study, conferences, internships...there are many pathways to a career in cyber security. Getting started and making the best choices for your development and professional goals can be a daunting prospect. </span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This session will provide a straightforward introduction to the types of roles in cyber security, and the many avenues to building a successful and fulfilling career.</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Presenter: <strong>Joshua Riesenweber</strong>, Principle Consultant and Technical Director, Division 5 </span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><strong>3:15PM - Interviewing for your first leadership role </strong></span></span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As an emerging tech professional looking to step up into a supervisory or leadership role, there are some key attributes tech employers look for and some critical preparation you can undertake. How do you demonstrate this, when you don’t have any prior leadership or supervisory experience?</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear from Nicola Steel, Founder, JJP Talent Solutions (and ACS Qld Preferred Recruiting Partner), on how to position and prepare for your first leadership interview, including skills (soft skills) and leadership attributes you can demonstrate on your CV and in the interview discussion.</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Presenter: <strong>Nicola Steel</strong>, Founder, JJP Talent Solutions</span></span></span></p>
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