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This session is part of the Foundations of Career Planning Program. Visit the Foundations of Career Planning page for more information and to register.
The Best Candidate Wins is a highly experiential workshop that will build your confidence and help you to:
- Strategize on ways to get your foot in the door and deliver your pitch or get an interview
- Practice pitching the value you provide to a potential “employer” in a telephone screening call and informal in-person setting;
- Prepare for and successfully respond to questions in a simulated interview; and
- Negotiate your compensation package once you are offered the position.
Pre-work:
Pre-work is required for this session, and will be distributed by the PDFO in advance of the session date.
FACILITATOR
Dene Rossouw, Principal & Learning Coach, Possibil.com
Dene is Principal and Learning Coach at team Possibil. He has facilitated hundreds of programs for various organizations in Africa and Canada and is known for his ability to demystify complexity and explain processes using transferable concepts and dynamic models.
Dene brings an eclectic background to the table: he’s been a paratrooper and preacher and is currently a learning coach and a wildlife photographer at Fotomoods.com.
Dene is the author of A Complicated Love and Credible – The Six Leadership Conversations and the co-creator of Back.Chat, the anti-bullying web app.
Each experience has provided a rich backdrop to his approach to inviting possibility and building influence through the power of authentic dialogue, persuasive writing and compelling storytelling.
Registration
This session is part of the Foundations of Career Planning Program. Please note that space in the program is limited, and submitting this registration form does not guarantee a seat in the program. Those successfully registered in the program will receive an email with additional information. Those successfully registered will receive a confirmation closer to the program date.
Accessibility
If you have a disability, medical condition, or accessibility concern that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.
PDFO EVENT COMMUNITY AGREEMENT
The PDFO has created a community agreement for our events in order to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment in which all event attendees feel safe and supported.
By participating in a PDFO event, we commit ourselves to:
- Treating one another with kindness, courtesy and respect in all interactions;
- Engaging in gracious, active listening and valuing others’ opinions;
- Not dominating discussions so that others can share during the session;
- Ensuring that any potentially confidential or sensitive information shared as part of the session is not shared outside of the session; and
- Actively participating in the session