Career Development Programme

Characterization and Objectives of the Program

The Career Development Programme is a program aimed at developing career management and active job search skills, providing a suitable transition in the shortest possible time.  

Its main objectives:

• Developing more competitive and professional behavior, leading each student to differentiate themselves from other candidates.

• Understand the main requirements and demands of a recruitment process and develop the appropriate postures, attitudes and speeches.

• Understand which skills are valued by employers in each sector of activity and how to demonstrate them in a recruitment process.

• Increasing self-knowledge, identifying skills, strengths, interests and priorities for their professional lives and, based on these, developing and implementing personal marketing strategies with a view to obtaining the job they want.

• Learn about the most effective tools and techniques when searching for a job.

• Develop career management skills.

Recipients

The Career Development Programme is aimed primarily at graduates of Master's courses, although other students wishing to develop career management and active job search skills may also be admitted. 

Program Organization

The Career Development Programme takes place on Wednesdays from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and starts on April 8, 2015. The program consists of 8 sessions, each lasting 2 hours. The program will have the following content:

• How does the job market work? Main trends and challenges.

• Self-knowledge.Its importance in defining professional objectives and preparing for interviews.

• Why am I not called for interviews? The CV, the Motivation Letters, the Pitch.

• Branding and Personal Marketing.

• The different ways of approaching the market.  The Power of Networking.

• That  skills seek out and value employers?  How can we differentiate ourselves?

• The  interview to  evaluation testsin recruitment processes.

• I've got a job. Now what? Transition and integration into the world of work.

• Simulation DaysSimulated interviews, assessments, pitches and group dynamics.

Consultant/Trainer Profile

Helena Faria is a specialist in management and career counseling, working at ISEG as a consultant and trainer in this area. She is also an Outplacement and Human Resources Consultant at a specialist consultancy firm. She also has a great deal of experience in recruitment projects, people assessment and selection, organizational restructuring, analysis and diagnosis of organizational climate and culture, potential assessment, development of performance management systems and training management. She was Human Resources Manager at an IT company.
She has a degree in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon and a Master's degree in Socio-Organizational Systems of Economic Activity, Sociology of the Company, from ISEG. She completed a Postgraduate Diploma for Executives in Human Resources Management at the Catholic University.
She has an international certification in Coaching and has completed several certifications in assessment instruments in the context of people development and in the Lee Hecht Harrison outplacement methodology.

Registration

Registrations should be made by emailing careermanagement@iseg.ulisboa.pt, with the following information: full name, course, telephone number and email address.

The deadline for entries is March 30th.