Political Science

GSSS Career Event 2012

Graduate School of Social Sciences

20 April 2012

Curious about career opportunities after you graduate? Unsure of which direction to take? You may find the answers at the GSSS Career Event, taking place at Prins Hendrikkade 189-B on Friday 8 June.

Curious about career opportunities after you graduate? Unsure of which direction to take? You may find the answers at the GSSS Career Event, taking place at Prins Hendrikkade 189-B on Friday 8 June.

The day will be packed with sessions in which GSSS alumni present where they currently work, how they got there and what opportunities there might be available for you. You will have the opportunity to meet and interact with professionals from the NGO, private, public and academic sector.

The day will also include sessions on networking and how to present yourself in the job market.

Below you can find the programme. Updates will also be published on Twitter.

Programme

09.00

 09.30 Welcome and Opening
09.30
 10.45

Governance & Policy

  • Mina Noor
    Policy Officer Humanitarian Affairs, Human Rights, Gender at the Good Governance and Humanitarian Aid Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Andrea Teftedarija
    Research and Training Fellow at the Clingendael Institute / External Policy Officer at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Juan-Carlos Goilo
    Trainee Citizen Participation and Neighborhood-oriented work at Dienst Wonen Zorg en Samenleven
11.00 12.15

Parallel session 1
Entrepreneurship & Business

  • Geert Kooistra
    Owner Planosfeer
  • Natalia Merchan
    Business and Coaching Officer BiD
  • Margreet Schijvens
    Consultant Corporate Communications at Ketchum Pleon (cancelled)

Parallel session 2
Consultancy & Advisory Organisations

  • Jacobien Crol
    Sustainability consultant at the Terrace
  • Dannielle de Winter
    DBM Research - Knowledge Broker
  • Roel Spangers
    Owner at About Asia Business Consultancy
12.15
 13.00

Session Writing Your Cover Letter & CV

  • Jetske Bijendijk and Hester Morssink
    Career Centre (LAC), University of Amsterdam
13.00
 13.45
 Lunch
13.45 15.00

Parallel session 1
Journalism & Media

  • Joey Boink
    Director/editor/camera at Framewerk
  • Ralph Schreinemachers Blogger NCDO / Oneworld
  • Floris Alberse
    Journalist and moderator

Parallel session 2
Research & Education

  • Johannes von Engelhardt
    PhD Candidate at Erasmus Research Center for Media, Communication and Culture, freelance consultant
  • Koen Raats
    PhD Candidate at the University of Amsterdam
  • Tessa Dikker
    Teaching and training activities
15.15 16.30

NGOs

  • Margreet van der Pijl
    Manager 1% project at the 1% Club
  • Olloriak Sawade
    Policy Advisor at Oxfam Novib
  • Alizia Kamani
    Communications Officer at AWEPA

Registration

Registration is closed.

Suggestions and questions

For suggestions and questions about this GSSS Career Event you can contact Lideke Middelbeek at uitzend-gsss@uva.nl.

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